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Fun and simple craft for a loved. Great keepsake to make with your little one to see how they have grown over time as well. The message I placed on this for my keepsake was "My heart belongs to mommy" Materials: Wooden heart from craft store ($1.00) Paint for the hand print Paint brush Sharpie marker for message Mod podge to seal the paint and message.

Every festival and event needs to be celebrated with all and when it is Mother's day, the celebration increases. All little kids and children enjoy their playfull activities of coloring. Surprise your momy with your beautiful art of coloring. Present her your own hand colored mother's day coloring card ready to get print.

Every holiday we are always making fun keepsakes for meme, grandma and other special family members. Two years ago we made these special flower pots and placed baby pictures of the kids in them . The are very easy to make. For the flower part we used cupcake holders and for the stem we used popsicle sticks. Then to hold the special picture flowers in the flower pot we used styrofoam. This craft is fun and easy for all ages. You can get all the supplies from the Dollar Store and have enough supplies to make several. If you like to make handmade gifts for that special someone in your family or life be sure to check out the links below. Thanks for stopping by to see what fun stuff we are doing.

Mothers day is about bringing smile on your mom's face and feel honored to be remembered on mothers day. Every mother hope to get due respect, honor and love in return to her kind blessings showered on her children. This year try something different with your mother. Present these funny mothers day card to give her chance to feel happy and laugh a lot.

For all the Frozen lovers, get your own personalized tumbler cup or water bottle.

Mother's Day ideas continued... I decided to show you the things Harvey and I made to give to Justin. First up... I Love You This Much Card How to: It's super easy... 1. Trace your child's hand, then cut out two copies. My paper was double sided so I made sure that when the thumbs match up - the yellow side would be inside, and the blue side would be outside. 2. Cut out a strip of paper and fold it accordion style. Use letter rub-ons or stickers to add the words "I Love You" on the outside, and "This Much" on the strip of paper. 3. Glue the ends of your accordion strip on the insides of the hands and your card is done. :) Kid Canvas Then Harvey and I made a little canvas (4 inches x 4 inches) to hang on the wall in Justin's office at work. I purchased small ones so we could add to them each year and hang them in one grouping. I prepainted the canvas in green, then set Harvey in the bathtub with blue paint and a brush and let him paint his own "p...

Everyone loves heart-shaped decorations.  This cute wooden handicraft can be hung over a doorway or as part of a wall display.  Paint the hearts red, pink, and white, and you will have a decoration for Valentines' Day.  Paint them red and green for Christmas, or red, white, and blue to display love for America.  You can leave it plain for a natural look.  The string of hearts wooden handicraft fits well with country style furnishings. To make the string of hearts, you will need 5 wooden heart cut-outs approximately three inches wide, a drill with an eighth inch bit and a quarter inch bit, a small amount of raffia, two yards of 1 -1/2 inch wide soft ribbon, two large wooden beads, and acrylic paints in the colors you want.  The ribbon and the beads should match the color sceme you desire.  Plaid ribbons are particularly effective. The string of hearts has five hearts side by side tied together with small raffia bows.  The first and las...

There's a simple technique for creating cute toy insects from pompoms. For example, for such a honeybee you will need pompoms, colored paper, and a wooden toothpick or cocktail stick. Bee First, cut out three pairs of V-shaped paper legs. That is, every pair of legs is joined together to form a V shape. Similarly, make a pair of cellophane wings. Then thread the legs, wings and pompoms onto the toothpick in the following order: A pompom, so that the tip of the toothpick is left sticking out behind for the sting (remove its sharp tip for safety); A pair of legs and another pompom; Another pair of legs and a pompom; A pair of legs, the wings and the last pompom for the head. Apply some glue on the toothpick between the pompoms when assembling the toy. Glue two paper antennas, a mouth and wiggly eyes onto the head. Bzzzzz... Wiggly eyes can be easily made from an empty blister pack: put a small black paper circle into a blister and seal it with glue and a round piece of paper. Here ar...

Very special crafts can be made using wooden craft sticks (a.k.a. popsicle sticks or lolly sticks), like this ladybug and dragonfly collage. Find a simple picture for your design and color the sticks according to it. Then let your kids arrange and glue the colored sticks on a piece of construction paper. Using other supplies along with craft sticks and combining different techniques can be a good idea. For example, I used also black round stickers, a pipe cleaner and wiggly eyes for this simple project. Wiggly eyes can be easily made out of discarded tablet blister packs, or just purchased at a crafts store.

morning all from the gorgeous Australian coast... we're bathing in almost Easter sunshine here...Autumn at it's coastal best...clear, blue & warm... as it's nearly Easter, i thought to day we could share a some of the *Make-It-Monday* goings on  in our little beach house... an Easter-Make-It-Monday that is sweet enough to have in the house over this holiday whether you have bambino's or not... a bit of egg styling ... this is a little idea we came across via Martha- some times she strikes on a bit of lovely that is right up my doily-loving alley... lace-printed eggs for Easter... they are stylish enough for the mama's in the house & bright enough for the kiddos in the house... thank you Miss.Stewart... with simple pantry ingredients & a carton of fresh eggs- this was an after HW project in our house...     tools of the Egg styling trade here are: carton of eggs hard boiled food colouring white wine vinegar doilies or old lace off cuts elastic bands e...

OK...Easter Crafting... If you were around here at Christmas, you'll know that I love me a good month of crafting before a holiday! Easter, being late this year...gives us all plenty of time to share ideas and a little *Cool Craft* together. I'm blessed with two of my kids having birthdays around Easter- my eldest was born on Easter Monday and we remind her each year that she's * even better than eggs* ! So...I get to share *Cool Crafts* for Easter and birthday's! Yep...happy days here! Righto... *Cool Craft For Easter- Day 1* These little gift jars are *da bomb* for all ages! They are simple, inexpensive and soooo flipping cute! They take no more than an hour or two to sort, glue and spray paint...and then you get to fill them- the really fun part...and just stand and look and love them! I've seen them on a few pinterest boards- and decided to give it a go with my girls at home- we winged it, and they were super easy on the wallet and the skill level...but we...

With the school hols coming up in a week in my neck of the woods, and with many of my friends up in the Northern Hemisphere on Summer hols- I thought it perfect timing to share a quick lovely kids craft or two. {Perfect is over-rated with kids craftiness!} Simple fun projects that you can build on depending on the age of your child. Basing them on the age of our youngest {she's primary school age} I'm sharing crafts that I do at home with the kids, and crafts that our eldest {year 10 High School} takes to a whole new level. This *Rain Drop Cushion* takes no time at all- and is SUPER cute! It can be easily sewn by hand, or on a machine {depending on the age of your kids}. You can add sleeping eyes...a sweet little yawning mouth- or leave it as is. The less perfect it is, the more your child has actually worked on this lovely project- us mama's who love a little craftiness ourselves, really truly need to let imperfect be the catch cry on this one! Believe me,  your babi...

This year, celebrate the stars and stripes in style by making festive 4th of July crafts with your little ones. From parade-ready kazoos to flame-free backyard rockets and delicious centerpieces, we’ve got enough ideas to fuel your entire celebration. Keep reading to let affordable, DIY Independence Day fun begin. Patriotic Visor This Fourth of July Visor is a great craft for all ages! Let your kids personalize their own hats in red, white and blue. The perfect hat to wear to a 4th of July parade or to watch the fireworks! What you'll need: Foam Visor (available at any craft store - ours was only $1!) 3-D paint: red, white, and blue Star Shaped Foam Stickers How to Use the 3-D paint to write USA on the visor. Stick on star stickers. After it dries, wear it! Hand Print Fireworks Craft This hand print fireworks craft is a fun paper craft to make with your kids to celebrate the 4th of July! Trace their hand print and cut out lots of copies, then glue them down so they overlap. Add a w...

Here are a few interesting Easter craft ideas for kids and preschool children . Some Easter craft ideas that involve children are egg glitter, eggshell tulip, crayon resist egg and Easter peeking bunny. Here’s a list of fun Easter crafts for kids to make at home. We like to do frugal crafts so you can usually find the supplies we use in your house already! Crayon resist egg Craft materials for kids and preschool children: Egg dye Plastic spoons Hard boiled eggs Crayons Craft method: 1. Using crayons, draw pictures and designs onto your egg. 2. When you are happy with the designs, lower the egg into the dye. 3. When you remove the egg from the dye you will have a crazy crayon craft. Egg Glitter Craft materials for kids and preschool children: Hard Boiled eggs Paint Brushes Glue Glitter Craft method: 1. Simply paint hard boiled eggs in paints of kid's choice 2. Allow to dry. 3. Roll egg in craft glue. 4. While glue is still wet, roll egg in glitter. 5. Allow to dry. 6. Your Easter eg...

Here are a few interesting and exciting fun Christmas craft ideas for kids and preschool children . Some Christmas craft ideas that involve children are pine cones, sugar cookies, handprint angel, lollipop tree, and creative Christmas cards and of course decorative Christmas Stars. There are so many decorative and creative fun Christmas craft ideas for kids . Christmas is a time of giving, sharing, enjoyment and especially a time of creating lasting memories. Preschool Children love to help with crafts and even the tiniest of tasks can make them feel important. Christmas star is easy to make, and they look cute hanging on any Christmas tree, either on the real one or on an artificial Christmas tree. Christmas Craft: Fun sugar cookie ornament How to make fun Christmas Craft: sugar cookie ornament Craft materials for kids and preschool children: Sugar Glitter Water Cookie cutters Ribbon Scissors Glue Craft method: 1. Mix half cup of sugar and 1 teaspoon of glitter. 2. Stir in 1 teaspoon ...

These crafts to illustrate the lesson of Burning Bush range from simple to involved.  A couple can be adapted from their original idea to specifically fit this lesson. Materials: Paper bowls Glue Water Paintbrushes White construction paper Scissors Red and yellow tissue paper Instructions: 1. Using the red and yellow tissue paper, cut into 2-inch teardrop patterns, and make several of each color per child. 2. Give each child a white piece of construction paper and a paintbrush. 3. Set out bowls containing a mixture of one part glue and one part water. 4. Have the children place red and yellow tissue flames on the paper at random,  overlapping the yellow and red flames. 5. Have the children paint over the flames with the glue mixture using a paintbrush. The overlap of the yellow and red flames should produce orange flames.

I always hate to throw away used aluminum foil because I feel there has to be some great use for it that I just don't know about. I decided it was time for me to do a good search for the best foil crafts, and if I was able to find more than just a couple of foil crafts, I would share them with you. I'll share with you pictures of the foil crafts that I found, plus the name of the site where you can find the project. All you'll need to do is just click on the site name and you'll be taken directly to the page with the directions and, if appropriate, patterns. Materials: 2 aluminum pie plates Heavy poster paper Pencil Scissors Stapler Scrap wood pieces to create a base for the fish Water-based paint Paintbrushes Instructions: First, place the 2 pie plates together (bottoms facing out) and secure with staples. You can always use masking tape instead but the staples work the best. Next, take 2 pieces of poster paper and draw out the following shapes: a fish head, a top fin,...