How to Make Recycled Crayons

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 …

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Homemade Playdough Valentine

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 …

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DIY Christmas Crafts For Less Than $10

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 …

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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 …

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DIY 40th Birthday Gift Idea

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 …

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