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A great Advent Activity for your family! Order my Jesse Tree Ornament Tutorial today and create your own holiday tradition. Find out more here.
Sew this hood style animal hat to keep your child warm this winter. Purchase pattern here.
Easy to make mermaid costume pattern for American Girl Dolls or 15" Bamboletta. Purchase pattern here. |
Wanted to hop on the blog (still in the middle of our big move) and show you what the kids are making for their class Valentines. If you are looking for something your kids can make themselves this is it. My 7 year old did these pretty much on her own. . . . → Read More: How To | Warm Fuzzy Friend Valentine This is a quick craft you can do with your kids during the holidays. This festive wreath is perfect to wear on a coat or backpack to show some holiday cheer! . . . → Read More: Advent Activity | Pom-Pom Ball Wreath Pin  Leave a comment  Advent Activities, Christmas Projects, How To  Advent Activities, Advent Activity, Advent Craft for Kids, Advent Crafts for Children, Child Advent, Children Advent Activity, Christmas Kid Craft, Crafts for Kids, DIY Wreath Pin, Easy Kid Craft, Family Advent, Kid Craft, Kid Craft Project, Kids Craft, Pom Pom Ball Wreath If you are as many years young as I am you may remember making friendship pins in grade school. I remember I would pin them on my shoelaces down near the bottom row so I would always have them on without having to remove them everyday from my shirt. Oh to be as cool . . . → Read More: Summer Day Camp | Friendship Pins I’ve had this idea for using a handprint to make a bird kickin’ around in my head for awhile. I finally pulled out all the supplies to make this project with the kids yesterday. The kids love getting their hand painted and seeing their freshly made print on a piece of paper. Even Calista . . . → Read More: How To | Mother’s Day Handprint Bird Card 11 comments How To, Painting Projects, Paper Crafts, Spring Projects Bird craft for Kids, Bird Handprint, Bird in Nest Handprint, Childrens Craft, Grandma Mother's Day Card, Hand Print Kid Craft, Handmade Gift, Handmade Mother's Day Gift, Handprint Card for Grandma, Kid Craft, Kid Craft Bird, Kids Craft, Mother's Day Card, Mother's Day Craft for Kids, Mother's Day Hand Print Card, Mother's Day Handprint Card Are you getting ready for the countdown to Christmas? I am getting everything prepared here. My kids look forward to the Advent crafts and activities we do every year while we count down the days of December! If you visited here last year you have probably seen my Jesse Tree for Kids Ornament Tutorial. . . . → Read More: Advent Activities | Countdown for 2011 2 comments Advent Activities Advent, Advent Activities, Advent Activity, Advent Activity for Kids, Advent Countdown, Advent Crafts for Children, Advent Crafts for Kids, Advent Kids Craft, Child Advent, Childrens Craft, Christmas Countdown, Christmas Craft Kids, Christmas Projects, Crafts for Kids, Jesse Tree, Jesse Tree Creation, Jesse Tree Ornament, Jesus Craft for Kids, Kid Craft, Kids Craft My mantel is all decorated to celebrate Thanksgiving this month. My kids and I made these cheap pumpkins from recycled paper lunch bags to make our Fall display more colorful and full. How To | Paper Lunch Bag Pumpkins Supplies: Paper Lunch Bags Orange acrylic paint Green acrylic paint Paintbrush Magazine to recycle Green . . . → Read More: How To | Paper Bag Pumpkins 2 comments Fall Projects, How To, Recycling Projects, Thanksgiving Projects Childrens Craft, fall craft for kids, Fall decor, fall kid craft, Kid Craft, Kids Craft, lunch bag craft, paper lunch bag pumpkin, Pumpkin, pumpkin craft, recycled craft, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Craft, thanksgiving decor, Thanksgiving Project This cute ghost couple is actually a set of recycled orange juice containers. We will be using these to collect our candy on Halloween night. These trick-or-treat buckets were really easy to make and can also be used as decorations on your mantel or table until Halloween night. The handle on the orange juice . . . → Read More: How To | Recycled Ghost Trick-or-Treat Bucket One comment Fall Projects, Halloween Projects, How To, Recycling Projects Candy Bag, Crafts for Kids, Ghost Bucket, Ghost Craft, Ghost Deocration, Ghost from Recycled Sheet, Googly Eye Craft, Halloween Craft, Halloween Ghost Decoration, Kid Craft, Kids Craft, Recycled Candy Bag, Recycled Halloween Craft, Recycled Kid Craft, Recycled Orange Juice Container Craft, Recycled Trick or Treat Bucket I had an idea to use cheap craft felt to create this Halloween monster mash-up felt face activity for the kids. The activity is played on a 9×12 piece of felt, which is actually one side of the felt pocket where all the pieces are stored. This activity has inspired lots of giggles at . . . → Read More: How To | Monster Mash-up Felt Face Activity One comment Fall Projects, Felt Projects, Halloween Projects, How To Blanket Stitch, Crafts for Kids, Felt Craft, Felt Monster Faces, Free Halloween Download, Free Monster Face Download, Funny Monster Faces, Halloween Craft, Halloween Kid Craft, Halloween Project Child, Kid Craft, Kids Craft, Kindergarten Halloween Craft, Monster Activity, Monster Face Template, Preschool Halloween Craft My kids and I actually made these ghost tree branch mobiles last year before Halloween. I pulled them out to hang them up the other night and they were really excited to see them again. I think these mobiles look cool hanging from our light over the dinner table. Adds the perfect spooky atmosphere . . . → Read More: How To | Tree Branch Ghost Mobile We made these cute shirts using fabric paint and paper stencils. My kids love to wear things they have made. Charlie loves his car shirt, which he had painted on previously. He decided he wanted a car shape put on top of the original paint. Lorelei is in love with bunnies and birds, hence . . . → Read More: How To | Fabric Spray Paint T-shirt |
 I was a Design Manager in the scrapbooking industry until the birth of my first child. I then turned freelance designer, crafter and stay-at-home mom. I reside in MI with my husband and our four kids. Find out more about me here.    
  
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