When we pull down our Christmas decorations, I leave up anything that would be considered winter decor too. Items such as undecorated wood or fabric trees, cushions, snowmen, and sleds. This winter vase is the perfect addition if you transition your home from Christmas to winter as well. How to paint a vase I don’t know about you, but we always seem to have a collection of glass vases that we never use....
My daughter is turning 7 and has been into an accessory making stage lately. She is making rings, bracelets, necklaces and headbands of course. We wanted to make a headband that would be simple, but festive enough to match a spring dress (pink one, of course). We decided on making this sweet flower headband. DIY Tissue Paper Headband Supplies: tissue paper of your chosen color(s) glue. Hot glue gun works well too....
We’re partnering with Disney Books and the new book Beauty and the Beast: Lost In A Book by Jennifer Donnelly. It’s a Beauty and the Beast tale all about Belle, a new enchanting original story that will take you on an exciting adventure. Your going to love reading it with your tweens and teens, we did! More about Lost in a Book: With our creative watercolor bookmarks, we’re using a watercolor masking fluid to write all sorts of different words and phrases we grabbed from the book Lost in a Book — Once in forever, magic, delight, more than a story, enchanted, a dream come true....
My girls dove right into these books the second they saw them. They had already crafted the marshmallow catapult, duct tape hair bows, and rubber band chain belt all in one evening! And there are fun facts and little trivia bits spread across the book that my kids loved reading about as well! Amanda is sharing one of her crafts from the book with us here, yippee! Cup Rocket Launcher Craft by Amanda Formaro Two little plastic cups and some rubber bands are all you will need to launch your own rocket right there in your living room....
Supplies for Foam Brush Painted Butterflies: paper craft paint paper plate and newspaper foam paint brushes puffy paint in black 1. Set up your painting station by adding a squirt of paint to a paper plate. 2. Dip your foam brush into your paint. 3. Press your brush onto your paper and wiggle or swish it back and forth. This will make a bow-tie look, giving our butterfly it’s wings....
Because I loved the homemade marshmallows so much last December, I wanted to do something that incorporated them again somehow. Hot Chocolate on a Stick is such a fun idea and I get to use homemade marshmallows! Full confession – this is not my brilliant idea. The recipe is originally from the King Arthur Flour website, and another food blogger whipped them up last year and wrote about it. And, since I’m in confession mode, my sister-in-law Cora is the one who found the links to begin with!...
I love handmade journals, don’t you?! There’s something about them that calls out… “I’m handmade, so you must write in me”! So whether you write in your journal every day or even once a week, you’ll love making this handmade journal right from the heart. How to: Make a Handmade Journal To make things super simple, I’ve turned one of my hand-stitched greeting cards into a journal. Now it’s double the handmade!...
If you’ve been following the tales of Hiccup and Toothless, then your kids are going to absolutely love the heartfelt third film How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, which will be in theaters February 22. Make it a fun dragon filled day for you and the kids when you go see it. You can work together to create these adorable slime jars inspired by Toothless and Light Fury before the movie....
Look what can come from cleaning out my freezer?! I always forget what’s even in there, but it’s making me get creative in the kitchen. Meatballs, check. Rice, check. Leftover pizza sauce, check! And I LOVE when I can randomly throw a meal together out of thin air and it tastes good! And I LOVE a one pot meal. I’m a huge fan of one pot meals. They are so easy for me to cook and super simple for feeding my family....
Take off the plastic on your candy canes. It doesn’t matter if these break from opening, as they need to be all different sizes anyway. Place the candy cane pieces onto a tray lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Put the tray into a 250 degree oven for 10 minutes. Shape them (be careful, hot) right out of the oven. They are movable for a minute or two....
As I’m getting ready to host a festive holiday party, a white elephant extravaganza, I’m turning a few holiday cards into treat trays! This is a great way to save those special holiday cards from friends and family you receive over the years, giving them new life! Simply add a few of your favorite sweet treats to the tray and you’re ready to party! I’m partnering with Hallmark and their 12 Gifts Campaign....
My daughter, Hali has more purses than I do. Previously, we’d been keeping them in the bottom drawer of her dresser, along with her dress up stuff. The drawer was just getting too full. That and actually being able to put clothes in it would be useful. So I made her a purse rack. I painted a piece of routered wood white, drew polka dots with a paintbrush all over with some acrylic paints I had, and then attached small tea cup hooks....
This is the perfect project if you have a tea towel (or buy one on clearance as I did) that has writing on it or an image that needs to stay right-side up. If you have a general image that can go any direction, you don’t need to cut the tea towel in half, you can simply fold it over and sew up the sides. DIY tea towel tote bag This bag is the perfect size to pack snacks, sunscreen, and a book for the pool or beach this summer and costs about $8 to make....
And the cards could be tailored to any holiday or season. I might have to make some of these in hearts for Valentines!
These fun chalkboard speech bubbles are a great way to keep track of all the years of back-to-school photos you’ll be taking. They are also a fun prop to have on hand for any make-shift photo booth. I had no idea how easy they were to make until a few weeks ago at the BlogHer Gulf Coast Auction. They had a photo booth set up with a bunch of these chalkboard speech bubbles....
Supplies: large poster board – any color paper – all colors Cricut Mini Monsters cartridge glue pencil and ruler razor blade or rotary cutter sticky back velcro beads or mini pom pom – optional lamination – optional Steps: I shaped my black poster board into a monster house by cutting 2 triangles off the top of each corner. I added some fun paper scallops, grass, and a gate to the border to give it a fun look using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge from Cricut....
Vegetarian fried rice This delicious and easy-to-make fried rice is perfect for Meatless Monday, or make ahead on the weekend for your lunches through the week. Ingredients Brown rice Cashews Pineapple Edamame Red bell pepper Egg You can find the full list of ingredients and quantities in the printable recipe card below. We did include eggs in our vegetarian fried rice, however, if you don’t eat eggs then skip that ingredient....
I think there are a lot of you out there, myself included, who have searched the internet mindlessly to help our children better understand a specific educational concept. Maybe you’ve hired tutors or sat at the kitchen table for hours with our child’s homework and tried your best to help them better understand their assignment. Or on the other side of things, maybe your child is advanced and needs a little more from just their class alone....
Supplies for Snowman Popsicle Stick Ornament: popsicle or craft stick ribbon buttons googly eyes glue glue gun black paper orange and black sharpie marker scissors white paint Directions for Snowman Popsicle Stick Ornament Craft: Once the craft sticks are dry the kids can add on all the other stuff. 11. First my son glued on the top hat. 12. Next the googly eyes and ribbon. Last he glued on the buttons....
Ingredients: bread (we used whole wheat) slices of your favorite cheese butter waffle iron Method: We kept our grilled cheese sandwiches classic-style, with just some slices of organic American cheese. Use your favorite cheese, plus any other add-ins you like. Sliced turkey or ham, thinly-sliced tomato, or even a slather of pesto would be delicious! Slice off the crusts, if you like, and butter one side of each slice of bread....
