Rock Garden Caterpillar
This rock craft is soooo cute! Gather rocks, paint, glue, and twigs and you have the makings of a caterpillar. Super fun!
Arts & Crafts
Remember the Arts & Crafts time at camp? These are elevated crafts that will remind you of those fun times!
How To Plant A Terrarium – A Video Guide
It always makes my day when I can make terrariums. I find them utterly adorable, sweet, and easy to take care of. Plus terrariums are
The Easy Way to Fold a Paper Envelope
Fold a paper envelope without a fancy envelope-folding tool! You can use a folding envelope to put a gift card or cash inside a birthday
DIY 2020 The Year We Stayed Home Christmas Ornament
A DIY ornament made from simple, homemade air-dry clay and Sharpies is a fun and humorous take on this crazy year 2020 has been.
27 Quick & Easy Halloween Crafts for Kids-featuring Mummies
Easy Halloween crafts for kids to make (many under 5 minutes!) and perfect for toddlers and preschoolers with materials you can find at your local
BEST Homemade Play dough recipe
Make up a batch of homemade play dough for the kids! Give them a quick lesson in science, where food (or crafts) come from, and
DIY Window Paint
Only 3 easy pantry ingredients are needed to create washable window paint. A great kids activity to liven up your windows!
EPIC kids activities for beating cabin fever.
I’ve got EPIC and AMAZING ideas for helping beat cabin fever. When kids get a little stir crazy from being cooped up inside, pull out
Homemade Soy Candles
You CAN make your own unique candles with little effort and time! Pinky promise that you should check this out!
easiest Air Dry Clay Recipe
Making your own air dry clay for Christmas ornaments and other crafts takes hardly any time and effort. Don’t buy it in the the tub,
How to make Party Crackers (with video tutorial)
These DIY Party Crackers are crazy easy and fun to make! A great addition to your next celebration!
DIY Personalized Mug Ideas
DIY personalized mugs are a great gift idea for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Teacher’s Gift, and so many more! A great gift for kids to
easy Individual Cupcake Holder
It’s true, you know. Bring someone a cupcake in easy cupcake holders and you’ll gain a friend, or two. Everyone loves a cupcake. And everyone
20+ Paint Crafts for Kids
Over 20 painting crafts for kids to make this weekend for arts and crafts time. And tips you NEED to help keep the kids and
Reindeer Rootbeer Gift
Reindeer Rootbeer is a great gift to give those people in your life that you just don’t quite know what to get. You know what
DIY Sea Glass Topped storage jars
There is never enough cute storage options in my house. Never! But often the pretty storage option can be a bit pricey. Especially for how
easy T-shirt drink coasters
Simple. Easy. Recycled. Best three words you can hear about a project, wouldn’t you agree?? Yes, these t-shirt drink coasters deserve all 3 adjectives. Simple. Just
Personalized Thumbprint Christmas Gift Tags
The season for gift-giving has arrived and we are so excited! We love the process of finding and giving gifts to the people we
Library Card frame to honor new readers
Serious now… if you want to raise curious, imaginative, and intelligent kids they need to be readers!! I’m not joking. Gasp…I know! Hear me now—make
Popsicle Stick Bow and Arrow Craft
how cute is a mini bow and arrow?? so cute!! This tutorial is simple and easy to follow…you’ll get oodles of these made up in
Cat in the Hat handprint craft
I have always had a love for March 2nd and Dr. Seuss’ birthday. I am an advocate for reading and the importance it has on
God’s Eye mirror craft
Today I have a craft project!! I know, ring the bells, send out the banners, it’s a big day! I realized I had been talking
Organizer from recycled jeans
This jean organizer has been making it’s rounds again as a popular pin on Pinterest and a featured craft on many websites. So, I wanted to
DIY hair tool organizer
This DIY hair tool organizer post was created over 3 years ago (before the site’s name change). And it shows. I’ve updated much of it,
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