Juggling With Kids: Butterfly Snacks I've been wanting to make these butterfly snacks ever since I saw them in Family Fun Magazine...but I've had difficulty tracking down clothespins. Fortunately a good friend let me have some of her pins. =) I love these butterfly snacks because it's a cute way to pass out snacks in your child's classroom or for any sports team. Supplies: -Clothspins -Snack size ziplock bags -Googly eyes -Pipe cleaners -Glue -Paint, glitter glue, puffy paint (I only had the kids use paint, but any of these other options would be fun too) -Snacks (goldfish crackers, dried fruit, cereal, grapes, trail mix, blueberries, etc.) Directions: For each bag, decorate one side of a clothespin with either paint, puffy paint or glitter glue. Put your snack into a snack-size ziplock bag until it's a little over half full. Next, fold down/curl the tips of a 6-inch length of pipe cleaner, then bend the entire piece in half. On Pinterest?
Grow The Easiest Garden on Earth Luthiers Mercantile International, Inc. Guitar Builder Wood and The Fun Cheap or Free Queen: You're Welcome Wednesday: DIY Ice Packs Enjoy this guest post from my friend Lauralee: It’s handy to have ice packs around for various reasons. But the medical-grade ice packs can be VERY expensive! Have you ever considered making your own? This tip I learned from Dr Sears reciently on The Doctor’s. Save money on buying ice packs and take dish soap, pour it into a ziploc bag, select the size you want according to what you would use most, then freeze it. DIY Ice Packs 1. **Note: If you read the comments from this post, it looks like adding rubbing alcohol to the soap is recommended! Give it a try! There have been lots of comments and questions on this one. Double or triple-bag your ziplock. What a great tip!
Blog a la Cart Tutorial: Homemade Sidewalk Chalk | oh my! handmade goodness by Michelle Vackar, Modern Handmade Child One of our favorite outside activities at our home is drawing with chalk on the driveway. You can play hopscotch, four-square, and of course draw and create silly stories. What you will need: • Toilet paper or paper towel tubes • Scissors • Duct tape • Wax paper • Small bucket or disposable container to make the recipe • ¾ cup of warm water • 1 ½ cups Plaster of Paris • 2-3 tablespoons of tempera paint • Paper bag or a “mess mat” ** we made six tubes of chalk – we simply doubled the above recipe Step 1: If you are using paper towel tubes, cut each tube in half, so it is roughly the length of a toilet paper roll tube. Step 2: Cover one end of each tube with duct table to hold the contents within. Step 3: Cut as many pieces of wax paper as you have tubes. Step 4: Pour the warm water into your bucket. Step 5: Next you will want to pour the tempera paint into the Plaster of Paris mixture and stir so that it is mixed thoroughly.
10 Remarkable DIY Cleaning Solutions I don’t know about you, but I was feeling ready to start some serious spring cleaning. This year, I decided to try some new (more effective) cleaning solutions using materials I already had (in true Picklee fashion of course!). I couldn’t be happier with the outcome of my cleaning experiments. From simple shower cleaners, to carpet stain removers, to wrinkle release spray, I found that not only were these DIY solutions much cheaper, but they worked SO MUCH BETTER too! Here they are, 10 Remarkable DIY Cleaning Solutions: (cleaning solution sources include onegoodthingbyjille, bhg, livingsimple) Rating: 4.8/5 (537 votes cast) 10 Remarkable DIY Cleaning Solutions, 4.8 out of 5 based on 537 ratings Homemade Play Dough — Colourful Palate Homemade Play Dough This week has been very special because my sister and her family have been visiting. My sister has a sweet daughter who is such a little honey! We’ve been having such fun playing together. After being here a week, they’re leaving tomorrow so I’m going to miss little Katy so much. When I was growing up I played with play dough quite a lot, make believing I was working a bakery or restaurant. Homemade Play Dough 1 cup salt2 cups white flour2-4 tbsp. cream of tartar2 cups boiling water2 tbsp. oilFood colouring and flavour extracts of choice Mix the first three ingredients together. Look at those eyes! “Auntie Charissa, photo shoots are soooo tiring!” Hope your kidlets enjoy this as much as my niece did! What crafts do you do with your children (or little friends in your life)? Leave a comment...I'd love to hear from you! ↑ Back to top
20 Awesome Do It Yourself Projects Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:30 am, Posted by Chris Groves | Internet 20 Awesome Do It Yourself Projects Topics: At Home Project Ideas , Creative DIY Home Projects , Do It Yourself Projects for 2012 , Fun How To Projects , What to Do with Extra Stuff Are you bored and have a bunch of extra little items hanging around here and there? You honestly don’t know some of the creative things you can do with what could possible be junk. If you know of any great at home Do It Yourself Projects please leave a comment to include your own and maybe we will add it to our list. And for the upcoming holiday season we want to give all you do-it-yourselfers a head start with these incredible Christmas DIY for 2012 1. More info: here | Buy: here 2. More info: here 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Incoming search terms:
Chalkboard Wall Calendar We love chalkboards lately and they’ve been popping up in all kinds of paint and paper to decorate your home and home office. This is a fun idea to take strips of chalkboard contact paper and make a simple and versatile calender to stick to your wall to keep on schedule month after month. Chalkboard contact paper Exacto Knife Straight edge ruler Chalk Sticky tack (optional) Cut strips of your chalkboard contact paper 3” wide. FYI I bought my chalkboard contact paper online from amazon, sometimes it’s hard to find in craft stores. The roll I had was 18” long, so I started cutting squares 3” x 3”. 6 squares per row. Then cut one longer strip, about 3” x 8” for the month. Lay your squares out and start writing on them the days, and any events you want on your calender. You can simply peel off the back layer to stick it to the wall, or if you’re nervous about paint peeling off like I was, simply place a couple pieces of sticky tack to the back of each piece and leave the paper backing on.