Category Archives: Holidays

Make a Sweet Knit Easter Basket to Hold Treats

Sarah White April 7, 2017 Crafts / Holidays / Yarn Craft2 Comments

Make this simple little knit Easter basket for holding holiday treats, or tiny balls of yarn the rest of the year. Affiliate links are included for your convenience. I am the worst about making things for a holiday and never sharing them. But the good news is this little knit …

Scratch Art Valentine Lunchbox Notes

Sarah White February 6, 2017 Crafts / Holidays / Kids0 Comments

Have you ever made your own scratch art paper? It’s a little time consuming, but it’s really fun to make and use. I made up some recently to use as scratch art valentine lunch box notes, but you can use it for regular art or to make your own valentines …

X and O Softies to Sew for Valentine’s Day

Sarah White February 4, 2017 Crafts / Holidays / sewing5 Comments

Valentine’s Day is not a day I normally do a lot of sewing for, but on a whim a few years ago I made my daughter a Valentine’s Day dress because I happened to have some really cute flannel with hearts on it. I decided this year to make X …

How to Make a Felt Origami Valentine Bag

Sarah White January 27, 2017 Crafts / Holidays0 Comments

I guess I should call this faux origmai (fauxgami?), because this felt origami Valentine bag/decoration isn’t really origami. There is folding involved, but also cutting to make the heart shape, which is pretty much frowned on in real origami. Plus it’s felt, not paper. This design was inspired by the …

How to Save Money on a Book Advent Calendar

Sarah White November 16, 2016 Holidays0 Comments

Last year, at kind of the last minute, I decided I wanted to do a book advent calendar for the girl. She really loved it and has already told me she wants to do it again. Buying 24 new books to build a book advent calendar from every year does …

Gift Ideas for Dinosaur Loving Kids

Sarah White November 15, 2016 Holidays / Kids0 Comments

The girl has never been all that into dinosaurs, but lately she has been starting to pick up an interest, at least when it comes to crafting. We’ve ended up with lots of books and kits that would make great gift ideas for dinosaur loving kids, so if you’ve got …

Make a Halloween Activity Bucket for Halloween Fun

Sarah White October 5, 2016 Holidays / Kids0 Comments

I’m a Parragon Books Book Buddy, so I was sent the coloring books featured in this post in order to review them. All opinions are my own. Now that it’s October I feel like it’s time we can really start thinking about Halloween. I just pulled the fall decorations out …