The high school football team has played their first few games. Next Friday night my daughter will get to play in her first marching band experience at a home game. There are several trees with leaves in beautiful shades of orange and red. Today the temperature never hit 70 and the breeze made it feel […]
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How To Make Personalized Buckets For Kids
If you are heading to the beach or a sandy spot this summer, we have the perfect quick and easy DIY project for you and your kid/kids to do! When you get a few kids together with sand buckets and sand toys, sometimes it’s easy to forget which bucket is you child’s. They all look […]
How To Make A Dream Catcher In 3 Simple Steps
My mother moved to New Mexico when I went to college and she sent me a dream catcher. Right away I loved the idea of the dream catcher (to catch bad dreams) and I also loved the aesthetic. When Giuroiu Anton, Founder of Homesthetics Magazine, an online architecture art and design resource offered to share a […]
Spring DIY Home Decorating: Bird Wall Art
Spring has finally sprung. I think it may have taken so long because I kept forgetting to put away the last of the wintry decorations! I finally swapped out the last of them this week and the warm temps got me in the mood to do some Spring DIY Home Decorating. The birds outside no […]
How To Make Soap For Kids – An Easy DIY Gift
DIY Soap for Kids is an easy way to create something fun for your kids to scrub with in the tub! They will enjoy having an animal soap to use. For those kids that might not enjoy bath time, this is the perfect DIY gift to help change that. After making soap for kids, your child […]
Crayola Cling Creator For DIY Window Clings
We love DIY projects and crafts at my house. I use them as both fun projects to keep the kids busy when I have things to get done and as fun projects we can all work on together. I especially like it when the DIY projects can be used as decor. However crafty we are, […]
Teaching Kids To Sew Can Be Easy!
Sewing with kids can be a fun and eco-friendly craft project. There are lots of easy sewing projects for kids to get started. I remember I first learned to sew when I was five years old. It was part of my Montessori kindergarten education to learn to sew buttons onto fabric squares. It is very basic but […]