Thanksgiving Coloring Sheets and Printables
If you’re like me, with kids home all week, you’re looking for coloring sheets and activities for your kids to do for Thanksgiving. My kids are busy …
Halloween Appetizers: Mummy Hot Dogs
I’m a huge pigs-in-a-blanket fan, but cocktail weinies you often find are chock-filled with additives and preservatives, as well as the dough they use. …
Heinz Ketchup Creativity Contest and More Reasons for My Kids to Decorate My House
Not sure if you noticed, but my kids LOVE to draw. Like, *big*puffy*heart* drawing with crayons, markers ‘n stuff. I just wish they’d choose to …
Best Kids Valentine Card EVER!
It seems, one of my first-grader’s classmates doesn’t like him. Or maybe she really does, in a ‘boys-are-icky’ kind-of way, but she didn’t want him …
Kids Arts and Crafts Lovin’ (and Giveaway)
The day the Arts and Crafts Case for Kids arrived from Constructive Playthings, my poor daughter was sick from a stomach bug. She’s a mirror-image …
Our Homemade Christmas Tree
Over the years, we’ve accumulated many of our children’s crafts, as well as made it a family tradition to get each family member a commemorative …
DIY Christmas Centerpieces (Budget Friendly)
We pared down a lot this holiday, to include our holiday decor that hadn’t lasted the years. This left our table bare, and me scrambling …
‘Twas A Good Day
(Preface: Today was one of those hair-on-fire, MACH-10 kind-of days where I bounced around like a pinball between both elementary schools for events, but oh, …
How To Fix Your Saggy Couch aka Fix Your Lumpy Butt (while sitting on it, anyway)
Today’s project was to fix my couches. I love my couch set, but they are practically overloved because their cushions? Were totally bustin’ a major …
Make Your Own Crayon Nibbles
In our pre-holiday purge, I came across eleventy-billion broken crayons, of course. I had the kids collect them all and bring them downstairs to peel. …
How to Make an Easy Tutu
A tutu is an easy enough craft to make right alongside your children, just like I did. My teenager was completely involved with making hers, …