Sewing How I Easily Altered a Too Small Peppermint Swirl Dress by Converting It Into a Skirt Converted a dress into a skirt using the tutorial on the Candy Castle Patterns' website.
Sewing My Daughters’ Mask Command Center and How I Made It Are your kids starting school and you're wondering just how many masks they should have, how to bring them to school, and how to take them home? This is what I did and so far it's working great for me.
Sewing Easily Identify Clothing With Fabric Markers Or By Your Fabric Choice Do you have trouble identifying your children's clothing? Why not change them whether it's slightly or drastically! Here's what I've been doing over the last several years.
Science & Sensory Play My Quick and Simple Towel Technique for Kitchen Sink Sensory Play Does your child love playing in the sink and you hate the mess? Does water always seem to pool within your under-sink cupboard? Why not add a simple towel? Here's how I've gained peace of mind with sink play.
Product Review Discover My Family's Preferred Shampoo and Conditioner Online I sometimes come across people looking for shampoo bar recommendations. As such I figured I'd share my family's go to shampoo and conditioner brands in case you're looking for something new.
Science & Sensory Play Create an Exciting Playdough World Then Explode a Volcano Does your child love dinosaurs or volcanoes? Are you looking for a fun sensory and science activity? We made playdough to create a scene to stomp dinosaurs through and then later turned it into a volcano! Come check it out.
Craftiness Cool the Kids Down With a Simple Ice Pack A couple weeks ago I bought some ice packs specifically to help keep the girls cool in bed during the hot weather. Whether you're currently going through a heatwave or planning for one in the future, you too may love the cooling presence of our frozen ice packs. Check it out here!
Science & Sensory Play Incredibly Simple Play Bandages with Masking Tape Are you looking for something to keep your child(ren) entertained? Do you have masking tape on hand? Why not have them decorate strips of it and turn it into pretend play bandages. Maybe their toys are sick and need to be fixed? So many options!
Science & Sensory Play Give That Old Play-Doh Kit a Brand New Feeling Do you have a Play-Doh set that's looking a bit sad? Have your kids stopped enjoying it? Why not make it feel like brand new by refilling the Play-Doh containers with homemade soft playdough!
Science & Sensory Play Create a Simple Cardboard Changing Pad for Dolly Does your child love dolls? Do they love crafts? Are you looking for another doll accessory? Why not make a simple dolly changing pad? This can be as simple as a plain piece of cardboard or it can be thoroughly decorated. Here's what we made!
Science & Sensory Play Simple and Exciting Sensory Play Gift Ideas Are you looking for a simple gift idea for kids? Why not put together a simple sensory play kit? Here's the one I put together this year for Christmas and so many other ideas you could do too.
Science & Sensory Play Easily Dye Pantry Staples for Fun and Simple Sensory Materials Are you looking for a fun sensory material for your kids to play with? If you have extra pasta, rice, or beans you could dye them. Here's how my experiment went.
Science & Sensory Play Easily Change Up Your Playdough With Scents Are you looking at changing up your playdough? Are you looking to making an amazingly scented playdough? I want to share several ways I've added scent to my playdough so you can do the same. Plus since you can't photograph smells I included some glittery playdough too.
Craftiness Recycle Packing Slips to Make Quick and Simple Homemade Stickers Are you looking for a quick and simple art project for you or your kids? Why not look into upcycling your packing slip for fun labels and stickers
Craftiness Simple, Easy, and (Sometimes) Free Advent Calendar Ideas Are you debating making an advent calendar this year? Are you trying to think of ways to make this Christmastime magical? Here are ways that we've filled in our advent calendar throughout the years to help you have a great December.
Sewing Quickly Extend Your Fabric to Fit a Pattern Piece Have you ever gone to sew a garment and realized your fabric is too small for the pattern piece? Why not simply extend you fabric with a similar piece of fabric? Here's how I extend my daughters' panels to fit a larger pattern piece.
Pattern Review I Sewed Up Three Free Face Mask Patterns and Here Is My Takeaway Are you sewing your own fabric masks? Over the last year I've ended up trying three different free mask patterns I loved each one for their own reason. I wanted to share them with you in case you're looking for new ones to sew up.
Craftiness Simple Drawer Organizer Recycled From A Cereal Box Are you looking for a custom fitting organizer but can't find one that's perfect? Why not make your own? Here I took an empty cereal box, turned it onto it's side, and made a short organizer perfect for what I needed. Here's what I did.
Apostrophe Patterns Zoey's Simple and Updated Pumpkin Costume Are you looking at creating a simple pumpkin costume? Last year Zoey wanted to be a jack-o-lantern but this year she chose to be a ‘pumpkin with no face’. Here’s how I made her dreams a reality.
Children Zoey's Simple Jack-O-Lantern Costume From Store-Bought and Sewn Items Are you looking at creating a simple jack-o-lantern costume? Zoey wanted to be a pumpkin for Halloween that changed to a jack-o-lantern after a trip to Walmart. Here's how I finished this adorable costume.
Sewing How I Planned and Sewed Ada's Simple Skeleton Costume Are you looking for skeleton Halloween costumes? Are you having trouble planning on how to make your own? Last year I made Ada's dream of being a skeleton come true and this is how I did it!
Food & Dessert Have yogurt... now what? What I Make with Yogurt Do you have plain yogurt sitting in your fridge and no idea how you should use it? Are you planning on getting into making your own yogurt? Here are some yummy ways I've used plain yogurt.
Sewing My Favorite Simple Kids' Knit Sewing Pattern: The Magnolia Are you looking for a super simple knit garment to make for your child? The Magnolia top and dress is my absolute favorite simple pattern for my girls and I wanted to share it with you.
Craftiness Announcing Ada’s Simple Zoom Birthday Party Are you wondering what kind of online birthday party you can throw for you kid? For my daughter, Ada, I hired Wonder Woman to join our birthday Zoom call and added some fun themed goodie bag treats for anyone that leaved nearby.
Craftiness Create a Simple Double-Sided Printable PDF From Free Images Online Are you trying to create an easy worksheet for your kids? Why not take those images online and turn them into a PDF so you can easily print them off double-sided and whenever you want?
