With just a couple weeks until the Easter holiday, set your to-dos with these fun kid-friendly crafts. Each one is a yarn explosion of fun. Not only are they fun to make, but they’ll give your home some festive Easter decor! Easter Bunny Silhouette: Use your left over yarn scraps in spring colors to make the backdrop for this Easter bunny silhouette. Find the tutorial via Katie’s Crochet Goodies....
Here is your supply list for the Quiet Book: 3 Book rings 2 colored felt squares and 5-6 white felt squares (purchased at any craft store, then cut to form a square) Scrapes of all colors of felt for some of the embelishments Hot glue and Glue gun – have a bowl of ice water near you when you use a hot glue gun! 10 inches of Velcro Fabric markers (any one color or all colors) Webbing Strap with Buckle (we cut these off some old pants, or Craft store) One shoe lace 6 Buttons, all different colors 6 pieces of yarn, same color 2 “googly” craft eyes 1 5-6 inch zipper 4-6 gold craft coins...
Watch the How-to Video: Supplies: yarn craft glue googly eyes craft paper stacking cups Instructions: Create your mini pom poms with your yarn. There are a lot of ways to make these, but to make them a super small and the perfect size, I used the pom pom tutorial from Meyamo. I printed out her template for winding the yarn around, cutting, and tying. I used the small pattern for the red angry bird and the medium pattern for the pigs....
Supplies: Everything is available at your local craft or fabric store. Punching Awl Pattern for baby binky to punch: Download this pattern, then print it out: baby-binky-pattern Cork board: For punching holes in card – found at kitchen or office store (try a cork hot plate) Thread: I usually use DMC floss, with all six strands Needle: Cross-stitch needle #26 for 18-22 count fabric Cardstock: white piece, accent color piece, folded card piece Envelope: white envelope that measures, 4 ½ “ x 5 ¾ “ Glue: Glue stick, glue dots, spray glue is recommended...
To get started you’ll need to gather: a pint size glass canning jar a candle a foam paint brush frost etching effect (I used Martha Stewart brand) 24 gauge steel wire To begin, apply the frost etching using the foam brush. After the jar is covered let it dry completely. When the frost etching is dry, apply your second coat. Your jar should look like this after you’ve applied two coats....
I have a little formula I like to use when composing a salad. Feel free to add your own tips in the comment section so we can all benefit. My formula is this: greens+fresh fruit/veggie+flavorful cheese+something crunchy+meat (as a main dish)+a killer vinaigrette. And then I play around until it’s perfect. Creating a Good Green Salad (Mixed greens with pluots, slivered almonds, and bacon. Recipe here.) –Greens— Think about the flavor of the greens when you are getting ready to make a salad....
Supplies for Pipe Cleaner Valentine Arrows: pipe cleaners (aka chenille stems) wooden dowel or popsicle stick red sparkle paint – Thanks, DecoArt sponge brush Using your red sparkle paint and sponge brush, paint your wooden dowel or stick. Let it dry completely. I used a tall drinking cup to set it in to dry, painting one half of the stick and then the other. To create your heart shaped arrow, first bend the pipe cleaner in half, but don’t press....
Rolled apple cinnamon pancakes These rolled apple cinnamon pancakes are filled with homemade apple compote and topped with freshly whipped cream and caramel maple syrup. Ingredients Your favorite pancake mix Red apples Salted caramel maple syrup Heavy whipping cream Cinnamon Butter Brown sugar Note: We use a lot of apples in this recipe because the kids love eating the apple compote for dessert too. How to make rolled apple cinnamon pancakes We are going to start by making the apple compote....
We’ve recently potty trained and underpants and books featuring them have become a big favourite in our house with one of them being Dinosaurs love Underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cox. As for most toddlers J is fascinated by Dinosaurs and this book gives a funny and humourus look at why Dinosaurs became extinct many years ago – The Great Pants Tug of War. You see “It all began when cavemen felt embarassed in the nude – so someone dreamt up underpants to stop them feeling rude” and from then on there is a lot of great rhymes with many dinosaurs (some of who I have a lot of fun voicing and even trying to pronounce the names) and their underpants....
“Greening your pet is a great idea for him or her, for the planet, and for all family members, “ authors Alexandra Zissu and Jeffery Hollander, Seventh Generation Co-founder write in “Planet Home,” “Pet food made from conventional animals raises all the same red flags as human food,” (Clarkson Potter 2010). And in “Home Hints & Tips,” author Rosamond Richardson explains that “Pet foods contain a range of chemicals. These include pesticides, nitrates, lead, synthetic preservatives, and artificial flavorings and colorings....
I’m partnering with Fox Home Entertainment to share the tutorial for these darling Nutcracker ornaments! They are running the “12 Days of Fox Christmas” showcasing 12 different holiday movies you can own instantly from iTunes today. It’s Day 9 and I’m excited to share a fun crafty tutorial showcasing The Nutcracker! Download The Nutcracker now on iTunes and enjoy this timeless classic with your family! Digital HD makes watching your favorite Fox Christmas movies quick and easy....
We love family movie nights over here, and we love it even more when there is a giant bowl of yummy popcorn to eat as we watch it. As a kid too, we regularly made and ate popcorn, as we crowded onto the couch to watch a movie, TV show, or a football game. It is one of our fun family traditions, and my kids love doing it with me....
Fabric frisbees also make great party favors or stocking stuffers. One of my favorite parts of this project is personalizing it with fabrics that match each child’s favorite animal, color, interest, or character. If you are a beginning sewer, this is a fun project to practice on! For each fabric frisbee, you will need: 2 coordinating fabrics for the front and back (9-inch squares are plenty) Cotton batting – enough to cut 2 8-inch circles Matching thread...
As I’ve partnered up with Odwalla Smoothies for Kids, becoming the Play ambassador for their Goodness Grove community over at BlogFrog, I thought this would be the perfect time to show you how our family plays this beloved game. Watch our video to see what all the excitement is about! See what I mean? With a few small treats and piece of paper, you’re set to play family games. This is a great one to play when you have guests over too, grandma and grandpa get really into it!...
We placed his backpack outside his door and he went straight to bed so the First Day of School Fairy could leave something special in his backpack. Right when he woke up this morning, we heard him cheer and he came running to tell us what was inside. The fairy brought a few school supplies, activities for when he gets home from school, and an after school snack. Boy, that fairy is somethin’ special....
feather googly eye glue First, grab the glue and put it on the spot on the feather where you want to place the eye. 2. Next, you place the eye on the glue. 3. Wait for it to dry. And while you’re waiting, you can take another feather and start tickling around! Now you’re done and ready to play with your feather fishy friends!
From peppers and potatoes to beans and snap peas! We had fun painting cardboard graveyard signs for our vegetable garden this Halloween! Find the full tutorial over at over at Alpha Mom’s – Once Upon a Holiday!
Healthy Cookie Dough Balls Whether you call them energy bites, cookie dough balls, or no-bake cookies, these little tasty morsels take just a few basic ingredients and turn them into a quick and easy sweet treat. Unlike regular cookie dough, the base of these chocolate chip cookie dough balls is a mixture of cashews and oats, giving them a nice dose of protein. With a little supervision at the food processor, kids can easily make these on their own....
Supplies for Kinara Placemat: 5 sheets of heavy cardstock paper – black, yellow, red, green and one more main paper for weaving – we chose brown scissors and/or paper cutter glue stick Take your main paper that you’ll be weaving the other strips through and fold it in half. Take your scissors and cut 6-8 slices through the paper at the fold mark, not cutting all the way through. Unfold the paper....
