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I’m so excited to share that today I’m sharing how to make our oversized paper mache flowers over on House that Lars Built! When I first had the idea for a fairy tea party based on my hard bound fairy friend books, I asked friend and stylist Meta Coleman to help out (because planning a …
Our oldest celebrated his 10th birthday yesterday (I can’t believe we’ve hit double digits!) and we made him a ’10 Things I Love About You’ ice cream cake. We made the cake by layering several kids of Atticus’ favorite ice cream flavors (mint chip, cotton candy and birthday cake) in-between layers of crushed Oreos drizzled …
I recently mentioned on IG that we have a Sunday tradition of trying out different Chocolate Chip Cookie recipes and playing around until we find exactly what we like. Well this last Sunday we struck gold! We adapted Tara O’Brady’s recipe and discovered a cookie we just can’t get enough of. 1 c of butter cut up …
Just had to pop in and share our little “Knowledge Gives You Wings” cake topper. I made this little guy last minute for the cake at our Back-to-School dinner and Little O claimed him at once. It would have been cute to do each child if I had had the time (it was getting close to …
Summer is flying away and it’s time for us to get set for another school year. In actuality I really love this time of year (if not for mourning summers end). It’s full of promise, new beginnings, slight signs of crispy fall on it’s way…and lots of fresh smelling school supplies! We have a …
In our Kids Craft Camp painting unit we ending with putting together a lion piñata for a the last day of camp. We based it off of the Tiger piñata in my book Playful and had each of the kids help paint bright stripes onto the lions mane. I love doing both individual and group projects in …
If you want to make the paper house crown from our house cookie decorating party (spotlighted on Camille Styles last week) it’s really quite easy! You can freehand one yourself from a poster board or use our template which you can download here. After downloading the template You can enlarge to desired size or just use it as a …
A little while ago Camille Styles asked me to be a part of her Entertaining With series and as I always love a good excuse to celebrate i say yes of course! Deciding on a fanciful kids House Party as the theme, I put together a spread of fun finger foods, fruits and salad and finished it all off …
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 …
So last week was nothing short of crazy AMAZING! On Tuesday I had my launch party for my newly released book PLAYFUL: Fun Projects to Make With + Kids and it was soooo sooo fun! The turn out was incredible – 322 people showed up to craft, purchase books (we sold out in the first hour!), enjoy snacks, …