My 5 year old loves to read. She has been using tissues as bookmarks so I decided it was time she made some bookmarks of her own. During our crafty adventure my 3 year old son decided he wanted to make bookmarks of his own too. Supplies: Xyron X 150 and permanent adhesive Xyron Creative Station 510 and double laminating cartridge Cricut Expression Life’s A Beach Cricut cartridge Alphalicious Cricut cartridge Paper for bookmarks and bookmark decor – Kara’s bookmarks [more]
Kara did an egg hunt at school today and brought home this bag of eggs. She made the bag at school so I credit her teacher Mrs. Moore with the design. The feature I like most is the reinforced area where the pipe cleaners are attached to the bag. With reinforced handles, the bag can hold more weight and that the handles won’t tear off as easily. The steps to make this bag are so simple that you can probably [more]
I read about a wonderful idea to create a leap year time capsule from Ella Publishing yesterday. The idea is to create a snapshot of today and open it 4 years later. After I initially read the article I decided to go look for a container to put my time capsule items in but then a thought occurred to me. My scrapbooks are chronological and would be the ideal place to keep my time capsule. Then I knew that I [more]
My 4 year old and I combined forces to create two of these vases full of felt flowers for her preschool teachers. My original goal was to create the Fall Felt Flower Centerpiece by Rachel from Lines Across My Face but in the end the centerpiece was too aggressive a goal for Kara. Here’s what we used to make these two of these vases: 6 felt sheets (one in each color) glue gun and hot glue 24 thin wooden dowels [more]
During the last school year I had two children in preschool who brought home art projects almost daily! You can imagine that our refrigerator was completely covered with their art. This summer I was at my friend Danielle’s house and she had an easy and unique way to display her children’s art. The very next day I headed to IKEA to find the wire curtain rod and clips I needed! Here’s the finished product with art created last week courtesy [more]
