Here is a simple way to deal with pants to short to wear. The idea is from the Martha Stewart site. They have a bunch of cute back to school fashion ideas.

You need to check out The Lettered Cottage. I love blogs like this where you can learn how to make the cutest stuff! The tutorial for this wooden flag is on that site. I may not make the flag but I'll definitely use the painting technique for something else like picture frames and such.

Other fun sites are Knock-off wood and Noodlehead both of which were introduced to me by Emilee Wells.