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Keep Quick Crafts for Kids on Hand with Stuck on Fun

There are so many fun crafty books out there, and they make great gifts for creative kids or things to have on hand for down time during holiday breaks from school or while the turkey is cooking. My daughter, who is 7, was really excited to play with (affiliate link …

Hand Sewing {Craft Challenge, Day 104}

Sarah White April 13, 2016 Craft Challenge / Creating with Kids / Fabric Crafts / Kids / sewing1 Comment

Because I had scraps of fabric out yesterday while I was working on the circle bag, the girl asked if she could sew two pieces of fabric together. We’d talked about starting her on a real sewing project, instead of just stitching on plastic canvas, during spring break but she …

Collage with Old Art {Craft Challenge, Day 86}

Sarah White March 26, 2016 Art / Craft Challenge / Creating with Kids0 Comments

I had really high hopes for this week being a test of how well I could work with the girl at home. I cleared off most of a shelf in my office and filled it with lots of different activities: books, puzzles, projects and fun stuff to try. My idea …

Frugal Family Linky May 28

Sarah White May 28, 2015 Frugal Family0 Comments

This week has really been all about the frugal crafting here at the White House, so if you haven’t checked out my posts on making texture plates with cardboard and hot glue and making maracas out of plastic eggs, you should go look at them. Great weekend crafting with kid …

How to Make Plastic Egg Maracas

Sarah White May 27, 2015 Crafts / Creating with Kids / Kids1 Comment

This craft came completely from the mind of the girl, inspired by something she saw at school. She was telling me all weekend that she wanted to make maracas out of plastic eggs with rice inside (beans would not do) and using plastic forks as the handles. It’s pretty brilliant. …

Make an Easy Kid Craft Halloween Centerpiece

Sarah White October 23, 2014 Art / Crafts / Creating with Kids / Holidays0 Comments

Through the years the girl has made a lot of great Halloween crafts at school. These are actually just a few of them. I love the yarn-wrapped mummy, of course, and the spider is pretty awesome, too (it’s made out of a Laughing Cow cheese container). Then there are all …

Creating with Tape {Kid Craft}

Sarah White June 26, 2014 Art / Creating with Kids / Creative Every Day2 Comments

The other day I told you about the big container of wood pieces we got from the girl’s old school. Another thing that I really wanted and snagged was a giant tape dispenser. This thing is awesome. It holds a ton of tape and the cutter is actually plastic so …