DIY Crafts

If your child goes to school, chances are during Fall you have seen the flyers coming home for a Story Book Pumpkin Parade. This Fall project is both fun and inspiring, especially for children who haven’t yet discovered a love for...

Decorating for the holidays is one of my favorite pastimes. I especially love to make a decoration myself! {I swear I will place them in their spot inside and outside of our house and then go back and stare...

Christmas is about giving, but yet there is so much stress associated with everything surrounding gift giving.      What do I buy?     Will this gift be the same caliber as last years?     Will it be better than the other...

PARTICIPATING IN LENT WITH CHILDREN The Lenten season is here! In the weeks preceding Lent I have grandiose ideas of all the great things I will implement in my home to participate in Lent with the littles in my life,...

I absolutely love Fall and everything about it. The cooler weather, football, the leaves changing color, which means the bugs go back to their level in H-E-Double Hockey Sticks! The salted caramel mocha at Starbucks, but most of all,...

My 10-month-old loves all things sensory, so I’ve been putting together sensory activities for her over the past five months. One memorable art project we did when she was five months old was a mess-free finger painting using a Ziploc bag,...

I LOVE pumpkins! Interestingly enough I only like to look at them, I don't like pumpkin flavored anything (#sorrynotsorry) but still - pumpkins are my favorite part of the season. Last year we carved pumpkins with our boys and I...

As a teacher I am always looking for ways to move away from memorization and assessment and dive into student's creativity and artistic side. So each day I do a warm-up that requires students to draw something or respond...

Indoor Snow Day We live South Texas, where it snows very rarely (like it's a miracle when it snows) and Christmas for us is more often than not in the 80's. But every once in a while you just want...

If your kids are bored  - I have the perfect hands on craft project: pop up greeting cards.   This DIY card can help you (and your kids) put a personalized spin on literally ANY card you want to give someone. ...