My mom is a pretty awesome grandma. She is the come over to my house and sleep over and bake cookies and make crafts kind of grandmother. She is way more thrifty and far more creative in coming up with art projects for the girls to make then I am. Possessing only the vaguest notion of what Pinterest is she does things old school, coming up with crafts through sheer … [Read more...]
DIY Business Card Valentines (For Kids)
My kids and I did a fun project for Valentine's Day, we created DIY Valentine's Day cards using our scanner, printer, and some business card stock. I took my daughters drawings and turned them into pre-printed Valentines that they could colour in and address to their friends. It was a super simple project that turned out pretty fantastic looking, and had my girls proud to hand … [Read more...]
Getting Creative with Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life & Stickies
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life hit theatres last weekend. Based off of Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, the first in the Middle School series by James Patterson, the film is aimed at, well, middle schoolers or tweens. The bad guy of the film is a rule obsessed principal whose entire goal seems to be to squash all creativity out of his school's … [Read more...]
Make Your Own Book of Dragons, Like a Dragon Rider of Berk
My nine year old daughter, Grace, is a big fan of the Dreamworks film How to Train Your Dragon, as well as the Netflix exclusive series Dragons: Race to the Edge. So much so that she decided she wanted to create her own "Book of Dragons". Mostly this consists of her drawing various dragons, some based on beasts that appear in the show, and others being creatures that she makes … [Read more...]
19 Patterns to Knit Your Own Doctor Who Scarf
There are so many cool free Doctor Who scarf patterns out there. My knitting skills are pretty rusty, but I'm thinking I just might dig my needles out of the closet and try my hand at making one of these Doctor Who themed scarves. (I'm probably going to start with the official BBC pattern for Tom Baker's scarf -- who wouldn't want to wear that, even if just for fun?) Free … [Read more...]
Get Creative – DIY Magnetic Advent Calendar – Make it in 30 minutes for Under $20
For several years now I've been locked in debate with my husband, with him thinking we need new advent calendars, and me using copious amounts of tape to mend the not-so-sturdy cardboard boxes and keep the one we had going. Then last year I came up with the brilliant idea to make a new advent calendar to hold our traditional Playmobil pieces. See for as long as my eldest has … [Read more...]
The ONE magic ingredient you need to make a Scarecrow Costume in 10 minutes or Less
For Halloween, my Oz loving girls asked if they could be the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodsman. The seven year old had a clear vision of her Tin Woodman costume and some pretty elaborate ideas involving cardboard boxes and tinfoil. I was left wondering how I was going to turn her younger sister into the scarecrow. I had some ideas involving making straw out of yellow felt, or.... … [Read more...]
Getting Crafty with Camelot Fabrics, Fat Quarters
I love creating and crafting, and the most important thing when creating a project is having good quality supplies whether it be yarn, fabric, paints, thread whatever. You need quality supplies that will last a long time so that your hard work is cherished for a long time. Camelot Fabrics has amazing quality fabrics that will help you take your projects to the next level. … [Read more...]
Indoor Snow Play, Perfect For a Snow Day
We spent G-Girl's last Snow Day building snow forts and snowmen in our dining room. The snow outside looks lovely shinning in the sunlight, but I'm not letting my kids outside to play on a day when they warn you can get frostbite in under five minutes. So instead, we brought the snow play inside. I gave them cornstarch based packing peanuts. The kind that are super … [Read more...]
Create Some Preschooler Friendly Hedgehog Wall Art
I found the cutest applique project over at Izzy & Ivy Designs. Perfect for sewing on to a t-shirt or a onesie. I started thinking about how I could turn this into a Rainbow friendly project and here's what I came up with.... I prepped steps 1-3 ahead of time.... 1. Head over to Izzy & Ivy Designs and snag their Henrietta the Hedgehog applique template. Print … [Read more...]
DIY – Edible Finger Paints to Make at Home
A couple of days ago we made some Edible Finger Paint. It was incredibly easy to make. It was also very easy to clean up after (and Gracie had a blast). I've read several kids activity books that suggestion using pudding as finger paint. However, I really prefer this variant because it's not as sweet, and therefore doesn't encourage kids to eat the paints. Also, you end up … [Read more...]