It’s usually pretty easy to entertain my hyper four year old son during the mornings before preschool … Being that I am and have always been a crafty sort of person, I have a huge supply of various paints, craft supplies and newspaper for times like today when the four year old requested that I paint with him. I recycle my cardboard, paper and plastics. This comes in handy on days when the kids want to do any form of crafting. Seen in picture above, we were painting a cardboard box that was from our recycle bin and using the newspaper from recycle pile for protection of the dining room table. The paints are courtesy my daughter’s supply. Shhh don’t tell her. And when that project was all done, K-man …
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Peter Pan Diamond Edition – Do you Believe in Magic?
I believe in the magic of a child’s imagination being able to bring anything to life. I was just talking the other day to my boyfriend about how children are so sweet and innocent, they do not have the experiences from their past that would cause them to be more cautious or weary of life and imaginations. As adults we over think things, that is why I absolutely am all for believing and pushing a love for thinking about fairies and magical pixie dust. It’s the best when my kids faces light up because Mama is talking about how she has to stock up on her magical let’s get dancing pixie dust or an eye roll when I say I need more go to sleep now pixie dust because I …
Searching for new Kid Friendly Craft Ideas
The three kids and I absolutely love doing various crafts. Some of the crafts or things we have ended up doing together are; latch hook, crotchet, baking, friendship bracelets and collages. Honestly that list is small computed to what we do as a family together. Due to the fact that all three kids plus me enjoy crafting, I am constantly on the look out for things we can make or do together. Most recently my Gram started making goat’s milk soap and that got me thinking, while the process sounds like it takes a long time for this type of soap, I knew maybe there is a kind of soap my kids and I can make from home. That is when I happened upon an article that tells me how …
Make Your Own Hawaiian Leis for Parties
Miss Kiara had a birthday party at the beginning of October and we shared our adventures in making our own Hawaiian Leis for her Hawaiian birthday party on Instagram. Here is what we did to make our own leis, as a way to have craft time fun and save a little cash. Supplies Needed: Needle and thread. Tissue paper in variety of colors. Scissors Beads {optional} Get Making Your Leis Measure your thread out to where you want it, be sure to double it up this helps hold the paper better. Start hand sewing through the middle of your paper that has been cut {or folded} into 2 inch strips. The measurement for your thread should be about 36 inches or so, depending upon how long you want your Hawaiian …
