Do you want to do an easy craft to spice up your house for Halloween? Making Candy Corn trees is easy and pretty inexpensive too. My mother-in-law saw this idea in the Woman's Day magazine and decided to make it with the girls. This was a little … [Read more...]
Crafty Tuesday: A Care Bear Party
Twenty years ago celebrating a birthday with a Care Bear party theme would have been easy, but today that is a feat. Not even the party store in my area had Care Bear or rainbow items. Luckily I had the help of my wonderful mother-in-law and we … [Read more...]
Crafty Tuesday: Birthday Banner
Birthdays are special days in our house. I love making things for my girls that are unique, fun, and well, not from the store. My daughter turned four on Monday (thus the Crafty Tuesday post on Wednesday) and I made her birthday banner the night … [Read more...]
Crafty Tuesday: Paper Xylophone
Are you looking for a preschool Letter X item to bring in for Show and Tell? This paper Xylophone craft is one of those crafts that is very easy for children to do with little guidance. Perfect for Letter X show and tell! You can work on colors, … [Read more...]
Crafty Tuesday: Popsicle Stick Puzzles
The inspiration for this Crafty Tuesday post came from a recent issue of Family Fun magazine. Popsicle stick puzzles are extremely easy to make! I quickly learned that my idea of the completed project was on a much larger scale than my girls' … [Read more...]
Crafty Tuesday: Duck Craft
This week we are reading Duck on a Bike which is part of our Storybook Summer feature. The craft I have listed on Thursday is the one we chose to highlight in our craft series. If drawing perfect circles free hand is not your thing then use a … [Read more...]
Crafty Tuesday: Some Chicka Chicka Projects
This week we are reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom as part of our Storybook Summer. For our Crafty Tuesday post we made two coconut projects. To make our own delicious smelling coconuts we took a smaller white circle and glued it to a larger brown … [Read more...]
Crafty Tuesday: Ice Art
Crafty Tuesday is brought to you on Wednesday this week and is a very simple craft to do. Materials: Water Food Coloring Ice Cube Trays Paper Measuring Cup Mix some water and food coloring in a liquid measuring cup. Since you are … [Read more...]
Crafty Tuesday: Create a Photo Bouquet
This week I am featuring one of my all-time favorite gifts that my daughter and I have made. This post will lack in step-by-step pictures because we made it two years ago, but since we didn't finish our craft this week, I decided I had to show you … [Read more...]
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Craft
The girls and I worked on two different If You Give a Mouse a Cookie crafts today. The first one had a glass of milk with a straw, a mouse, and a cookie. The second craft was a mouse in his overalls. They had a lot of fun making those crafts! … [Read more...]
Leandrea is a married mom of two girls, ages 13 and 12, living in Atlanta, GA. She is passionate about helping people save money one coupon at a time. Read more