Looking for something to keep those kiddos hands busy while the Turkey is in the oven? How about doing some ‘Gobble Gobble Painting’! Head on over to Crissy’s Craft to see two of her great ideas for painting on small … Read More...
Cloud Dough
I love sensory activities, especially for my preschool age kids…who am I kidding, I love them for myself too! I can just imagine all of us gathered around the table playing with this amazing dough! Tinkerlab has the post on … Read More...
Kid Friendly Native American Medicine Bag
Here is a great craft to use while teaching your children about the Native American side of Thanksgiving, and a little history about Native Americans and the culture. Head on over to Naturally Educational for the tutorial.
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Kid Sized Gingerbread House
Every year around this time as we are walking through Costco, my girls beg me to buy the gingerbread house kit so they can ‘hype up’ on all the sugar candy and use their fabulous decorating skills to create a … Read More...
Leaf and Flower Petal Tissue Collage
This craft is perfect to do with your child after a long nature walk where you collect beautiful fallen leaves and flower petals from around your home. Head on over to The Chocolate Muffin Tree for this interesting technique using … Read More...
Story Stones
Once in a while, a craft comes across my path, and my heart gets all tingly because the craft touches the cockles of my heart. This craft does that to me. These Story Stones by red bird crafts can be … Read More...
Portable Art Studio
maya*made is one of my favorite blogs and artistic crafters ever! I love how she found this portable table to easel in a vintage book that her grandmother used to teach with in her nursery school…priceless. In addition to the … Read More...
Dragons from Lightleaf Studio
Lightleaf Studio introduces us to her dragons and shares a little of the woe we all (or most of us? me for sure) go through sometimes: she toasted the original.
Make Your Own Loom for Weaving: Kid Craft
I never tried weaving when I was a child, then again, I never did many crafts at all as a child. This tutorial is wonderful if you have never tried weaving with your children. Have fun creating the loom, and … Read More...
Peanuts Christmas Ornament
Who doesn’t love Peanuts? Here’s a great craft to do with your children…perhaps while ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ plays on Thanskgiving Day. These ornaments and matching cards are so cute, and as one of the posts comments said, ‘ You … Read More...
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Maoli Perfumes have blended their favourite flavours of the season with the best lip balm recipe for this years ” Awesome Winter Lip Balm” collection. At only $5.00 each these lip treats bring warmth and comfort while nourishing your … Read More...
Knitting Earrings, Too Cool!
DIY Frosted Glass Jar
Crafty Nest shares a great tutorial on how to create your own frosted glass. This beautiful jar is easy to create, just follow her step by step instructions — Frosted glass jar + a winner – Crafty Nest.
Beeswax Container Candle Tutorial
Adrienne’s guest post on Kanelstrand Organic Living describes how she created these super easy beeswax candles. If you get the beeswax in granule form, it’s much easier to melt and measure.
Beeswax smells so sweet naturally and as an added … Read More...
Fair Use: An Oft-Misunderstood Copyright Rule
Editors Note: We would like to again welcome Matt Lowe who has kindly written this guest post about the Fair Use of text and pictures for bloggers writing about other artists creations (very relevant to CraftGossip!). A few weeks ago, … Read More...
Knit A Reindeer, and More!
From Bustle and Sew, this newest edition includes this adorable little knitted reindeer, along with crocheted penguins. Five original patterns for an Advent Calendar, Christmas Candy Cone Mouse, Christmas Blackbirds, Christmas Shopping Applique and a Christmas Bottle Gift Bag.
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Tutorial: Zippered earbud pouch with attached keychain
Erin from Dog Under My Desk shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a small zippered pouch sized just right to hold a pair of earbuds. Even better, the small circular pouch has a keychain ring attached … Read More...
Large Or Small Or Inbetweener, Nothing Beats A Cleaner Weener
I think I am going to file this under ………………um I dunno what I am going to file this under. Either way I had a little chuckle to myself as I can see the fun in this being a “gag” … Read More...
Tutorial: Fingerless mittens
Zaaberry shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a pair of fingerless mittens. They keep the hands and wrists warm while keeping your fingers free to grip a door handle, open a bottle of water, operate a … Read More...
Tutorial: Felt fortune cookies with Thanksgiving messages
Katie from Punk Projects shows how to make felt fortune cookies for Thanksgiving. They keep their shape thanks to cleverly placed sew-on snaps. You could either pre-fill them with sweet messages for your family, or have an activity where everyone … Read More...