Simple Valentine’s Day Craft: Felt Heart & Yarn Garland

While browsing the web looking for Valentine’s Day decorations I came across some super cute heart garlands that I loved but didn’t want to spend the money on. So I decided that I’d search for ideas on how to make my own garland and ended up going with a felt heart garland similar to the ones I found here and here. Granted, I’m not a crafter or seamstress plus I don’t own a sewing machine and I barely know anything about craft supplies. Basically my knowledge of craftiness lies in construction paper, crayons, and paper plates but I decided to make a go of it anyway.
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January 14, 2011 · Filed Under crafts, holidays, home

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Easy Penguin Paper Plate Winter Craft + Penguin Facts

penguinam My 6 year old son loves Wheezy the Penguin from Toy Story. So for today’s home school art & craft lesson I decided we would make paper plate penguins plus learn more about a penguins life - what it eats, where it lives,etc. I came across various penguin paper crafts and settled on a mix between a few pictures we had seen online. Below you will find instructions and a photo of what we made for school today! We even embellished our penguin with a heart so we could keep it up through Valentine’s Day.
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January 10, 2011 · Filed Under crafts, frugal, school age kids

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Gluten-Free Christmas Tree Shaped Cake

We picked up one of the Betty Crocker Gluten Free Cake Mixes about a week before Christmas for our 6 year old son to try. Once our son found out I was going to bake a special cake for him he decided that he wanted a Christmas tree shaped cake. Luckily I had gotten a tree-shaped cake pan at a yard sale a few years back so we decided to use it for the first time with our gluten-free cake. Read more

January 1, 2011 · Filed Under Food Allergies, Recipes, holidays

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New Year’s Eve Easy Construction Paper Hats Craft

Celebrate the coming of the new year with these super cute easy to make construction paper hats! My 6 year old and I made + decorated four of these hats for our family on New Year’s Eve. Below you will find instructions, photos, and a list of supplies you will need to create these beautiful hats!
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