DIY Homemade Crayons for Toddlers

    This was a really fun and extremely easy project! My 18 month old has not been able to grasp (no pun intended) how to properly hold and use crayons yet. I even bought the thick triangular shaped crayons that are recommended for toddler hands. Nope didn’t work for us. This was next: creating […]

Fun Valentine’s Coupons {Paper Craft Tutorial} FREE printables

Stuck on ideas for a gift for your sweetie?  Try making these coupons, they are lots of fun and are quick to make too 🙂 All you need is one 12 x 12 piece of plain cardstock – (I used black bazzill), and some patterned paper and stickers/embellishments. Any type of a Valentine’s/Love theme will work. […]

DIY Wrapping Paper (Using a Resist Technique)

I love adding a little homemade touch to gifts even if the gift itself isn’t homemade. Besides making your own gift tags, you can also easily make your own wrapping paper. Did you catch that word I just said: EASILY. Yep, this is so simple and it turns out so wonderfully, add a little twine […]

18 Unique Ideas & Tutorials for DIY Advent Calendars

One of my favorite Christmas traditions since I was a little girl is our advent calendar. Now I have several different ones: one my mom made for me, one I made, and of course – one filled with chocolate! (ok, I may have 2 filled with chocolate….) Here are a bunch of great ideas if […]

DIY Gift Idea: How to Make Fabric Covered Books

I came across this great gift idea on Pinterest – make your own fabric covered books! In these tutorials it shows how to cover a regular hard cover book – which would be great for decorating aspects. However I plan to buy a bunch of composition books (the dollar store sells them!) and cover those […]

DIY: How to Make Your Own Stamps

  I came across these on Pinterest and I was a little surprised at how easy it is to make your own stamps. I just love the look of these! For the upcoming Holiday season I want to make some of these to create my own wrapping paper, cards and tags. There are so many […]

DIY Halloween Paper Finger Puppets {Tutorial}

Halloween is almost here and I have a super quick and fun activity for you and your kiddos to do! Make your own Halloween finger puppets 🙂 These really only take minutes to do and your kids will have fun drawing funny faces on their little paper ghosts. What you will need: Paper (cardstock weight) […]

Holiday Ribbon Wreath Tutorial

I love love love the look of these ribbon wreaths and knew when I saw one that I just had to make one for every season. Now I will start off by saying that this can be a costly project. However, I was able to find wreath frames and mini glue sticks refills for my […]

No mess finger painting for toddlers

Since we have a rainy day here today I was racking my brain trying to think up some activities I could do with my one year old since we are stuck in the house. I thought finger painting would be fun, but I know my child would end up eating most of it. How about […]

50+ Awesome Homemade Gifts for Father’s Day! DIY Idea Gallery

  Father’s Day will be here before we know it! It’s a great time to get started now if you’re planning on making something. There are so many cool DIY gift ideas out there, that we compiled our favorites so you can find them all in one place. Keep checking back as we add more […]