Supplies for Heart Pop Up Cards: 1 sheet of paper, any size pencil scissors 1 sheet of cardstock paper, larger than your first paper small cut out shape of a heart crayons, markers, or stickers to decorate Fold your smaller paper in half. With your pencil, draw 2 lines on the edge of a folded card about 2 inches apart and 1 inch in. You can make your lines large or small, fat or skinny....
Just in case you might like to have a little celebration, too, I’ve rounded up a bright and shiny collection of summer solstice crafts. Whether you feel like pulling out the paints, having an afternoon play dough session, or challenging your big kids with some bracelet-making, there’s sure to be something here to spark your kids’ interests. I’m wondering if I can get 8-month-old baby Henry to cooperate long enough to make a hand print sunshine!...
Valentine’s Day Fingerprint Love Canvas: A negative design can be used to spell out any word you like. Find the tutorial over at The Farm Wife Crafts. Fingerprint Carrot and Bunny Craft: These adorable bunnies and carrots were made with fingerprints! Find the tutorial over at Crafty Morning. Fingerprint Keychain: This fingerprint keychain would be a great keepsake for a grandparent! Find the tutorial over at A Girl and A Glue Gun....
Here are 20 Mom Approved Gifts to Give: Framed Vertical Garden – I would LOVE to have this hanging on my wall, probably my kitchen. There’s something so beautiful about this display, especially with succulents. Owl Always Love You Necklaces – I love everything from the ladies of Charmed Collections. You can’t go wrong with their darling jewelry! Fizzy Bath Bombs – these are a fun project to make for someone you love....
Because it’s something very important for our family, I hope I can encourage you and your family to get outdoors as well. Here are 5 ways to make it outdoors and head out for a hike with your kids! 1. Give them a responsibility If children have ownership in something, they are much more likely to be ready and willing for an adventure. We make sure to let each of our kids take turns being the leader of the line....
Thanksgiving Leftovers Sandwich: This might be the sandwich of my dreams. Look at those layers!! Click on the link for the tasty recipe. (via Home. Made. Interest.) Leftover Thanksgiving Stuffing Waffles: Make these easy waffles the day after Thanksgiving (or the few days after!) with all of your leftover stuffing. Top it with an egg and you’ve got a delicious meal. Perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. (via If You Give a Blonde a Kitchen)...
While I love me some SuperSoul Conversations with Oprah or listening to Reply All on a long drive (so fascinating), I also LOVE to be inspired and hear what’s going on in the creative world. If you’re a creative person or you want to spark your creativity, here are 9 fabulous podcasts just for you! (Plus a couple bonuses because I can’t help myself!) NOTE: there are a lot of ways to listen to podcasts, all of which are free!...
We’ve shared a road trip scavenger hunt and a hiking scavenger hunt before, but now you have one when you fly with the family! You can begin right when you get to the airport, find more items on the airplane, and even search for a few things when you land! The kids can stay engaged and excited as they search for all the fun things they see! I’m sharing this free printable from designer and illustrator Juliann Law over at Alaska Airlines, as I’m their guest blogger!...
Today my dad asked me what makes me happy. I said, “Well, a good book always cheers me up.” Then my dad had a great idea. Why not write book reviews for my mom’s blog since I love reading so much. I thought it was a great idea and decided to get started. I just had to think of what book I would choose to review. It was hard to choose just one!...
In the picture book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, the letters one by one climb up the coconut tree. But, unfortunately, the whole alphabet of 26 letters weighs a little bit more than the poor tree can handle bringing down the coconut tree with a “boom boom”. I love this book for its lively interpretation of the alphabet, its rhythmic catchy text, and its bright colorful illustrations. Supplies: Tub or Bin – I used a disposable cooking pan with lid....
These would make a great table display for a St. Patrick’s Day party. Or I know a few grandma’s who might love a floral bunch like this as a gift. Wouldn’t these make a great gift topper for a birthday present? Just attach them with some ribbon to complete the gift wrapping- so cute and colorful. Supplies for Coffee Filter Flower Bouquet: 5-6 coffee filters markers or crayons elastic band or loom band straw or wood dowel washi tape...
Here’s a little more about the book: But amidst all the terrible failure is a celebration of those among us who are brave enough to pick up the scissors and get crafty! Because even if you can’t make a handsome Papier mâché stag to hang on your wall, why shouldn’t you try? As Heather says, you learn more from trying and failing than not trying at all. And when it does go wrong—as it inevitably will—you can always find solace in sitting back and laughing at the ridiculous results....
Note: Always hold your pumpkin from the base, never just the stem. Believe me, I’ve had one pop off. And then where would your cozy go? Supplies: green yarn – or any cool color for your cozy hook size H scissors yarn needle pumpkin with a handle! Instructions: Chain 18 – OR how ever many to fit the base of your pumpkin’s stem. 2. Slip stitch your hook back into your first chain to form a large circle....
How to decorate a Father’s Day tie cake Ingredients Basic sheet cake (homemade or store-bought) White cake icing White cookie frosting Mini M&M’s Sprinkles (optional) We used a store-bought cake, but to make your cake extra special, get the kids to help in the kitchen baking Dad a cake in his favorite flavor. Instructions This simple Father’s Day tie cake is so simple to decorate, so it’s perfect for kids....
Supplies: printed out picture of child – this can be printed on regular white paper or photo paper and would be best in color ink, but mine was on the fritz, so here we were with a black and white image. Freshly Picked Cricut cartridge for garden accessories glue stick 12×12 cardstock paper velcro and lamination – optional Instructions: First, I photographed my daughter. I knew I wanted her to hold a few items in the garden, so I positioned her with her arms out....
St. Patrick’s Day snack board This snack board is so easy to make. Whether you have fancy heart-shaped bowls or heart-shaped paper plates left over from Valentine’s Day you can make a board just like this that everyone will love. I used a long white dish for the stem, but you could add food that’s a different shade of green to the chips to make yours without using a dish....
Good thing he provided a few breathing holes.
Supplies for Heart Shaped Foam Friendship Bracelets: Craft foam sheets in red, pink, and/or white 9–10 inches of yarn, any color Hole punch Scissors Tape (optional) Rhinestone stickers (optional) Glitter glue (optional) Using your scissors, cut out 6–7 small 1 × 1 in (2.5 cm) hearts from the craft foam sheets. You will need 6–7 hearts per child, although the length of the bracelet may vary for each child. Use your hole punch to make 2 holes in each heart....
I kinda wish it was snowing right now here in Seattle ;) Makes hot chocolate that much better! Basic supplies to have on hand: hot chocolate mix hot water mug spoons Really, that’s all you need. But we like to make things interesting, right?! Extras to make things a party: marshmallows – mini are the best or giant homemade marshmallows are fun too sprinkles milk or cream whipped cream chocolate chips or chocolate shavings peppermint powder peanut butter candy spoons cookies to dip cookies to crush and sprinkle Pocky biscuit sticks for stirring – yum!...
As we read about tons and tons of feet from The Foot Book, we explored our own feet after reading. We got out paper, pencils, crayons, paint and brushes to do a little feet experimenting. First my kids drew pictures of different feet. My son drew some brown Monster feet. We also talked about animal feet and the kinds of prints they have and how they are different from ours....
