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Busy Kids = Happy Mom: Life Skills
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Ever hear of Cloud Dough? It's a wonderful sensory activity for preschool children. It feels like flour as you run your fingers through it, but the cool thing about it is that it is moldable too. My kids spent a good half hour playing with cloud dough. They loved it!
Juggling With Kids: Cloud Dough
Whew! Here’s the last collection of baby blankets to make, these focus on sewing tutorials and they’re all so lovely and gift-worthy! I’ve separated them into three groups…first is a selection of projects, next are a few ribbon taggy versions and last is a bunch for receiving/swaddling. Don’t miss those that are quilted here , crocheted here and knitted here .
25+ Baby Blankets To Make: {Free Sewing Patterns
Handmade Gift Ideas: For Kids | Talk Crafty To Me
Why not skip the expensive, battery operated, mass-produced plastic toys this year, in favor of something more unique and personal. Handmade toys are a great way to encourage creativity and activate your children’s imagination. These great ideas are inexpensive and easy to make, plus they’re sure to provide hours of entertainment. 1. Felt Alphabet Letters : Help your little ones learn there ABCs with some cute felt letters. 2.
I was inspired to create these bags for my kids who are constantly asking me for plastic bags to put toys into. I'm big on eco-friendly thinking and decided they needed something more reusable than a plastic sandwich bag. So, not only are these very cute, but very functional and environmentally friendly too! (NOTE: this kind of vinyl is not food-grade and I wouldn't recommend using these bags for food!) Here's what you need: 2 pieces of clear vinyl - 6.5" x 7" (I used a mid-weight, not sure what gauge) 2 pieces of fabric - 6" x 7" 3" piece of hook and loop tape (aka velcro) 1/2" double fold bias tape (store bought or make your own, good tutorial here )
Toy Bag Tutorial
Before we had kids, my husband and I would eat out all the time and enjoyed our time together discovering new foods and restaurants. Now that we have two little boys, eating out isn't so easy or enjoyable. We are now mostly limited to kid-friendly dining and even at the most kid-friendly restaurants, we are susceptible to melt downs, whining, crying, and restlessness among other things. So I made a list of restaurant table games to play while waiting for your meal, or even during meal time when the kids are done eating but the adults aren't. These fun little games can be played using items found at your table and have really helped us keep the kids busy and calm while dining out.
Repeat Crafter Me: 10 Restaurant Waiting Games to Play with Kids
60 Popular Baby Shower Homemade Presents
Homemade presents for baby showers are easier than you think! Here are 60 incredible free patterns all with pictured tutorials on how to make the perfect gift for any newborn or baby shower gifts. These homemade gift ideas for babies include adorable gift baskets, nursery decor, diaper gifts, quite books, newborn clothing including soft shoes, diaper bags, baby bibs, and even baby blankets. You will certainly impress any new mama with any one of these amazing homemade presents! Homemade Presents
Without further ado ... Cozy Car Caddy Tutorial Materials used: two pieces of denim (17 x 10 inches and 17 x 6 inches) one piece of Duck Cloth or other heavy fabric (17 x 10 inches)
cozy car caddy tutorial
Recovering a Baby Car Seat
Do you love your infant car seat ……but hate the cover? Is the material scratchy or stained? Torn or outdated? Well, then start picking apart that old one …… and making it into a new one.
Recovered High Chair
Do you have a high chair with an old tattered cover? Over maybe you’re just tired of it? Yeah, me too.
YAY!!!! We’re up and running again. You never realize how much you use the internet until you don’t have it any more. I even rely on it to get my recipes for dinner some nights. I had all the ingredients Monday night for a recipe that I found online but then couldn’t make it without the internet. Darn.
Diaper/Wipes Case
Joelle was in California recently, visiting her adorable new niece Bobbie Rae. She noticed that Bobbie was using a lot of bibs, and that the most effective were super absorbent. When she came back to New York she had the idea that we should design a bib that was both beautiful and totally useful. As you might have noticed by now, when we want to make something truly special and beautiful, we often turn to Liberty of London's Tana Lawn .
Liberty Bibs
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**UPDATE: Check out Toddler “Busy Bag” Swap, Take Two! for 20 more new activities! This post could also be properly entitled: My Winter Survival Kit !