This is my lil' buddy Anthony! I have known him since he was in preschool and have had the privilege of having him in my summer school class! I love him so very much! His grandmother is our school bus driver and Anthony and his sister live with her. Anthony had a little scooter that he talked about and when it got run over by a car it just about broke my heart! Enter my cousin Austin...he had a scooter in his shed that he no longer used and said that I could have it if I wanted it. Which is just what I did.
Well, as you can see, this was one sad little scooter and since I didn't have enough money for a new one I knew that this would have to do. So...I channeled my inner Martha Stewart and made a feeble attempt to give it an "Extreme Scooter Makeover!" Since Anthony's favorite color is blue I tried to spray paint it "Ultra Blue" but the spray paint only made it look worse! However, I refused to be defeated and when I saw one of our maintenance crew painting the rails around our school I asked what kind of paint that they used and enter Rustoleum "Tranquil Blue" paint to the rescue! It took several coats of paint but I was finally able to get the look that I was trying to achieve. Then I added some new wheels and attempted to replace the handlebars. Again thank goodness for the maintenance men for those handle grips just would
NOT budge!
Then for the finishing touches I found these cute little sticker decals with alphabet letters and I wrote out his name and also since I knew that Anthony was a fan of Spiderman, I added a couple of Spiderman stickers as well. Also, when I applied the stickers I added a clear finishing gloss so that they wouldn't peel off. I was pleased with the results and as you can see...
So was Anthony! Enjoy your lil' scooter buddy! It was made with
LOTS OF LOVE!
This is my lil' buddy Anthony! I have known him since he was in preschool and have had the privilege of having him in my summer school class! I love him so very much! His grandmother is our school bus driver and Anthony and his sister live with her. Anthony had a little scooter that he talked about and when it got run over by a car it just about broke my heart! Enter my cousin Austin...he had a scooter in his shed that he no longer used and said that I could have it if I wanted it. Which is just what I did.
Well, as you can see, this was one sad little scooter and since I didn't have enough money for a new one I knew that this would have to do. So...I channeled my inner Martha Stewart and made a feeble attempt to give it an "Extreme Scooter Makeover!" Since Anthony's favorite color is blue I tried to spray paint it "Ultra Blue" but the spray paint only made it look worse! However, I refused to be defeated and when I saw one of our maintenance crew painting the rails around our school I asked what kind of paint that they used and enter Rustoleum "Tranquil Blue" paint to the rescue! It took several coats of paint but I was finally able to get the look that I was trying to achieve. Then I added some new wheels and attempted to replace the handlebars. Again thank goodness for the maintenance men for those handle grips just would NOT budge!
Then for the finishing touches I found these cute little sticker decals with alphabet letters and I wrote out his name and also since I knew that Anthony was a fan of Spiderman, I added a couple of Spiderman stickers as well. Also, when I applied the stickers I added a clear finishing gloss so that they wouldn't peel off. I was pleased with the results and as you can see...
So was Anthony! Enjoy your lil' scooter buddy! It was made with LOTS OF LOVE!
1 comment:
This is so sweet! That's one happy kiddo-you did a great job!
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