I’m sharing a printable bouquet of flowers for Mother’s Day over on Julep today! It’s a fun and easy craft for kids of all ages. Add a recycled paper tube holder as a vase painted by your little one and you’ve got yourself a sweet handmade gift.
Category: Celebrate
More from the Banister House
I’ve been working on catching up from our Disneyland trip (will share more on that soon! including what we recommend doing when you go with your family!). I thought I’d share a few scenes from the Banister House (our newly purchased historic home) such as this great one of Miss M dancing away on Easter …
Spring is for Birthdays
We have a couple of spring birthdays in the house. In fact my oldest has a birthday exactly a week before mine so spring always means fun, flowers, balloons and cake! I can’t believe Mr. A has turned 9?! (I however am totally still the same age ;)). He wanted to meet up with friends at a …
Make a Bandit Bunny Mask for Easter
My boys are getting older and therefore getting more opinionated about what they will and will not wear/do/etc. Anything cutesy is pretty much off the table. Bunny ear headbands are in the banned group. Solution? Put a bandit mask on the bunny ears and suddenly it’s no longer cutesy but cool! And I get to …
PLAYFUL Puppets for Birthday Cake and Cupcake toppers
When I was making the various toys and crafts for my book Playful: Fun Projects to Make With and For Kids, I was constantly thinking of alternative ways of using each one them. It was sometimes hard to pick just one solution for the book! So I often gave a couple of tips along the …
Printable Valentine Faces to Decorate!
I threw together a few last-minute Valentines for your little love bird to download and pass along. We had fun decorating these with tootsie roll candy bows and heart shaped glasses. I think a candy bow tie would be darling to. You can really have fun with these! Click here to download the printable and get …
Smarties Flower Valentines
We put together some fun and simple flower Valentines made from Smarties candies. They were so easy and fast and the perfect thing for you little one to pass out to their classmates. Head on over to Julep for the full diy.
DIY LED Star Strand
We’ve been having a lot of fun getting festive with LED light strands, paper stars and perler beads. Learn how your little one can make this simple star strand over on Julep!
DIY Cardboard Gingerbread Men
Little O has been begging to make gingerbread men the Christmas season. So we finally got to it! – Well of the cardboard variety that is! He has so much fun making different characters, his most favorite being Santa which he now keeps at his bedside each night (this kids a solid through and through believer). I …
DIY Thanksgiving Craft Round up!
We’re getting all set for Turkey Day this week with a round up of Mer Mag Thanksgiving crafts! These are sure to keep little hands busy and creative while you’re finishing the touches to your turkey’s and pumpkin pies! I might even suggest assigning an older cousin to the craft table to gather a bunch of supplies …