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Category: crafts
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DIY Halloween Decor: Yard Ghosts
Good Friday afternoon to you! This weekend, my family is recovering from a stomach virus and a respiratory virus. We are not planning to go anywhere, and will be staying home. If you’re bored and you want a quick, fun DIY to enjoy with your kids this weekend, make these…
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Make something Monday: Mason jar leaf lanterns
If you’ve been reading here awhile, you know I love mason jars. I seem to have a surplus of them, so I am always looking for cute things to do with them. I got the idea to try to make a tea light lantern. I found these cute leaf stickers…
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Make something Monday: DIY Notebooks from Upcycled Cardboard
At our house, we have acquired a large stack of cardboard. We reuse our cardboard for many things: lining raised beds and flower beds, killing grass before tilling the garden, and for making these neat little notebooks. Say what? Notebooks? First, cut the cardboard to your desired size and cover…
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Make something Monday: shabby chic nursery lampshade
This post is a throwback to when I was decorating my youngest child’s nursery. She is now seven, and I still miss this cute little nursery. We had a very limited budget, so we made a lot of her decor ourselves. I remember wanting a lamp similar to this one:…
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DIY Lace Garland
My oldest daughter is very into shabby chic/boho decor. I had seen these lace and burlap garlands on Pinterest and decided I wanted to make one too. I started by cutting a length of twine- I chose to make it as wide as my kitchen island. I then tied a…
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DIY Faux succulent dish garden
Our house’s previous owner left behind a planter bowl. It’s very pretty, but I never knew what I wanted to do with it. I got the idea to make a faux succulent dish garden. I already had some floral foam, so I decided to use that. And then I added…
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Easter Egg Dyeing Methods
For most of my life, I have looked forward to coloring eggs each year. I now have two girls who also love decorating eggs each year. The colorants have varied over the years, but we typically stick to the PAAS kits you get at the drug store. This year, I’d…
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Make something Monday: kids’ spring crafts
Do you have creative children? These simple spring crafts are easy, cheap, and a lot of fun to make! Check out this curated list of kid-friendly crafts from around the WWW. Your children (or your inner child) are sure to enjoy them.
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Dollar Tree Upcycles: farmhouse picture frames
Sometimes I just want to make something cute but I don’t have a lot of time to do it. While my kids were in dance class this week, I browsed our local Dollar Tree just to see what I could find. I found these cute frames and began to consider…