This is a cute little cross stitch project to use up all your little bits of thread, because you can make each of the mattresses a different color! Have them coordinate as shown or make them all the colors if … Read More...
Stop Motion of Crochet Yogi and Cindy Bear
It’s this awesome stop motion animation I decided to make of Yogi and Cindy Bear during their Valentine’s Day’s candlelit dinner using my daughter’s miniatures and my little mini amigurumis! The street lamp is supposed to be on but it’s … Read More...
Combine Knitting and Crochet in One Shawl
While I knit a lot more than I crochet, I like both crafts and it’s fun to combine them in projects.
Vincent Williams did just that with his Our Hands Shawl, a top-down, triangular shawl that combines different knit and … Read More...
Easter Counting and Coloring Worksheets
If you have a kiddo who is working on counting to 100, these easy Easter math coloring sheets are a fun way to practice.
The numbers are shown in a chart with a code at the top to show which … Read More...
Crochet Chunky Winter White Mittens
You can make these quick and easy crochet mittens in under 2 hours! Grab the free crochet pattern for lovely winter white mittens. They will be the chunky mittens you grab when you want a Hygge snuggly vibe. I designed … Read More...
Boho Wildflower Cross Stitch Pattern
As spring starts to creep into the Northern Hemisphere, I have flowers on the brain.
I love this wildflower cross stitch pattern from Leia Patterns. It would be great to stitch just as it is or you could add some … Read More...
Knit a Sweet, Cozy Bear Baby Blanket
Baby knits are so much fun because it’s totally normal to add a fuzzy animal or sweet ears or something totally cute to an otherwise plain design.
The Bear-y Cozy Baby Blanket from Yarnspirations is a great example of this. … Read More...
Learning about Holi
Holi is a holiday that I never heard much about until a few years ago, but it’s a great one to celebrate with your kids. Holi
is a Hindu festival that celebrates spring and the triumph of good over evil.… Read More...
Mandala Cross Stitch Pattern
The Indian festival Holi is coming up soon, and one of the ways that holiday is marked is with the drawing of rangoli, colorful mandalas that often have a floral design.
These designs are meant to be ephemeral, but ours … Read More...
Easter Bunny Puppet
Puppets are a lot of fun in the classroom or at home for storytime or just creative play with little kids.
This Easter bunny puppet from Red Ted Art is super cute and simple to put together. The only sort … Read More...
Stunning Colorwork Covers the Pagan Sky Sweater
I was scrolling around on Ravelry the other day, as one sometimes does when they should be doing other things, and I found this gorgeous sweater.
The Pagan Sky sweater from Zanete Knits is worked in DK weight yarn
from … Read More...
Easter Bunny Letter Recognition Activity
Here’s a fun holiday spin on learning letters for little kids.
ABCs of Literacy has a cute Easter bunny letter recognition game that involves feeding the bunny paper jellybeans with the different letters on them.
The printable includes the bunny … Read More...
Get Ready for Spring Cleaning with this Simple Washcloth Knitting Pattern
Somehow cleaning is a little more fun when you have a nice cloth to do it with. And when you can say your knitting time is in the service of spring cleaning, that’s even better.
The Staying Home spa cloth … Read More...
Book Review: Simple Chunky Knits
Big yarn doesn’t seem to be going away, and projects worked with super bulky and jumbo yarn — whether with big needles, your arms or a big crochet hook — can be finished quickly for nearly instant gratification that’s also … Read More...
Bumblebee and Clover Cross Stitch Pattern
This bumblebee and clover cross stitch design from Nadezhda Mashtakova is stunning and has a lot of great detail in the bee’s wings and the flower itself.
The design is 75 by 71 stitches and uses 25 colors including blends. … Read More...
Crochet Pattern – Quick Winter Hat
Learning how to crochet a hat is an easy project. And this Quick Winter Hat reminds me of being a kid again, with lots of whimsy and fun! This free crochet hat pattern is a fun and easy project … Read More...
Jelly Bean Coding Activity
Coding doesn’t have to be done on a computer. The basics of code, which is really just following directions, can be taught in a lot of different ways.
Give coding without a computer a seasonal twist with this jelly bean … Read More...
Boxy Cardigan Knitting Pattern
The Kaga Cardigan by Ririko looks like a perfect option to knit and wear with everything this spring. It’s a big, boxy shape with an allover lace and traveling stitch pattern on the body and ribbed sleeves.
It’s worked from … Read More...
A Simple Baby Blanket Knitting Pattern
Baby blankets are one of my favorite things to knit for new little ones because it seems like they are always needed and used, and they don’t have to fit, since babies come in such a range of sizes.
Jay … Read More...
Easter Kitchen Science: Can you Dissolve an Eggshell?
This is an experiment that is both really cool and frankly creeps me out a little bit. It’s fun to do experiments with eggs around Easter but of course you can do this any time.
Go Science Kids has a … Read More...