Maggy at Red Ted Art is sharing a Christmas Craft today!
These are cute holiday cards made to look like a real gingerbread house!
But one you can send in the mail to friends and family!
Hello! My name is Maggy and I am from 
Craft: Gingerbread House Greeting Card
December 13, 2011 by 10 Comments
Craft: Upcycled Christmas Trees
December 10, 2011 by 9 Comments
We at Mommy Labs love hoarding junk and then upcycling them into something artful. From disposable glasses to dozens of cardboard boxes, from the tags on new dresses to fabric scraps – there’re very few things that
Craft: 3 Homemade Christmas Ornaments
December 9, 2011 by 11 Comments
For a number of reasons, the first being we didn’t want JDaniel to accidentally knock over the tree or try to climb it, we haven’t had a full size Christmas tree.
We have had a table top tree instead.
This year things will be different.
We are
It’s Playtime! : Paper Holiday Decorations
December 8, 2011 by 6 Comments
The Creative Christmas Countdown is well under way.Mama Pea Pod has today’s advent activity, Making Paper Decorations!
I found a few inspirational ideas
Homemade Button Christmas Tree Ornament
December 7, 2011 by 7 Comments
Today, a Christmas craft is shared by Kristina at Toddler Approved. A simple tree ornament to start decorating! The possibilities really are endless with this ornament!
Hi hands on : as we grow readers! I am so excited to be visiting from
Winter Craft : Snowman Puppets!
December 6, 2011 by 9 Comments
I’m grateful to have such wonderful friends in the blog world to allow me to take a little bit of a break this month to spend more time with my family during the holidays.
Today’s post is written and shared by Terri at
30 Homemade Ornaments for the Kids
November 23, 2011 by 28 Comments
Thirty ornaments to make with your kids for keepsakes, or just for fun!
I especially love the globe ornaments, so I even included a section of just those!
Six keepsake ornaments.
Ten globe ornaments.
And fourteen ornaments
Halloween Craft: Spaghetti Webs
October 26, 2011 by 11 Comments
After playing with colored spaghetti noodles with George… Henry and I made some spaghetti spider webs with it too!
This time, I let Henry do the coloring. What other color would he pick, but green?
I simply had cooked some spaghetti and threw a little
Halloween Craft: Pumpkin Mummies
October 18, 2011 by 29 Comments
Pumpkin mummies!
These are a super cute craft for Halloween that the preschoolers can do!
I chose four pumpkins that I thought resembled our family from our heaping pile of pumpkins on our front porch. [Ha. Hmm… Not something I thought I’d be comparing to
Bubble Wrap Printed Leaves & Nature Collage
October 12, 2011 by 8 Comments
I feel like a successful hands on mom when my preschooler runs to me with bubble wrap in his hand and says, “We have to save this and paint with it later!”
That’s how
Halloween Craft: Yarn Monsters
October 3, 2011 by 24 Comments
Monsters made of yarn, just in time for the spooky season.
There’s not much to these monsters, but I think they turned out kind of cute.
Henry and I used the same technique we did for our Yarn Circle Garland.
Henry did very well
Art: DIY Wrapping Paper from Tissue Paper
September 21, 2011 by 12 Comments
George is turning 1…tomorrow!
Henry and I got creative by making some of our own wrapping paper for George’s present.
A simple art technique with tissue paper and water, that I learned about from The Little Red Hen.
Henry started with ripping different colors of
Art : DIY Upcycled Crayons
August 3, 2011 by 22 Comments
Long ago, when there wasn’t any reason to Beat the Heat.
My mom had a bucket full of old crayons with lots of bits and pieces.
So, Henry, Grandma and I made some upcycled crayons.
I read, somewhere at the time, about a tip
It’s Playtime! : Paper Play
July 14, 2011 by 7 Comments
Last week on It’s Playtime, I featured all about colors.This week, its all about paper.
Sometime to do with both paper and colors:
A Color Collage!I’m over at Mama Pea Pod today sharing about this fun learning activity!
As for some
Holiday Craft: Coffee Filter Streamers
June 29, 2011 by 14 Comments
Creating streamers for the 4th of July was the last thing on Henry’s mind. I tried for many days and many approaches to create these. Sometimes I just don’t win.
Okay, a lot of times.
Then, I saw a post that linked up at It’s
