This week my daughter and I have slowly been working on Thank You Cards from my daughter’s Birthday Party. Her teacher told us we needed to work on her fine motor skills and ripping paper would be a great project for her. I decided to have her make Thank You Cards by ripping a different … Continue reading
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Homemade Felt Tent… Idea Stage
I really want everything this Christmas to be homemade but what do you get for a one year old little boy? I was searching last night because I honestly don’t want to pay $50 for the Thomas the Train Mega Block Set. There are many reason why, but here are the two main ones: I … Continue reading
Mummy Eyeball Wreath Tutorial
Here it is the Eyeball Wreath now cleverly named the Mummy Eyeball Wreath because my ideas seem to morph into something new. The original idea has been bouncing around in my head for a while I had recently found an old sketchbook with a bunch of doodles, one was for an eyeball wreath. My original … Continue reading
Tie Dye Pumpkin Shirts
I saw this idea in October 2009 Family Fun Magazine I have wanted to do this ever since. I personally have no Halloween shirts (sad but true!) Last year tie dying anything was out of the question my son was a month old any free time I had was dedicated to sleeping. My daughter and … Continue reading
Shortbread Cookies
We (the kids and I) made Halloween Shortbread Cookies on Sunday. I really wanted cookies so I pulled out my (very old) Betty Crocker cookbook (1960 – it was my grandma’s cookbook that she gave to me when I went to college). This makes about 2 dozen cookies. Pumpkin, Bat, Cat, and Frankenstein Cookie Cutters … Continue reading
Hand Bats!
I was flipping through the most recent Oriental Trading Catalog and saw the cutest little hand bats. I thought is would be perfect for the kids (a little messy but still fun!) It would also give my daughter a chance to practice cutting (THUMBS UP!) Materials:2 Sheets of white paperBlack Finger PaintSponge Brushpaper platescissorsglue stick*Glitter*Glitter … Continue reading
I finished my Random Acts of Kindness Card!
YAY! Happy Dance (Irish Jig or the Twist 😛 ) I had hope to finish this earlier this week but things impeded my progress. I finished my card today and it is in the mail (I finished it before the mail lady came – GO ME!!!!) Here it is: The background was tissue paper dyed … Continue reading
Happy First Day of Fall (tomorrow for Europe)
Confused this morning by the first day of fall because my calendar says it is tomorrow and the news said it was this morning, so I Googled it! According to the site Apples for the Teacher it is today for the Northern Hemisphere and tomorrow for Europe. I have no idea why fall has two … Continue reading
Bleach Discharge Packer Curtains (FAIL)
This week we are fixing up my sons bedroom. One of the things I have been looking at is curtains but there is no way I am paying $27.00 for one panel (and it is ugly!) I really want dark green curtains with the logo but I was unable to find what I was looking … Continue reading
WARNING PACKERS FAN WITH CUTE KIDS!
In honor of opening weekend of the NFL I decided to change my blog background to Packer colors. Don’t worry Laura it will only be for this weekend (unless we make the Playoffs then all bets are off!) So feel free to smack talk on this blog post – I deserve it since I am … Continue reading
Who Are You Calling Crafty? 