Friday, January 9, 2015
The Snowy Day Shadow box
Monday, November 26, 2018
How To Cut Pokemon Snowflakes
Every winter our family enjoys cutting paper snowflakes together. And every year I try to come up with new cute character themed snowflakes (like these Lego Men Snowflakes and these Snowman Snowflakes.) This year I designed these fun Pokemon Snowflakes since the rest of my family has gone Pokemon crazy. Tada!
How To Cut Pokeball and Pikachu Snowflakes
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Monday, December 3, 2018
How to Cut Unicorn Snowflakes
How To Cut Unicorn Snowflakes
Monday, November 6, 2017
Twirly Whirly Paper Snowflake Mobile (And our favorite snow books)
Well, now that we've removed all the Halloween decorations (sob, sob) my son and I are starting to decorate our home for Thanksgiving and Christmas. While I've yet to find a good kids' Turkey craft that I like, I can always count on snowflakes to tide us creatively over while I keep looking.
Today's twirly whirly paper snowflake mobile is just such an easy and fun craft. We made ours ona whim one night together before bed. Don't you just adore it? You get to make snowflakes AND watch them "fall" from a cute cloud.
(Hmm, I bet you could easily incorporate some STEAM lessons with this art activity as well!)
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Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Fa La La Llama Paper Snowflakes
Ahhhh! I introduce to you this llama snowflake design! Ok, ok. I've gone kinda bonkers with paper snowflake crafts. But I can't help it... I just looooove them so much. And we don't get snow here in southern California.... so I have to make do with these paper flakes.
Today's paper snowflake design is sooo cute and quite possibly my favorite-ist design of all time. (Don't tell my other designs.) (And can we talk about my word choice here? Favorite-ist? Well, it's not a real word, but it gets at the heart of things. I just really love cute paper crafts.)
Fa La La Llama Paper Snowflakes
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Snowflake Doily Crown
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Thursday, January 12, 2023
FREE Winter Themed Count and Find Sheets
Just stopping in with another set of free count-and-find sheets! These are winter-themed, so they're perfect for preschool or kindergarten classroom or homeschool work this time of year!
FREE Count and Find Sheets for Preschoolers and Kindergarteners
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
How to Cut a Unique Gingerbread Snowflake
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Lego Snow Jars for Kids (and 6 more Lego inspired projects!)
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Easy Recycled Gnome Sun catcher Craft
We love making easy kid-friendly suncatcher and stained glass crafts! They're especially fun in the winter when everything outside seems cold and grey. When I saw this adorable gnome sun catcher on Etsy, I knew we had the perfect inspiration to make our very own kid-friendly holiday version. Tada!
How to Make an Easy Recycled Gnome Sun Catcher
They're so cute!!!
(I love hanging out with my gnomies. It's the only hanging out that we're allowed to do. Oy. Quarantine humor..)
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Jolly Reindeer Snowflakes
How To Cut Holly Jolly Reindeer Snowflakes
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Groovy Sticker Snowflakes Art (Printable included)
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Sunday, December 22, 2013
Four Winter Toddler Crafts and Activities
Looking for some easy toddler winter crafts and activities?
I'm officially over winter. Buh-bye shortened days! Buh-bye cold weather! Buy-bye staying inside! Oh, how I wish it were already spring. But, until warmer, sunnier days come, Chuck and I are going to persevere and have fun indoors. Here are four crafts and activities that have kept us busy, happy, and sane for the past couple of weeks.1. Cereal Box Gingerbread Men
I cut out a whole bunch of gingerbread men from my empty cereal box stash. (Yes, I'm a proud cardboard hoarder!) Then, I brought them to the library and let the kids decorate them with googly eyes and foam stickers. The older 2-year olds had fun making funny men and the babies just watched their moms do the craft.
2. Hand and Foot Reindeer Wreath
Here are the different components of the wreath:
3. Homemade Play Dough
I followed this craft clay recipe and we had tons of fun rolling, cutting, and shaping our clay. Unfortunately, our ornaments cracked when they dried. Boo. But, we had such fun manipulating the stuff that I kept leftovers in a sealed bag in the fridge. It didn't dry out and we got to play with it another day. (Right now the "play dough" is still in our fridge... so we'll try it out again this week.)
He used a blunt plastic knife, measuring spoons, measuring cup, and an olive jar (our makeshift rolling pin) to play with the dough.
Chuck's attention span: This activity was a hit! We spent about 30-45 minutes on two separate days playing with our "play dough."
4. Water Bead Play
Here's what the water beads initially looked like ...
After a couple of hours, our beads grew and Chuck had a blast scooping them from container to container.
Warning: Yes, they can be a choking hazard. I repeatedly told him that the beads weren't food and I made sure to watch him while he played. Once we were done with the beads, I threw them away in the garbage can. (You can't pour them down the drain because they can clog your pipes.)
Chuck's attention span: This activity was a hit! He spent about an hour just scooping the beads from container to container.
So, for all you mamas out there who are also stuck at home with young ones... stay strong! We can make it through winter! Hopefully one of these ideas will help keep you sane this week.
Happy crafting, friends!
Monday, November 10, 2014
Maple Syrup Candy + Craft Fail book review!
Let's Make Homemade Maple Syrup Candy!
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
How to Cut Snowman Snowflakes (2 ways!)
Today we're making snowman snowflakes!
2 Ways to Make Snowman Snowflakes!
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Fluttering Butterfly Craft!
Fluttering Butterfly Craft
I know it's winter, and most people are doing winter crafts with their kids, but honestly, I just haven't had the heart to do so. Our weather is right now in the 60s which is totally bizarre to me. I'm used to cold, wet, or snowy winters.... not cool, sunny ones. It's very weird ... but I'm thankful for the sun and warmth!
This butterfly craft was inspired by our local butterfly grove. Nearby our home is a plot of land where monarch butterflies migrate to during the winter. How neat is that? Last week we hiked up to the butterfly grove and saw thousands of butterflies, clumped together in tree branches. It was a pretty amazing sight. (And I WISH I could have taken photos of them, but they were just too high up to get a decent shot.) One of the other children at the park found a dead butterfly on the ground and showed everyone. Chuck really wanted to find one of his own, but we never did. So I came up with this craft so that he could have his very own fluttering butterfly.
Looking for kids' butterfly books?
- Hungry Catterpillar
- My Oh My- A butterfly
- Butterfly and Moth
- Gideon's Dream
- From Caterpillar to Butterfly
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
FREE Draw the Other Half Symmetry Sheets
Did you enjoy doing "Draw the other Half" Sheets as a kid? For some reason, I really loved drawing symmetric images when I was in elementary school. There was something very satisfying about carefully creating matching mirror images. So today, I'm sharing these FREE printables with you. :) Hopefully, your kids will enjoy observing the picture, counting the different parts, making measurements with their eyes, and drawing. Have fun!
FREE Draw the Other Half Symmetry Sheets
Thursday, April 4, 2013
DIY Studded leather gloves
Although Spring is right at our doorstep, I had been meaning to make these leather gloves for quite awhile. Last winter, one of my college friends came into town and we did a little window shopping. She found a pair of black leather gloves at Urban Outfitters and debated whether or not to get them. In the end, she left them behind.
I kept thinking about her studded gloves for the next couple of months. When the weather got warmer, tons of stores had winter sales to clear out their merchandise. Once I saw this pair of black leather gloves on sale, I snatched them right up.
Here are the materials that I used:
- Black leather gloves
- Sharp pair of fabric scissors
- Chalk
- Golden cone spikes
The spikes contained two parts: The sharp spiky cone and the screw |
1. Use chalk to mark where the spikes will go.
2. Use the pointy part of your fabric scissors to pierce the top of your gloves. (Make sure not to pierce through the bottom as well!) Poke your screwback through the leather and screw the cone on.
And that's basically all you need to do to make a pair of tough girl gloves. The spikes are surprisingly easy to screw on and the screwbacks didn't bother my hand one bit.
What do you think? Rock star fashion statement? Or, tough chic weapon? |
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
DIY Rainbow Notebook (And Review of a book!)
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Cherry Blossom Tissue Paper Flower Craft (Tree printable included!)
Like the tree? You can use it for your kids' crafts too! I turned my painting into a pdf so you can just download it and print it out....