Here’s a great use for all those strips of unused pattern paper you probably have lying around. Turn the green ones into 3D paper shamrocks to decorate for St. Patrick’s Day. Visit the Hoosier Homemade blog for complete instructions.
-Heather
Technique: Making Temporary Tattoos with Stamps
Take your stamps off the paper and put them on your arm or your kids arms with temporary tattoos. This fun and easy project is something the kids will enjoy helping with and then showing off. Find directions over … Read More...
Frosted Graham Cracker Turkey
If you are still looking for crafts to do with the kids for Thanksgiving, here is another easy one for you.
All you need is some graham crackers, chocolate frosting, edible eyes and some fondant. Or you can make your … Read More...
Project: Kids Finger Painted Canvas for Dad
Looking for a last minute gift for the kids to make for Dad? Use a large die cut shape out of stencil material, apply on a canvas and the let the kids finger paint over it, remove the die cut … Read More...
Freebie: Vintage Lamb Printable
The Craft Secrets blog has a sweet spring lamb vintage image to download for free as well as several other vintage Easter printables.
-Heather
Freebie: Frogs Coloring Page
Dover Publications has a fun and funky springtime scene with funny frogs and toadstools to download for free. This would be a great card front or coloring page for the kids.
-Heather
Giveaway Reminder: SRM Press Princess Party Kit
You have until tomorrow night to be entered to win a fun Princess Party Favor Kit from SRM press! Click here to go to the original post and enter to win.
-Heather
Easter Craft: Bunny & Tulip Favor Cups & St Patrick’s Day Pony Tail Holder
Mama King of “4 crazy kings” welcomes us to their adventures in crafting, adoption, family and life. She has to darling felt crafts for us to make “Easter Craft: Bunny & Tulip Favor Cups” & “St. Patrick’s Day Pony … Read More...
Tutorial: Make Your Own Stamps
No-Bake Cake: Pencil Shaped For Back To School
Jenn from endlesslyinspired created this back to school cake that is shaped like a pencil.
Best of all – this is a no-bake cake! It looks like you may have spent hours in the kitchen making this – but no … Read More...
Project: Monster Birthday Card
This card is sure to brighten any little kid (or big kids) birthday! Vicky from the Clips N Cuts blog has a video tutorial for making this cute monster birthday card. The googly eyes really make this card just that … Read More...
Kid-Friendly Recipes Kids Can Actually Help Make
Do you have young children that clamor to help in the kitchen? And do you give them mindless tasks, like stirring, gently, so they don’t mess up your recipes? And then do you wince, but pretend not to, when they … Read More...
Faux Felted Water Bottle Bracelets tutorial and eBook
This cute doable “Faux Felted Water Bottle Bracelet” comes from “Fave Crafts” and was created by Heidi Borchers and she has a good pictorial tutorial. There is also a free downloadable book “Trash to Treasure: 28 Recycled Crafts” that … Read More...
Way More Fun Pie Pops
Oh my golly gosh, I thought pie pops themselves were taking things up a level, and now they go even higher as puppies and wands and pigs and pandas. Find links to make them all HERE at Kitchen Fun with … Read More...
Project: Sour Cream Treat Holders
Using some pretty pattern paper and a little adhesive you can make these fun little sour cream container treat holders. Find directions on the Skip to My Lou blog.
-Heather
Football Treats and Activities for Kids
I know that it’s a big month for football. I know this because a football game was on in the background of the restaurant I was in last night and people seemed very interested in the results. So if you … Read More...
Snack Cake and Candy Turkeys
Candy, candy. Now that Halloween is over, we’ve GOT to find ways to fill the other holidays with candy. And snack cakes. We have to have snack cakes. Hey, there are pretzels in there, too! Let the kids help assemble … Read More...
Puppy Dinner Rolls. I Mean, Dinner Rolls that LOOK Like Puppies
And now for something completely different (from the monkey brains of my previous post)… how about something cute on the plate? Like dinner rolls fashioned into puppies. Yep, it’s all about balance. Find them HERE at Little Food Junction.
Tutorial: Make a Stamp from Recycled Materials
Using plastic take out containers and cardboard from a cereal box “smallgirl” from Teddy Forest created this adorable bear stamp. Find out how to stamp and recycle at the same time here at her blog post.
-Heather
Mountain Cake
For the rock climber, maybe? Young or old(er)? Make an easy mountain climbing cake from store-bought goodies HERE at Parents.