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How to Recycle Crayons ~ Valentine’s Day Kids Craft

Posted by 31 January, 2012 (3) Comment

This project has it all – it is fun, inexpensive, quick, green and just plain cool. Since Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, I decided we would share our fun craft in the form of Valentines. Who wants to place bets on which kid has the coolest Valentine’s in preschool?! Restaurants dole out crayons by the [...]

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Homemade Playdough Valentine’s Day Kid’s Craft

Posted by 24 January, 2012 (14) Comment

Our Valentine’s Day kid’s craft was inspired (indirectly) by my daughter’s preschool. Instead of buying Play-Doh, every month one of the parents is assigned to make homemade playdough for the classroom. January was my month, and I knew that as soon as we made it K would want to play with it. Instead of letting her [...]

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Christmas Veggie Tree

Posted by 20 December, 2011 (3) Comment

Need the perfect appetizer for your holiday party? Here it is! This Christmas Veggie Tree is sure to be a hit at any holiday affair. The only problem is that it is so pretty, people will be afraid to eat it! This project is SO easy, but it does take a LOT of broccoli! I purchased [...]

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DIY Christmas Crafts For Less Than $10 #ElmersHoliday #GlueNGlitter

Posted by 20 December, 2011 (1) Comment

I love to be crafty. It is so much fun to actually make something with my hands, and the best part is that it doesn’t have to cost much to make something beautiful. I am happy to say that I have passed along my crafting bug to my daughter, who loves to be my assistant and help [...]

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4 Kid-Friendly Thanksgiving Crafts

Posted by 15 November, 2011 (2) Comment

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, we sat down to make some easy, kid-friendly crafts for the holiday. We made all four of these crafts in about an hour, with things I already had in our craft supplies. First up, the toilet-paper-roll Turkey (yeay upcycling!). I wish I had Googly eyes to add, but I [...]

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How To Make No Bake Halloween Witch Hat Cookies

Posted by 29 October, 2011 (10) Comment

When I saw these on Pintrest, I knew I had to make them for our Fall Festival. When I tell you these are easy, I mean EASY! Plus they were fun to make with my three year old. All you need for these adorable cookies are Keebler Fudge Strips Cookies, Hershey’s Kisses and Orange Icing [...]

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DIY 30th, 40th or 50th Birthday Gift

Posted by 12 October, 2011 (4) Comment

My good friend, who shall remain nameless, recently reached the 40th birthday milestone. (Happy Birthday friend.) To celebrate, I wanted to do something fun for her to make her laugh. I saw something similar to this online a while ago, and I filed it away in my cluttered brain. Somehow I remembered it, and I [...]

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Minnie Mickey Mouse Birthday Party Decorations, Cake, Ears & More

Posted by 12 September, 2011 (31) Comment

I have had so many requests for this post, it is embarrassing how long it has taken me to post it. My daughter’s second birthday party was Minnie Mouse, and I searched everywhere for ears for the guests to wear. When I wasn’t able to find anything that was both cute and affordable, I decided to make my [...]

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How to Decorate Flip Flops with Ribbon

Posted by 12 May, 2011 (12) Comment
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Flip flop season is in full swing in Florida, and decorated flip flops are super hot. There are some adorable flops out there! But I just can’t bring myself to spend a ton on flip flops, so I taught myself how to decorate flip flops. I have made a number of pairs for myself and [...]

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How to Make a Cheap Christmas Ornament Wreath

Posted by 1 January, 2011 (5) Comment

I know a week after Christmas might seem like a funny time to post instructions about making a Christmas Wreath, but since the materials are currently 50-75% off, I think the timing is genius! I’m one of those crazies at Target the day after Christmas scouring Target for the deals, so I bought most of my materials [...]

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My Minnie Mouse Ears How-To on RealBeauty.com

Posted by 28 October, 2010 (3) Comment

One of the fun things about having a blog is seeing other sites link to your content. Last week I noticed traffic coming from RealBeauty.com. After a little searching I was happily surprised to see my How to Make Mickey Minnie Mouse Ears for a Party! post was linked in their #13 idea of 16 [...]

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Halloween Crafts

Posted by 5 October, 2010 (1) Comment

So, I am currently in the final planning stages of the Halloween crafts, decorations and costumes I am making this year. I promise I will share soon… But for now, here is a free e-book you can down load with some cute crafts. I LOVE the homemade ghost snow globe – how cute to make [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – My First Harvest

Posted by 18 August, 2010 (6) Comment

Just a few words… It was so much fun to pick these tomatoes with K. After we picked them and washed them, we enjoyed eating them together on the kitchen floor. They may have been tiny, but they were delicious!

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Help! My Tomato Plant is Under Attack!!!

Posted by 16 August, 2010 (6) Comment

One day all was well, the next my plant is SWARMED with Witeflies! Hundreds and hundreds of these tiny annoying flies are covering my plant and they swarm in a cloud when I water it. I read online that a solution of Pantene ProV  Clarifying Shampoo and water coated all over the leaves (front and back) [...]

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Make a Family Book for Your Kids + Coupon for free Photobooks

Posted by 15 August, 2010 (3) Comment

My daughter loves pictures, especially pictures of herself and people she knows. She comes by it honestly, her Mimi is a amateur photographer, her Pop-Pop is a professional and I take like a zillion pictures of her! Her favorite books to “read” are her our family photobooks, but I want to keep them nice so I only let her [...]

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