These fun Halloween Trick-or-Treat bags can be created in under an hour and they never come out the same way twice! Each character created will be unique so your kids will have a one-of-a-kind bag that can be reused year after year. What You’ll Need: Wonder Under fusible web (7″ x 11″: piece) Scissors Large […]
DIY Thanksgiving Centerpiece for a Fall Flower Table Decoration
I saw this idea on a Valentine’s Day flower display and thought it would be really beautiful for a Fall or Thanksgiving Centerpiece. I love Autumn and all the beauty associated with it. So, when we had a day at the ranch to tromp through the woods and pick up some acorns, I knew it […]
Homemade Fall Decorations and Grubby Candle Directions
Candles can be elegant, whimsical, cute, primitive or even grubby. What? You’ve never heard of a grubby candle? Grubby candles can be any type of candle with whipped up or bumpy wax on the outside. No matter how small or what shape, any type of pillar candle can be grubbed. How to Make Grubby Candles The easiest and simplest […]
Homemade Playdough: For Home, School, and Homeschool
Playdough is good for many grades. The littles just like to squeeze and poke it. As they grow older, the children can learn shapes, and colors, and counting, and ABC’s. Once my daughter started to read, I used playdough as a comprehension tool. She was reading Robinson Crusoe, in second grade. As she read about […]
Best Free Printable Chore Charts for Toddlers and Preschoolers
If you love this post don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on Pinterest for the latest tips and tricks. Encouraging toddlers and preschoolers to help around the house and do simple tasks can be easy and fun with personalized chore charts that allow them to place a tick or a star […]
Stocking Stuffers For Toddlers
It’s the Holiday Season again and I am dashing about trying to get everyone’s gifts at the best prices. I will have something good for everyone on my list, but every year I let the stocking stuffers go until the last minute and then panic.
Planning Advent Calender Activities For Your Children
This Christmas I decided to make my own Advent calendar. I was planning on filling the pockets with the customary chocolates, when I came across a great idea online – putting slips of paper into the pockets, each listing a Christmas-related fun activity to do that day.
How to Be A Craft Fair Vendor
Craft fair season is upon us! You’ve gained skill at your craft, and in today’s economy, want to try your hand at selling.
Three Uncommon Tools for Home Repair and Hobbies
If you own a home or even live in a rental property, you know that repair and maintenance tasks are never ending. To keep up with that honey-do list, most people at the minimum have one of those orange Home Depot tool boxes loaded with a hammer, a couple of screwdrivers, a pair of pliers, […]
How to Sew a Simple Library Tote
Krista Maurer is a writer, photographer, seamstress and boutique owner. She loves fresh flowers, Christmas lights, good seafood, wrapping presents, and hostessing parties. You can find more of her ideas and tutorials at KristaMaurer.com. Whether it’s the dog-days of summer or the start of a new school year, every child needs their very own library […]
Fairy Houses…Everywhere Book Review
“Fairy Houses…Everywhere” by Barry and Tracy Kane is a photographic guide to fairy house building. That’s right, you can create houses that will entice fairies to your yard, or so the book proposes. This concept of building fairy houses, according to the book, was created by New Englanders decades ago to entice woodland friends to […]
Do You Really Need a Sewing or Craft Room?
As renters, we’ve moved house three times already in just over three years of marriage. Our last home had lots of spare rooms, and I planned to turn one into a sewing room. Then pregnancy and a baby came along, and by the time we left I’d gotten no further than painting the walls. Sewing, […]
