Doing a craft with your children around a holiday, like St. Patrick's Day, helps to make their day extra special. Not only do crafts provide a fun project and pretty result, they also give you the opportunity to teach your children about the day’s history while sparking their creativity. When making this salt dough shamrock craft, your children will learn about measuring, … [Read more...] about St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Necklace Craft
Family Activities & Crafts
Family Activities such as fun family game ideas, fun things to do with kids and family fun crafts. Art crafts for kids and craft ideas adults will love too.
Here’s How To Make A Cardboard Fort
When it's raining out and cold inside and your children are kicking up a fuss, and none of the ordinary tricks will calm them down, there's one great option you should always keep in mind: building cardboard forts. Not only are cardboard boxes usually free, but there are so many creative ways you can put a cardboard fort together! Furthermore, the cool add-ons you can attach to … [Read more...] about Here’s How To Make A Cardboard Fort
DIY Dry Erase Board Tutorial
This fun little DIY dry erase board tutorial is a simple and inexpensive project to make to keep or gift to someone else. I had all supplies on hand, and you are likely to have them in your craft stash as well. I had a 5x7 frame on hand that I used because I wanted a desktop size memo board, however, you could use and 8x10 or even an 11x17 frame to create a large homemade wall … [Read more...] about DIY Dry Erase Board Tutorial
DIY Paper Heart Chain For Valentine’s Day
My kids love to do crafts and so do I. Crafts are such a great way to spend time together using creativity, making something useful, and just having fun! This Valentine's Day craft is for making your own paper strip heart garland which you can then use to decorate your classroom or home and get into the Valentine's Day mood. I include step by step directions for … [Read more...] about DIY Paper Heart Chain For Valentine’s Day
DIY Valentine Door Decorations: How To Make Hanging Hearts
I love a good hack in the crafting world! If there is something I can do to make my project a little easier, I'm all for it! Today's crafting hack is one of my favorites especially because I really don't enjoy sewing but I DO love my glue gun! These No Sew Hanging Heart Valentine Door Decorations are easy to make. Instead of sewing edges together, you can hot glue them. … [Read more...] about DIY Valentine Door Decorations: How To Make Hanging Hearts
Fun Valentines Day Party Ideas
Valentine's Day has it origins in the Middle Ages but it is still going strong! Looking for something fun to do with your kids in the month of February? One great, festive idea is to throw a fun V-Day party for your kids and all their friends. Decorations, costumes, and yummy treats are just a few things you and your kids can do to sweeten your Valentine's Day celebration. Here … [Read more...] about Fun Valentines Day Party Ideas
Decorative Embellished Hand Towels Craft
No matter what your decorating style, you can create beautiful DIY embellished hand towels to customize your home decor inexpensively. Ribbon is so cheap and comes in such a wide variety of colors, patterns, and textures so it makes a wonderful way to decorate your hand towels. If you have a particular theme or color scheme in your kitchen or bath, you will surely be … [Read more...] about Decorative Embellished Hand Towels Craft