Spread Easter cheer for your crafty kid with these Easter basket ideas. Affiliate links provided for your convenience. It’s great to use holidays to encourage creativity in your kids, and anything that fills up the basket without being candy can only be a good thing, so I thought I would share some easy Easter basket […]
Turn a Junk Mail Collage into Fun Spring Decorations #junkplay
I’m back with another post in the 60 Day #junkplay Challenge. This time around we’re looking at fun things to do with junk mail. This is one of those projects that could go a million different ways and once you start playing with it you’re sure to develop different ideas for what you want to […]
Make a Quick Tooth Fairy Pillow to Hang on a Door
The girl has a loose tooth. It escalated from being a kind of wiggly tooth to a super-wiggly, may-come-out-at-any-time tooth basically yesterday. I think we’ve still got a few days before it will fall out, but you never know, so I decided I needed to be prepared. I whipped up this little tooth fairy pillow […]
A Quick Dress for Valentine’s, or Any Time
It occurred to me the other day that the girl didn’t really have anything special to wear for Valentine’s Day. Her class is having a party, of course, and I thought it would be fun to make her a dress or something. I worried that maybe I didn’t have anything in my stash that said […]
Felt Envelope Filled with Love {Iron Craft Challenge}
This week’s Iron Craft challenge was to make something for someone you love. I had been making some crocheted hearts (from this super simple pattern from Repeat Crafter Me; it’s not her fault mine all came out different sizes) but I wasn’t quite sure what to do with them. Then I decided, since there are […]
Making Art with Mix it Up
I usually let the girl choose all the books we bring home from the library, but on a recent trip (in which we brought home 17!) I slipped in a couple I thought she would particularly enjoy. One of these was Mix It Up! by HervĂ© Tullet. Like his previous book, Press Here, it’s an […]
Frozen Dress Up Gift Bag {Iron Craft Challenge}
The Iron Craft Challenge this week was to make something that could be done from start to finish in an hour or less. I had been thinking about this one for a while so I was glad to finally get it finished. Like most girls her age, the girl is very into Frozen. One of […]