DIY Chocolate Orange Sugar Scrub
February 15, 2015
As we move towards Spring, I keep thinking of citrus, lemon-blueberry muffins, lemonade and sunshine! Unfortunately though, we’re not quite there yet…wind chills today in the negative digits! I think it was 4 degrees out when we woke up this morning! Brrr… And let me tell you, this cold weather is not helping the chocolate ...
Continue Reading >>Bird Feeder Garland and Bird Feeder Ornaments
February 10, 2015
The BIRD FEEDER GARLAND is one of my favorite Winter crafts. It’s fun to make and even more fun to watch the wildlife activity that arises in our backyard after we hang it up! This week we’ve watched birds nibbling, followed by squirrels chasing the birds, then snacking themselves, and lastly, we observed four neighborhood ...
Continue Reading >>DIY Cereal Bird Feeder
February 4, 2015
Being that February is National Bird-Feeding Month, I thought we’d make and share a few homemade, bird feeders with you over the next few weeks! This DIY CEREAL BIRD FEEDER may be the quickest and easiest one to make! I remember making similar ones when I was in grade school. So cute! Materials needed: pipe cleaners (or ...
Continue Reading >>Melted Crayon Rocks
January 22, 2015
I remember doing this craft as a kid and how much I loved it, so today I introduced MELTED CRAYON ROCKS to L. And of course, she loved making them as well!!! It was the perfect way to spend this snowy afternoon! This is definitely a craft to do with older kids, as the rocks get ...
Continue Reading >>DIY Planetarium for Kids
January 21, 2015
Have your kids ever daydreamed about going to the moon? To Mars or the Milky Way? By making a PLANETARIUM FOR KIDS you can take them to outer space without even leaving your house! Last week L and I turned our dining room into a PLANETARIUM complete with the all the planets of our solar system, ...
Continue Reading >>Sprinkle Star Sugar Cookies (GF)
January 17, 2015
The “DIY Planetarium for Kids” we built under our dining room table this week inspired these SPRINKLE STAR SUGAR COOKIES. (Since we use gluten free flour in everything we bake around here, these too are gluten free!!!) I browsed around on the internet looking at other sugar cookie recipes and found a few recipes for “Sprinkle ...
Continue Reading >>Winter Shelter for Strays
January 12, 2015
Though we don’t own any furry pets ourselves, our neighborhood seems to have its own little cat community. On any given day we may have up to 5 or 6 cats playing in our yard, hiding under our front porch or napping beneath our Little Free Library. Some of the cats have collars and tags, ...
Continue Reading >>Giant Ice Marbles
January 9, 2015
How cool are these GIANT ICE MARBLES!? I’d seen pictures of something similar before, but never a “how-to” on making them. Figuring it couldn’t be too hard to do, we gave it a try! There is definitely a list of things not to do we quickly found out. Haha! Hopefully I can help you avoid ...
Continue Reading >>DIY Flower Garden Entrance
January 7, 2015
I made this FLOWER GARDEN ENTRANCE for WB’s first birthday this week and I just love how it turned out! We put it up in our kitchen, but eventually we’ll move it to brighten up the entrance to her bedroom! A FLOWER GARDEN ENTRANCE is the perfect decoration for birthday parties, tea parties, or anytime ...
Continue Reading >>DIY Thumbprint Necklace
December 21, 2014
All the thumbprint ornaments and Christmas decorations I’ve seen lately have led me to think about making a smaller version for a necklace. I love anything that helps me savor and preserve these precious years and moments with my little ones. So, I started researching ideas for thumbprint necklaces. There are lots for sale out ...
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