mom • crafts • crafts • holidays
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and taking the time to make gifts for loved ones really shows you care. I have adapted an awesome tutorial I found for making a paint sample notebook into a personalized booklet of coupons for parents to give to their children. This can be as “green” as you’d like to make it. I used paint chip samples that I found at my local Walmart, along with materials I had around the house.…
Kids Activities: Chocolate Gifts for the Neighborsmy world • raising giving children
Chocolate. Christmas. Community. Children. All of these things are what I love about the holiday season. So, what could be more perfect than combining all four—kids activities, including homemade gift ideas for the neighbors made of chocolate?
Last night, my kids and I were in an edible arts and crafts…
Crafts for Kids: Reindeer Antlersmom • crafts • crafts • kids crafts
Looking for fun kids’ activities this holiday season? Marie from Make and Takes just published a kids arts and crafts book called Make and Takes for Kids: 50 Crafts Throughout the Year… that is chock full of fun crafts for kids of all ages.
Case in point: My boys are
10 Thanksgiving Holiday Craft Activitiescrafts • me • arts & entertainment • holidays
Staying in town over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend means lots of fun and bonding for the family as well as lots of free time for the kids. And even though turkey day itself has passed, it isn’t too late to break out the crafts and engage your kids in fun…
27 Fathers Day Activities and Homemade Gift IdeasFather’s Day is this Sunday, June 19. Have you and your kids made your Father’s Day gifts yet? Here are 27 creative Father’s Day activities, crafts for kids, printable coupons, homemade gift tutorials, free printables, and fun gift wrap ideas. These are the most popular ideas from the Tip Junkie …
@CindyHopper Inspires Creativity in the Uncreativemy world • moms making a difference
…People like me stand in awe of people like Cindy Hopper. How is it that she has so much creativity oozing out of her pores that she needs her own website just to keep track of all of her ideas, and I can only scrapbook if I can use a
Rainbow Fish: Kids Craft Activity to Teach Sharing and GivingTo help my children learn the concept of giving and passing kindness forward, we recently read The Rainbow Fish… by Marcus Pfister. Rainbow Fish is very proud to have beautiful shiny scales but soon learns he will only find true happiness by sharing a scale with each of his friends.
Tapping Into Your Inner Creativity With Kim Demmon of @TCreativeBlogsmy world • moms making a difference
I freely admit that I don’t have a creative bone in my body. I am really good at organizing and executing, but not so good at decorating and designing. The thing is: I’m okay with that. I still enjoy scrapbooking and other hobbies that require an element of creativity, but…
Thanksgiving Decor: Seasonal Leaf Garland…Hanging a garland during the winter holidays is a great way to add a festive touch to your home. But did you know that you can hang different kinds of garlands any time of year? Here’s a simple yet fun leaf garland to celebrate autumn and bring a little color
Kids Halloween Crafts: Cute Recycled Soda Bottle GhostsInstead of throwing away all those soda bottles left over from the last family get together, why not make a memory out of them? These soda bottle ghosts make the perfect kids Halloween craft activity while teaching your children how to creatively recycle.
Items You’ll Need to Create Your Halloween…
Get off the couch and play—do something active—during every commercial when you & your family watch TV tonight.
Date: Wed., February 29
Time: 2-3 p.m. ET
Book: 365 Manners Kids Should Know
