Made By Humans
Today’s challenge is all about seeing common things in a different way. And you can do it wherever you are. Pick up a couple of things from your desk, bedside table, junk drawer, countertop. I picked a paper clip and a flat circle magnet, both on my counter from when husband cleaned out the junk […]
Today’s randomly chosen creative activity was to play with fancy lettering of your name or a word or phrase that you love. I decided to play with my name. Hand Lettering Your Name I grabbed an index card and a few different pens, Sharpies and markers and started writing my name in different styles. I […]
Before I started the ODC Craft Challenge I came up with a list of about 100 different activities that I could use. I wanted to be sure that I had things to try and to write about so I wouldn’t peter out in week six. And while it’s gone pretty smoothly so far in terms […]
I’m so excited to be with you today as part of the 28 Days of Hands-on STEM Activities for Kids series from Left Brain Craft Brain. This past week bloggers have been looking at the theme STEM goes green, and it was a lot of fun to pull this project right out of our recycling […]
A lot of crafting for me is about creative reuse, and when we bought the girl a lamp for her new art table and this little block of foam was in there, I knew I wanted to try to do some printing with it. Printing with Styrofoam is easy, but it does take a little […]
After all the weaving this week, I pulled out a different kind of loom and did some loom knitting. Knitting looms are available at craft stores in all sorts of sizes. Some are sized to make hats for babies, kids and adults, while others could be used to make bags or even the body of […]
With all the yarn crafting that I do, I end up with lots of little lengths of yarn all the time. Some of them are truly tiny, and I collect them to use as stuffing in little knit hearts (which are my go-to Christmas presents for teachers). But some of them are longer, not long […]