How To Archives - Page 5 of 15 - Alanna George

How To | Fleece Super Hero Cape

By Alanna George, on October 22nd, 2012

Does your little guy or gal need a cape for Halloween? My little dude has had a sudden idea for a new costume. It involves a super hero cape, in green. I didn’t want to spend much time or money creating a super hero cape for him, so I came up with an easy . . . → Read More: How To | Fleece Super Hero Cape

How To | Yarn Pom-pom Bat

By Alanna George, on October 17th, 2012

This week we used yarn again to make another Halloween critter, a bat. I believe you should try to use the supplies you have on hand and since we already had black yarn I came up with a way to create this little bat. Kinda cute isn’t he? You can even change him up . . . → Read More: How To | Yarn Pom-pom Bat

How To | Yarn Spider and Web

By Alanna George, on October 8th, 2012

Over the weekend we were busy making some new Halloween decorations. I try not to get my kids too excited about Halloween until it is at least October. That usually means we don’t do any Halloween related projects until October either. My two older kids (ages 6 and 7) loved making their own spider . . . → Read More: How To | Yarn Spider and Web

How To | Toddler Mermaid Costume

By Alanna George, on September 27th, 2012

Can you tell she is posing and saying “cheese” for all of you. It is tricky to get a picture of her because she pauses for about a half second before she runs up to the camera and tries to see herself in the display on the back. So, she wanted to be a . . . → Read More: How To | Toddler Mermaid Costume

How To | Space Themed Birthday

By Alanna George, on September 18th, 2012

My Space loving son recently turned the big 6. Of course the party had to have a Space theme. If you have been following along on my blog over the past year then you’ve seen the birthday theme parties I did for my other two kids this year. If you want to check out . . . → Read More: How To | Space Themed Birthday

How To | Solar System Mobile

By Alanna George, on September 13th, 2012

Anyone else have a Space lover in their house? I talked earlier this summer about the great book we found called 13 Planets: The Latest View of the Solar System by David Aguilar. My son is still loving this book and it inspired us to create a planet mobile together. I found this great . . . → Read More: How To | Solar System Mobile

How To | Space Shuttle Party Treat

By Alanna George, on September 11th, 2012

My son is in love with all things Space. For his birthday he wanted to take a Space themed treat to school to celebrate. I came up with an idea to create the Space Shuttle out of Lifesavers and Hershey’s Kisses. For me this was better than baking cupcakes! It probably was better for . . . → Read More: How To | Space Shuttle Party Treat

12 Days of Christmas Ornament Swap

By Alanna George, on August 27th, 2012

I was hoping to get these posted for a Christmas in July theme, but I guess Christmas in August will do too. I recently hosted a 12 Days of Christmas Ornament Swap and I was blown away by the beautiful ornaments every one created. Take a look for yourself!

A Partridge in a Pear . . . → Read More: 12 Days of Christmas Ornament Swap

How To | Mei Tai Baby Carrier

By Alanna George, on August 21st, 2012

If you read my summer day camp post last week I mentioned this upcoming post about baby carriers. I recently sewed myself a Mei Tai carrier and I love it. When my kids were babies I used the Baby Bjorn and I loved that thing, but my babies were all on the . . . → Read More: How To | Mei Tai Baby Carrier

Summer Day Camp | Painted Sand Art

By Alanna George, on August 17th, 2012

Week #6 of our Summer Day Camp series is here! My friend Sarah from LimeMade made a cute project with her kids that you will want to try. I should have done this while we were camping, we had plenty of sand available! So visit Sarah here to find the complete instructions . . . → Read More: Summer Day Camp | Painted Sand Art