We walk almost every day to school and from school it is a nice walk about a mile but it gets us all moving. I started walking in the mornings when we got Reeva, Jeff use to take the kids and I would stay home and drink my coffee. It can be a tad difficult … Continue reading
I found this on Pinterest but I changed the design. You will need the printout from Making Friends – HERE. In honor of the First Day of Cookie Sales 2013 here is a How-to for a cute SWAPS our troop made. Materials: Printout from Making Friends Cardboard (mine was from the back of an old … Continue reading
It is almost Girl Scout Cookie Season (it starts here today!) so I decided to teach my scouts all about money. Our troop has been turned into a “flex” troop, meaning it now has Brownies in the troop as well. I personally think it is great and it gives me a way to incorporate a … Continue reading
It has been a whirl wind week, with Christmas Programs, Christmas Vacation and preparing for the big man in red. Since the Princess has started school we have done “class presents” usually a bookmark and something else. This year it was just the bookmarks, the princess didn’t really want to help me with projects this … Continue reading
I was suppose to have Day 8 but Dawn was awesome enough to switch because I did the Steampunk Blog Hop. This project I had help with (lots of help). Booga loves Angry Birds, I thought it would be a great project for us to do together.
I am always up for a Challenge and when Leslie (from the ODD Show) Proposed an upcycled ornament challenge, I thought it was the prefect idea to get me out of my creative funk. The only requirements were to create and ornament and it had to be upcycled! I pulled out my bottle caps and … Continue reading
We have several clear backpacks around our house because it is a requirement of our school district. One of the ones we got when the Princess entered into Pre-K was a “Thomas Blue” trim backpack. I love to personalize items for my kids for several reasons. One it makes it easier to find when in … Continue reading
For this Design Team Project for Sakura we had to take bottle caps from The Bottle Cap Company to create an object. I decided to create a wind chime with the Princess’s help. She love the fact she got to use the Mixers and her new butterfly punch. I am happy I created a wind chime that actually … Continue reading
We have been frequenting the library quite a bit this summer and one of the books I checked out was, “Simple Puppets from Everyday Materials” by Barbara MacDonald Buetter. I thought this would be fun to make one or two puppets with the Princess, I had not planned on making every puppet in the book … Continue reading
When you have a princess and a Booga there is never a dull moment. The other day the princess said, “Mom I am a super hero and I need a cape.” Me: “What is your super hero name?” Her: “Subtraction Girl! I also need a logo on my cape. You make great logos mom!” (Buttering … Continue reading
Who Are You Calling Crafty? 