This knitting pattern for a rainbow water bottle carrier is the perfect thing to knit up for Pride or for rainbow-loving folks to use throughout the year. It doesn’t use a lot of any color of yarn, so if you have rainbow scraps this is a great way to use them. Why Use a Water […]
Crocheted Pride Flag Pattern
In 2023 I made a crocheted Pride flag as part of a citywide crochet installation project directed by my crafty buddy Gina, and I’ve been feeling nostalgic about it. I decided to crochet a smaller and slightly modified version to hang at home, so it seems a great time to share with you how to […]
Your Daisies will Love this Easy Rainbow Beaded Pin
Make an easy rainbow beaded pin project kit for Girl Scouts or for rainbow-loving kids. Affiliate links are included for your convenience. When I was preparing for my daughter’s (and my troop’s) last Daisy meeting, I wanted to give them a little craft project that was quick and easy to make at the meeting or […]
Make a Washi Tape Rainbow
It’s National Craft Month (though, honestly, who really needs a special month to think about crafting?) and a bunch of bloggers are joining forces to share colorful, creative crafts that will get you inspired, too. This week’s theme is all about colorful crafts, and I thought about the fantastic colorful rolls of tape we inherited […]
Make a Kid’s Birthday Party Space More Colorful with PartyPail
PartyPail.com allowed me to pick out some great stuff for the girl’s birthday party in exchange for writing a post. All opinions are my own (and the girl’s, mostly). For about six months the girl knew exactly what she wanted for her fifth birthday: a party at Gynmastics Joe’s, a local gymnastics studio that’s open […]
Easy Rainbow Gift Tags
Sometimes it’s hard being a crafty mama. You expect to be able to make lots of cute stuff for any occasion, but then the occasion comes and you don’t have time to perfectly hand craft every last detail. Or really any details. So it was with the girl’s birthday this year. Coming just a week […]
Rainbow Pom-Pom Garlands!
The Bit had a three-year-birthday celebration that lasted a good three weeks (with three parties!), and we finally finished up with her big party with friends at Boingo Bounce, a local indoor place full of inflatables. She’d originally said she wanted a party at home with friends, which I was totally down with, but Boingo […]