Do you know how to make a daisy chain or flower crown? It’s incredibly easy and so fun! There are several classic ways to make a flower crown: the slit stem, braided, and woven. Here are the simple instructions to do all three. Method #1 — Split stem Trim flower stems to about 4 inches….
Our family volunteered at a wonderful local festival this weekend and the younger kids and I we were presented with marvelously fun name tags from some volunteer fairies. It was so much fun that I thought I’d look for a fairy name generator online, and I found a whole host of them. Here are all…
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Here’s a sweet way to make a little magic in the back yard this summer. My Alex had been having fun making “potions” with rain water, grass clippings and such, and he asked me to help him find new ingredients. I decided to make it a little extra magical and went and got a pitcher…
We’re a big fan of fairy doors and gnome doors here at our house. We have a gnome door in one of our trees out front and have made salt dough fairy doors inside in past years (click here to see how we did it). Tonight, I stumbled on some more wonderful ways to make…
Here’s a project I’m absolutely in love with! Southern Disposition has the plans for an ingenious dollhouse she made from three ring binders, scrapbook paper, magazine pictures and a few found treasures. It collapses to take up very little space, it’s utterly gorgeous, it’s green, and it’s super affordable. She estimates she made hers for…
Want to have a little pumpkin fun besides the usual jack-o-lanterns? Here’s a whole slew of fun ways to decorate and play with these fantastic orange veggies… Lowe’s suggests using hardware to make all sorts of whimsical, wonderful little pumpkin creations. Oasis Accents tells how to make glittered pumpkins. The Magic Onions posted the delightful…
Here’s a great quote from Dallas Parents… Happy weekend!
Here’s a great craft for older kids and teens to show off their creativity and bring new life to boring clothes. Try your hand at bleach pen altering! Victoria made this lovely shirt from an old peach t-shirt of mine that I was going to donate. She put a layer of waxed paper inside the…
We all know that children need lots of free time to play, but sometimes it’s nice to hear it again. Here’s a compilation of quotes through the centuries about the importance of play… “You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to…