Arts & Crafts

Just how are you feeling today? Excited, scared, a little silly, sad or maybe even a little sleepy? Create this interactive mood reader mask and hang on your door knob, wall or keep it within reach to let everyone

Flubber is a fun, very elastic version of playdough. Creating it is a fun mix of an activity and a scientific experiment in creating polymers. The result of this concoction feels almost like stretchy silly putty

Get crafty and enjoy a little gardening with the kids all in one project. This Decoupage Flower Pot Craft is perfect for children of all ages to personalize their own flower pots in a decorative and creative way

Create your own fairy wings out of coat hangers and nylon stockings. This craft is great for dress up activities and little ones will have a great time personalizing their magical fairy wings. Soon you will have

If you have America girl doll fans in your house and are frugal this is an easy craft to do to make sheets. Sheets for the 18 doll beds are running on ebay for $20-$50 yikes! I don't pay that for my own sheets. 

Save and keep this ideal for all the Christmas parties at work, school, etc.! This would be a great idea to pass out to your employees at work or maybe you are a insurance agent or real estate agent and looking

You Can Make It Too! Easy Decoration! While out shopping the other day there were already Halloween & Thanksgiving decorations out. I need to ease into the season a little more slowly - after

Check this easy idea for homemade bubbles that will keep the kids busy  Refill container $6.00 at Wal-Mart 2 1/2  cups water and 1/2 cup light corn syrup mix in a bowl together and microwave

Easter Peeps Topiary Craft! Peeps are one of the top Easter candies (one of my favs)  and this is a great way to use them to decorate too! You can use any kind of Peep to do this craft. Grab the kids and

Do it yourself bath tub paint   If you want the kids to have some fun in the bath tub then you have to check out this super  easy recipe for kids bath tub paint!   This easy craft around takes

Here are some science experiments that you can do around the house with your toddlers and preschoolers. These are also perfect for doing in school as well.  A simple tray & jars for sorting magnetic

Valentine's Day is fast approaching and here are some of  favorite easy and budget friendly Valentine's Day Activities for Kids. These are sure to get you little ones feeling the love! 

We mixed up a paste with: cornstarch, food coloring, and water (easy peasy lemon squeezy) I used my trusty muffin tin as our palette. The colors were so vivid! We had a great time. Helpful Tips if you try this

Every household should have a STOCKED ART CLOSET.  One way to get all the supplies at a great cost is purchasing art supplies from Dick Blick  - Blick Art Materials. I love this art supply company

Inspired by a Glitterville ice cream sundae cake plate, these adorable pedestals were created. Learn how to make these adorable kitchen accessories using clearance rack items and gloss paint! homegoods, target

Reuse your nail polish by making colorful pendants for necklaces using modge podge dimensional magic, a pack of modge podge acrylic 3D shaped charms and whatever nail polish colors you want.  Michael's Arts

Are you looking for ways to boost employee engagement and foster a stronger team spirit in your company? Look no further! In this blog post, we will explore the top team building companies in Gurgaon that specialize

After doing some sand art projects with my kids, I found myself with some pretty leftovers and didn't want to throw them in the trash.  Since I didn't want to waste them, I decided to put them

If you have kids that get bored easily on a rainy day, grab some fabric markers, extra pillow cases, t-shirts or any other fabric item you can think of like a plain white sheet, fitted sheets etc.  Let the

Here are three cute and easy valentine craft ideas. They all make flowers with lollipops in the center and vary in degree of difficulty, but all are sweet and you can do any of them with kids. You also don't need

Here are ten great ideas from the craft website Skip To My Lou for making homemade valentines.  Most of these valentines are fairly simple and would be great to make for school or friends.  (I would avoid

If you are looking for some easy but beautiful Christmas cards to make with your kids this holiday season, here are 4 that you can share with family and friends. Footprint snowman card  One cute idea is

Don’t spend money purchasing something elaborate for the holiday table this year.  Let the kids do the honors for the family.  Decorative centerpieces can be crafted from items that you already

Kids love to celebrate Halloween. They also start thinking about Halloween early. Extend the fun Halloween season for them by printing one or more different free Halloween colorings page a day until the Halloween

Here is a great site I stumbled across that offers free printable folding paper toys that you can make with your kids. The author/host, Marilyn Scott-Waters, of the website has an extensive background in elementary

make believe you are baking cookies in Vermont, juggling with the Russian circus, painting in France, or making spagetti in Italy with real results! These kits combine "make believe" and reality

If you are looking for local easter egg hunts, try this page. you can select your state and it will give you a list of any local "easter egg hunt" that is going on.  You can also add an event if

I was looking for a special project for my grandkids for the Easter week they're spending with me and I thought it would be fun to make a paper mache piggy bank. I looked at a number of websites and

While this website has free printable coloring pages, it offers something I haven't seen before. There's a section called Picture Maker and also one called Online Colouring. In Picture Maker you are given

While the grand kids were visiting today I thought it would be great fun for them to create their own pop-up cards for the holidays. I found this website full of crafts for kids including pop-up cards

Even though we haven't had any real snow yet, it's coming soon. In the meantime, have some fun with your kids by creating your own winter scene in a shoe box. It's not that difficult and with this site

For years I've dabbled on and off in origami. This website has some great simple origami projects, especially for the holidays. The dollar bill Thanksgiving Origami Turkey is easy to make and will make a nice table

Foam Flowers Supplies: Foam sheets of assorted colors (similar to foam stickers but without the stick); pipe cleaners; scissors.  How-to: Cut flower shape in foam. For a layered look--like the blue, pink, purple

Sticker or Art Bookmark  Supplies: 4 x 6” colored card stock cut in half (2 x 6”), stickers, do-it-yourself self-laminating sheets. How-to: Decorate with stickers on both sides of the card

Supplies: 7 pieces of white paper, pen, crayons. Optional: self-laminating sheets. How-to: Stack and fold paper in half like a book. Staple folded edge. Write your child’s name on cover, such as “Sam’s

Children love to look at other babies. When my daughter started “reading” my parenting magazines and ripping out pages because she was so intent on a picture, I figured out it was time for her to have

As my twin 4 year olds and I were sitting at home looking for a way to spend this Veteran's holiday at home we stumbled into my spices.  If you have old spices at home that you want to get rid of a fun

My kids really enjoy using some of the Klutz Craft activities - namely window art and capsters.  Did you know that you can purchase refills and extra supplies for most Klutz book activities at Klutz.com? 

This website has so many different things for kids who are into pumpkins. There are stencils to print for carving jackolanterns, there are videos of funny pumpkins, there are pumpkin facts, and an online game for

Since halloween falls on a Saturday this year we've decided to have a party for the grandkids before they go trick or  treating. I found this great site which has everything but the food, although they

I have entered the Chip Board Crafting craze! I love this medium now available.  I'm putting together a birthday memory book for my daughter and found this website dedicated to my new hobby! I have the

This is an online store where you can buy and sell items that are hand made. The consigner gets 80% comission, which is an awesome rate. The owner of the store is easy to work with and very helpful in answering

Every year there is a hot air balloon race held in Reno,NV which is about a half hour drive from where we live.  The boys love it!  This year we made our own hot air balloon using tissue paper and glue

Make up a bushel of these apples to decorate your home or to use as gifts.  Your child's teacher would LOVE to receive one of these apples!  Click HERE to print out the free instructions.  This

Are you looking for creative ways to reuse an old shirt? ShelterPop.com has creative ideas on what you can do with an old t-shirt! There are five great ways to make an old shirt useful again including: 1) Make

I love this craft from Family Fun for woven sunflowers made from paper plates and yarn!  We are in the middle of making these flowers (I will post pictures once we are done) and they are really easy. 

Every week, I check out Kristina Werner's design blog for great ideas for cardmaking.  She posts two videos a week, on Mondays and Fridays, where she makes a card in real time.  I can't tell you how much

Every craft on the site is created using a glue gun and includes crafts of varying degrees of difficulty and materials. There are crafts for kids, holidays, just because, videos and more! The crafts are created

This website has lots to offer.  It has a categorized list of free craft projects.  Some examples are;  all holiday crafts, bead, bath and body, sewing, scrapbooking, jewelry, paper, recycled

You know those multi-colored paper cupcake liners can be used for more than just baking cupcakes.  Here is what my two girls use them for: 1) Building a castle or a small town for their dolls. 2) As beds