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21 Handmade Valentine’s Day Cards

February 10, 2017 By Laura 1 Comment

21 Handmade Valentine’s Day Cards

I love a good handmade Valentine’s Day card. We don’t go crazy here for Valentine’s Day, but we try to have a nice dinner and a very small treat for each person and probably something chocolatey for dessert. Yes. Definitely something chocolatey. We’re selective about who we make our handmade cards for — we don’t […]

Filed Under: crafting, Kids' activities, seasonal Tagged With: craft, Valentine, Valentine's Day

12 of the Best Christmas Gifts for Knitters

November 10, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

12 of the Best Christmas Gifts for Knitters

Congratulations, knitting buddies! This is our season. Nice and chilly and good for a cup of tea or cocoa and some warm fuzzy yarn for knitting. If you started reading here after finding the Popcorn Blanket pattern, or the Snowflake Blanket pattern, or any of these baby blankets, I’m guessing you already know a little […]

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5 Great Tie Dye Projects to Try With Kids

July 14, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

5 Great Tie Dye Projects to Try With Kids

Tie dyeing is one of those activities that just reminds me of summer. Growing up, we tie dyed T-shirts for summer camp, and for Girl Scouts, and maybe once or twice for Vacation Bible School. When you think about it, it’s an inexpensive, easy way to make shirts an entire group can wear so you […]

Filed Under: crafting, Kids' activities Tagged With: craft, kid, kids, kids activities, kids play, summer

How to Get a Handle on Craft Supplies

June 8, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

How to Get a Handle on Craft Supplies

So I recently published a post on our must-have craft supply list. We don’t have a ton of stuff, but the stuff we do have, we use all the time. So today I’m over on the BabyCenter blog, sharing how we organize all the kids’ craft supplies. Once I made one big move, and pared stuff down, […]

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Our Must-Have Summer Toolkit for Crafts and Activities

June 5, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

Our Must-Have Summer Toolkit for Crafts and Activities

Lemme be clear — I don’t think it’s my job to entertain my kids all summer long. I plan to have some days where we all pile in the car while I pretend I can’t hear the whining, and we all go hiking. I plan to have some days at the pool. I plan to […]

Filed Under: crafting, Kids' activities Tagged With: craft, craft area, indoor activities for kids, kid, kids, kids activities

Kid-Made Musical Instruments We Love

May 18, 2016 By Laura 1 Comment

Kid-Made Musical Instruments We Love

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and The Coca-Cola Company. All opinions are mine alone. #ExpressUrSelfie #CollectiveBias My kids love a chance to make some noise. Singing, playing our piano or guitar, making music with kid made musical instruments — they love all of that. And while they’re not above banging on […]

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Fun, Crafty Activities My Kids Are Loving

May 17, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

Fun, Crafty Activities My Kids Are Loving

I’ve been sharing some fun, crafty things over at BabyCenter lately — come check ’em out! Roller painting was a huge hit! We used fondant rollers from the craft store, and other fun supplies we found around the house. You could easily roller paint some butcher paper and use it for personalized wrapping paper. And […]

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Beautiful and Simple Embroidered Mother’s Day Cards

April 30, 2016 By Laura 1 Comment

Beautiful and Simple Embroidered Mother’s Day Cards

I do love handmade cards from the kids. I’ve tried to save most of them, because I know I won’t get homemade Mother’s Day cards forever. I just love ’em. We made embroidered cards similar to this for Valentine’s Day this year…so it only seemed sensible to change up the pictures a bit and make […]

Filed Under: crafting, seasonal Tagged With: craft, indoor activities for kids, kid, kids, kids activities, Mothers Day, spring

Creative Story Orbs Are a Fun Girl Scout Activity

April 20, 2016 By Laura 5 Comments

Creative Story Orbs Are a Fun Girl Scout Activity

I’m always looking for ways to meet our Girl Scout badge requirements, but make things fun and interesting for the girls. We meet right after school, and after a day of sitting in their desks working hard, the girls don’t want to meet for another hour to do the same thing for even longer. So […]

Filed Under: crafting Tagged With: craft, girl scouts, indoor activities for kids, kid, kids activities

Being creative with Sharpies

April 10, 2016 By Laura 1 Comment

Being creative with Sharpies

Sometime in the past year, I became addicted to adult coloring. It’s so soothing. And mindless. And just…zen. I love it.

Filed Under: crafting Tagged With: craft, diy

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Welcome! I'm Laura -- a mom of four kids aged thirteen and under. I run occasionally and love really bad puns.

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