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How to Recycle Crayons ~ Valentine’s Day Kids Craft
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 [...]
Read the rest of this post »Homemade Playdough Valentine’s Day Kid’s Craft
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 [...]
Read the rest of this post »Christmas Veggie Tree
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 [...]
Read the rest of this post »DIY Christmas Crafts For Less Than $10 #ElmersHoliday #GlueNGlitter
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 [...]
Read the rest of this post »4 Kid-Friendly Thanksgiving Crafts
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 [...]
Read the rest of this post »How To Make No Bake Halloween Witch Hat Cookies
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 [...]
Read the rest of this post »DIY 30th, 40th or 50th Birthday Gift
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 [...]
Read the rest of this post »Minnie Mickey Mouse Birthday Party Decorations, Cake, Ears & More
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 [...]
Read the rest of this post »How to Decorate Flip Flops with Ribbon
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 [...]
Read the rest of this post »How to Make a Cheap Christmas Ornament Wreath
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 [...]
Read the rest of this post »My Minnie Mouse Ears How-To on RealBeauty.com
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 [...]
Read the rest of this post »Halloween Crafts
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 [...]
Read the rest of this post »Wordless Wednesday – My First Harvest
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!
Read the rest of this post »Help! My Tomato Plant is Under Attack!!!
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) [...]
Read the rest of this post »Make a Family Book for Your Kids + Coupon for free Photobooks
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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