The girl likes to pick things up outside, like most kids do, and I sometimes have trouble just throwing them back outside even though she doesn’t ever notice if I do. Which explains why this giant magnolia leaf has been in our house for a few months now. I decided I wanted to do something […]
Painting Leaves {Kid Craft}
The girl and I went to the park on Saturday, and while she was stalling about leaving she was checking out these big, pretty leaves on one of the plants by the creek. She picked a couple and I said, “when we get home we can paint those.” I said it to try to get […]
Fun Fall Felt Projects for Kids
The other weekend I was working on a project that became the No Sew Fall Leaf Garland, which you can see over at Sugar Bee Crafts. As you might imagine from the name, it involves leaf shapes, and as you might imagine from the title of this post those leaves are felt. I decided to […]
Holding on to Fall with a Leaf-Rubbing Craft
Over the past few weeks while I was finishing up writing my book (!), I saw all the beautiful colors on the trees and was afraid I was going to miss fall entirely. I did miss a lot of the good weather (though I did take some time to enjoy, even in the busiest parts, […]