Science & Sensory Play Simple Buckle Play Have some fun with your buckles! Both my kids went through stages where they loved any and all buckles.
Science & Sensory Play Color Mixing Explosion Sensory Play Experiment with cause and effect with explosions! Keep it safe by using vinegar and baking soda. Bring in color mixing by dying the vinegar first. So much fun!
Sewing The Olivia Top I found a great pattern that works with quilting cotton all the way to light-weight knits! Truly a costume shirt depending on the kids' favorite characters!
Sewing The Patsy Party Dress The Patsy Party dress was a fun sew that creates an epic party dress with clean hidden seams. This was an incredibly fun dress to sew up.
Sewing Quiet Book Page - Buckled Peek-a-Boo Upcycled Butterfly How I upcycled a favorite shirt to create a fully custom peek-a-book quiet book page.
Sewing Toddler Blanket Topper to Comfy Couch Afghan Take a simple toddler blanket topper and easily turn it into a larger kid blanket... or a comfy afghan for couch. So easy that the hardest part is not letting your family steal it.
Sewing 52 Weeks of Sewing Thanks to the 52 Week Sewing Challenge on Facebook I was able to constantly keep creating this year. This was a perfect reason to create a recap post of 2018. I've included links for all fabric and patterns I used (that weren't forgotten in my stash).
Craftiness Ornament Storage As we're starting to think about putting all our Christmas decorations away we also have to think about how to store them. Here's a solution I tried that didn't quite work for me and what we're now using now if you're interested.
Craftiness Wooden Nativity Are you looking for a new nativity scene. I bought an unfinished wooden one from Etsy and finished it off myself. There's so many different ways you could finish your nativity.
Sewing Create a Fabric Name Tag Are you looking to create a simple and adorable name tag? I took knit scraps and turned them into adorable labels for our Christmas stockings!
Sewing Easy Quilted Christmas Stockings Are you looking at upgrading your Christmas stocking this year? I love these stockings. They look difficult and quilted and were so easy to sew up.
Science & Sensory Play Splitting Up a Large Toy For Your Advent Calendar Are you wanting to add small gifts to an advent calendar but don't want all those small items hanging around the house afterwards? Why not buy one large toy and split it up over the month. You end up with one toy and your child had several days of opening joy.
Science & Sensory Play Sensory Activity Ideas For Your Advent Calendar Some of our Christmas Advent Calendar related toys and activities.
Sewing Getting Comfortable with Rebecca Page Overview of several of the comfortable patterns offered through Rebecca Page. Part of a blog tour so there's links to other people's definition of comfortable.
Science & Sensory Play Streaming Animal Cameras Is your child interested in learning about animals? I've found a bunch of free resources you can stream online to watch penguins, stingrays, jellyfish, the ocean, sea otters, sharks, and more.
Craftiness Create a Simple Thanksgiving Thankful Tree Are you looking for ways to be thankful? Why not create a Thankful Tree. We treated this similar to a Christmas advent calendar as we added what we were thankful for each day on November until Thanksgiving. If you have a large gathering this Thanksgiving you could make it one leaf per too.
Food & Dessert Layered Dip In a Beaker Do you have a clear serving container that's just calling for a gorgeous food display? Are you throwing a science themed party? Why not create a layered dip. Perfect for a snack or along with the rest of a meal.
Food & Dessert Layered Jello in a Beaker Are you throwing a science party and are looking for more ideas for your buffet table? What to carry out a color mixing or gelatin experiment? Why not make layered Jello?
Science & Sensory Play Pumpkin Explosions Sensory Play Do you have extra pumpkins? Are your kids having difficulties letting them go? Why not say goodbye to them by adding explosively fun ingredients.
Sewing Halloween Trick-or-Treating Bags Are you looking for a really cool trick or treating bag? After Halloween it also makes a great laundry or grocery shopping bag too. Love the pattern.
Food & Dessert Convert a Classic Cheese Ball Recipe Into a Holiday Pumpkin Trying to think of something healthy-ish to bring to your Halloween party but want it to still fit the theme? Why not bring a cheese ball but make it Halloween-like by converting it to a pumpkin. You could keep it simple or go all in with a jack-o-lantern face!
Food & Dessert Simple Halloween Themed Brownie Cupcakes Looking for a simple brownie recipe for your big party but want something different than your normal box mix? Why not just add to the box mix so it's still easy but tastes great!
Food & Dessert Pineapple Brownie Cake Do you love the box mix Ghirardelli brownies through Costco but want a change? Why not add a can of pineapple to them? So delicious!
Sewing Firetruck Halloween Costume When Ada chose to be a firefighter for Halloween Zoey decided she wanted a firetruck. This was my attempt at making this happen. Tire tread leggings, shirt with a ladder and fire hose for arms, red dress overtop, and red firefighter accessories.
Exercise Pilates with Robin Long I stumbled across an ad for Robin Long's Pilates challenge and I'm so glad I did. Links to free videos and code to get into her Sisterhood while it's closed.
