Craftiness

There are 87 posts in this collection. Any ideas involving crafts that don’t need a sewing machine are filed here. This could include needing a crochet hook, wood burner, LEGO®, or pretty much anything.

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A Cozy Repair: Mending My Soul Seat with Wool Roving

After years of daily use my wool-upholstered Soul Seat started showing wear. Rather than replacing it or hiding it with a slipcover I instead found a simple and creative way to repair it using wool roving and needle felting. Here’s how it went... and what I learned along the way!

Valentines Day

Continuing Our Simple School Valentines

Two years ago we made simple paper valentines for school. Last year we did the same. Here's the link, with a printable download, in case you're looking for a last minute Valentine's Day idea!

Christmas

Our Simple and Adorable Kitchen Snowperson

Last Christmas I decorated our fridge for the holiday season and absolutely adored it! The snow person part ended up staying until late Spring and made me smile so many times.

Ginger Lab

Dressing "Ginger" For Valentine's Day

With "Ginger" created it was time to replace her Christmas outfit with something a bit more seasonally appropriate. And so this outfit was made! Come check out how I made it here.

Craftiness

Simple Valentines for School

With Valentine's Day approaching I figured I'd share what I did for my girls' Valentine's Day last year. Plus I'm sharing our final printable with you.

Ginger Lab

Creating “Ginger” Our Ginger Beer Bottle

Over Christmas I ordered the most adorable Ginger person bottle from Ginger Labs and I couldn't just pack her away with my winter stuff... and that's how "Ginger" was added to the family and given a bit of color. Come check it out!

Science & Sensory Play

Simple and Adorable Snow People Sensory Kit

For a friend's gift two years ago I came up with a quick play dough sensory kit featuring snow people and made extra for my own kids. We loved the premise and I figured I had to share it with you in case you're looking for something similar for yourself or as a gift too.

Craftiness

Our Amazing Halloween Costumes: Costumed Hairstyle Ideas: Spider

Last year I made an adorably cute spider on my head that my girls absolutely adored! I had to share it with you in case you're looking for a last minute costume idea.

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Our Amazing Halloween Costumes: How I Made a Custom Carmen Sandiego Necklace

For Halloween last year Ada wanted to be Carmen Sandiego. I knew immediately that I needed to figure out her distinctive necklace (along with her red jacket and hat) to truly make the costume apparent. Here's how I made the necklace!

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Ada and Zoey's Joint Birthday Party

This year had planned to do a long distance move during the summer which led to the kids having a joint birthday party. Here's what we did while planning our move.

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How I Made Our Slime Party Favors

For the girls birthday I wanted a simple party favor that looked great and used stuff I had on hand. These slime party favors turned out perfect! Come check out how I put it together.

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How to Order Individual Parts and Find Instructions to Make a Retired LEGO® Kit

A while back I recreated a couple of retired LEGO® sets by buying the individual parts. I wanted to share my process in case it can help you too.

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Zoey's Great Mismatched Me Hairstyle

The kids don't often let me do their hair so when Zoey talked about a hairstyle for "Mismatched Me" I jumped on it. Here's what we did.

Food & Dessert

Ada’s Exciting Eighth Birthday Party at Home

Like with Zoey's party last summer we decided to also host Ada's party at our home. Here's what we ended up doing!

Craftiness

Learn How I Easily Attached My Painting to My Kitchen Backsplash

I was able to attach my painted canvas to my kitchen's tiled backsplash using Command™ picture hanging strips and I wanted to share how simple it was with you in case you want to do the same.

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Easily Make Your Stickers Last Longer, Moveable, and Sturdier by Turning Them Into Magnets

A while ago I had to peel some stickers off of my computer monitor which made me sad as I wasn't sure if I could ever replace them. This then led to me converting these stickers into magnets! I'm so glad I did and I wanted to share how simple it was in case you wanted to do the same!

Science & Sensory Play

Zoey’s Random but Fun Sixth Birthday

Here's a quick glimpse at what we did for both Zoey's sixth birthday party and some of her actual birthday this year.

Craftiness

Update to My Simple and Quick Dresser Drawer Fix

A while back I shared how I fixed some dresser drawers using my hot glue gun. Since then one drawer bottom has started sagging again. I wanted this fix to last a bit longer so ultimately I upgraded my previous plan using a cereal box.

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Simple Ways We Got Our Backpacks School Worthy

This year for school we're using the same backpacks as last year. Before school could start, though, we needed to make some customizations and quick fixes.

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Our Incredibly Simple "Bunny Ears" Hairstyle

This year Zoey had a Zany Hair Day at school and, on her own, came up with the idea of bunny ears. After talking it over with her this simple but perfect idea was born. She absolutely adored them and I wanted to share it in case it helps any of you out too.

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Crazy Hair Day - This Time With a Mermaid

Although the end of the school is fast approaching I figured I'd share last years Crazy Hair Day creation in case you're looking for some ideas. It included floral wire, a mermaid toy, ponytail ties, and some clips.

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The Year of Our Small and Simple Birthday Parties

Over the years I've shared fun sensory activities and other ideas I used for my daughters' birthday parties. Although smaller I wanted to still share the girls' 2021 party with you in case it helps you plan your own.

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New Year, New LEGO® Bonsai Tree

With Christmas over it was time to change up my LEGO® bonsai tree. I had bought some special white and gold bricks just for that purpose and was eager to jump in.

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My Tinseled Iteration of the LEGO® Bonsai Tree

After creating my autumn themed LEGO® bonsai tree I couldn't stop. I had to follow up with a tinsel coated Christmas version too. Come check out how I did it, see the final images, and get ideas on how I might do it differently next time!

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My Simple and Fun Autumn LEGO® Bonsai Tree

Back when October first rolled around I started seeing a lot of Halloween-themed bonsai trees on a LEGO® Facebook group that I'm a part of. This led me to coming up with my very own spin for my bonsai tree.