play creatively
Little O is going to preschool this year (he has an October birthday so he’ll be one of the older ones) and we have been trying to get him geared up and ready. He’s known his shapes for some time but I wanted to push him a bit further in this area. And these simple …
I trust all US readers had an excellent 4th of July. Ours was hot, hot, hot! We spent most of the day in my parents pool (here in Colorado – where the fires are finally starting to calm down and be contained. Hopefully no new ones will pop up!). We had a great time though. …
I have to give full credit to my cousin Crystal for this summer fun idea. For the Mudpuppy giveaway she commented: “So this summer me and the kids made a summer fun jar so I don’t have to be as creative everyday. Each week they pick out an outing, a food to make, and an …
Hello friends! I’m thrilled to announce that I will crafting over at Handmade Charlotte this summer! Yippee! Rachel Faucett, of Handmade Charlotte, has one of the best eyes for modern and vintage children’s toys, crafts, games, clothes, you name it. If you are not following her deliciously inspiring pins, I suggest you start doing so …
It’s that time of year again. School is almost out for the summer and A is growing out of practically every shirt he owns. We needed to think fast (and thrifty) so off to the store to get $1 shirts (we found ours at the Dollar Tree) and then back to the craft lab to …
Mom’s are the best, right? And although we should be celebrating them on a daily basis, I’m so glad we have a specific day set aside to show the mother’s in our lives just how much we really appreciate all that they do for us. Well, Mother’s Day is just 3 days away which leaves …
I thought it would be fun to personalize our gift tags this year. I knew the boys would be thrilled to run to their presents to see their own faces on the packages. I was just going to go with good old fashioned photos when I thought, “hey, why not spice things up a bit?”. …
We like to do handmade Christmas cards for the teachers, etc. during the season and apparently we’ve hit on a tree theme that we just can’t shake. This year we had a lot of fun “finger painting”…but not in typical sense of the craft. I made a simple tree graphic and printed it out on …
OK, so Fridays are serious business at Little A’s school (and consequentially, for Little A as well). They are spirit days and if you wear red or a viking shirt (or both!) you get a treat and earn points for your class. The class that gets the most points wins the “Viking” to keep in …
Little A is going to his first day of Kindergarten tomorrow and we had to pull together an “All About Me” poster for the event. Being up against a clock and having most of our stuff in boxes (I can’t seem to find the boys art supplies anywhere and we are all going a tad …