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Week in Review – Family Fun

September is 2/3 gone. If you are looking for a new craft, or want to share knitting with your children, give Loom Knitting a try. It’s a quick craft to learn and gives great results. Even gift worthy results for those of you who are already thinking ahead towards Christmas. Check out the many ways you can paint dots and teach a thing or two in Pointillism Art Project (with a little history thrown in). Family Dinner Conversation has some ideas for keeping the family at the table a bit longer and getting to know each other a bit better. … Continue reading →

Loom Knitting – Fun For All Ages

I picked up the Knifty Knitter looms on a whim about a year ago. The pack of four were on sale for about seven dollars. Many years ago, I had a long loom called a Knitting Jenny. As a girl, I never did learn how to cast on and off the loom but I loved to knit on it. With regular needles I always had gaps and holes and loose threads. I�ve taught a couple of children to knit on these looms. The knitting looms make knitting very easy. All you really need to do is to wrap your yarn … Continue reading →

Mosaic Tile with Kids

Tile mosaic was our latest craft experiment. The kids really enjoyed making light switches for their room. To start, we lightly sanded plastic light switch covers so that the grout and tile and glass pieces would stick better to the plastic. Next we picked out tile pieces to fit onto the covers. We glued them down with regular white glue. The idea is to get lots of pieces of tile on the cover, but leaving about ¼ of inch of space for the grout later on. That concept was a hard one for my younger children to understand. They wanted … Continue reading →

Beeswax Candles – Easy Family Craft

Making your own candles is fun. With sheets of beeswax, it’s also very easy. You don’t even have to melt the wax. Beeswax comes in flat rectangular sheets that have a honeycomb pattern. To make candles, all you need is the sheet of beeswax and a wick. Both the beeswax sheets and the wicks are available in the candle making section of major craft stores. Lay out the sheet of beeswax flat on a table. Lay the wicking string over the shorter edge of the rectangle, close to the edge. Trim the string so that it sticks over about ½ … Continue reading →

CraftyPod – Podcast Review

CraftyPod is a fun and inspiring biweekly podcast on crafting. The average podcast is about 20 minutes long, which is plenty of time to inspire the listener to drag out their craft projects. You can always count on Craftypod to fill you in on the latest craft products, news from the craft world, opportunities for crafters, and inspiration to try new things. I don’t own a sewing machine. I can’t even sew more than a button or hem, but the podcast on Burda Style made me want to learn. Burda Style has free patterns for people to use, change, and … Continue reading →