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Thumbprint Art – Easy Crafts for Children

Making pictures with thumb and finger prints is easy, even for the reluctant artist. And other than needing to wash hands afterwards, it’s not all that messy! All you need is a washable stamp pad or two and some markers to add detail. A single thumb print can be turned into a bunny, a bear, a dog, a shy mouse, or even a spider. If you start building a design with multiple finger prints you can make flowers, ants, even trains. A row of prints could be a caterpillar, a stack of fingerprints could be a snowman. Your childs imagination … Continue reading →

Christmas Crafts: Gifts You Can Make

Would you like to make a gift for someone special? There are many different craft projects that you can do that are not only fun but also make great gifts! Calendars With a new year beginning just a few days after Christmas, a calendar for 2007 makes a nice gift. To make this project extra easy, check out PrintFree.com for an assortment of calendars that you customize and print… free! You can also use desktop publishing programs to print calendar templates, and then add your own designs, photos, and messages to make them special. Desktop or Flip Calendars You will … Continue reading →

Kids’ Crafts Week in Review: December 3 – 9

I’m really getting excited about Christmas, aren’t you? My kids are going to have their Christmas play next week, and then they’ll be off school for Christmas vacation. I bet your Christmas vacation will be starting soon too! I hope the crafts in this section will help you keep busy and have fun while you’re off school. There are some things to do just for fun and there are also some ideas for making gifts and holiday decorations. I hope you like them. Here is the list of this week’s ideas, just in case you missed anything: Easy Candy Cane … Continue reading →

Kids’ Crafts: Week in Review November 27 – December 2

Hey! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here! It’s only a few weeks away, so we’ll squeeze in a few more weeks of crafts, but it’s going to be here before we know it. If you missed anything this week, take a quick peek below for a rundown of this week’s articles: Let’s Make Christmas Stockings! This article includes an image that can be used to make a pattern for making your own simple stocking. There is also a link to eight great patterns for fun stockings that you and your family can make together. It’s Time … Continue reading →

Kid’s Crafts Week in Review: Sep. 25-30

If you missed anything, here are this week’s projects at a glance: Fall Crafts: Hand Print Projects You have probably seen hand print turkeys and hand print Christmas trees, which we can go over further as we get closer to these holidays. You may have even seen plaster casts of children’s hand prints. What other image can you make from a hand print? How about an autumn leaf or a whole bunch of them? Craft Ideas: Make a 3-D Cookie Jar This idea works great for an everyday cookie jar or special ones for holidays. You can make them for … Continue reading →

Kid’s Crafts Week in Review: September 18-24

There were six crafts this week, involving everything from candy to playing cards, and here they are at a glance: Candy Airplane Craft This project can be made just for a fun treat or it can be used for party favors. It’s great to give and receive something fun, creative and different. There pretty simple, and you can decorate the to make them look cool. Fall Crafts: Framed Poetry and Leaf Art Do you or your child write poetry? If not, don’t worry. You can simply use a poem or an inspirational that you print from the computer for this … Continue reading →

Frugal Valentine Gift Ideas

Valentine’s Day is creeping up. Here is how to come up with some great gifts without worrying about having to add an extra line item to next month’s budget. You can have the opportunity to give a great Valentine’s gift or gifts without spending much. Gift basket under $5 Head over to your nearest dollar or discount store. Chances are that you can put together a great gift basket for less than $5, including the basket. Pick out a few special things that might be available there. If that isn’t enough, supplement the basket with baked goods, homemade crafts, samples … Continue reading →

Pet Commemoration

On Wednesday I revealed that my sister-in-law gave my husband and me a pet-themed gift as one of our wedding presents. Well, she gave us more than just the book on games to play with your dog. She also gave us a little kit for making paw print molds from our future cat and dog. My sister-in-law knew we planned to adopt both a dog and a cat, so she included a gift that would work for either of them. She has three cats herself, so she also understands how deeply attached one can get to pets. The packaging for … Continue reading →

Why I’m Shopping for More Pet Halloween Toys

I know in another blog I admitted that one way I could ease my worries about the economy and its affect on my pocketbook would be to cut out buying toys for my pets. But I had to make an exception for Halloween. See, a couple of weeks ago Murphy’s best friend Tucker came for a visit when his parents had to come through town on their annual trek to Indianapolis for the pet shoot they do up there every year. Since Murph’s down and out with his cast, he wasn’t able to play with Tucker. (Not because he didn’t … Continue reading →

Make Reusable Shopping Bags

Are you ready to see just how easy it is to make your own reusable shopping bags (while recycling clothing and other items at the same time)? It only requires a little sewing and it’s nearly all straight lines. If you don’t sew, you may be able to ask someone to teach you how or to stitch up some bags for you. Reusable Shopping Bags from Linens Do you still have a few bath towels left from when one of your bathrooms was a different color? Many of us do because towels are just something most people don’t get rid … Continue reading →