When I rolled out the Easter toy I made for S's basket, I also mentioned I had a few more projects up my sleeve. So today I'm sharing a memory game I made for C's basket. To make these patterned bunnies, I used Photoshop and a few of the awesome (and free!) patterns over at Sprik Space. If you haven't been there yet, be sure to stop by and check out the whole series. There are 13 different patterns in 25 colorways, which is enough for all kinds of cool projects. To make your own set … [Read more...]
Easter Style: Sew vs. Shop
Easter will be here before we know it. Which means it's time to think about suiting the family up to look good in all those pics. Whether you want to make or buy your duds this year, you have lots of great options. Today I have for you a round up I'm calling "sew vs. shop" with a little bit of something for everyone. First up is this super sweet girl's skirt at Aesthetic Nest vs. fun flowy layers at J.Crew. Click through for the rest of goods. Of course, mama needs a cute … [Read more...]
A Simple Handmade Toy For Baby’s Easter Basket
What would you get if you combined Made by Joel's latest super simple toy and Craft Jr.'s free Easter printables? Click through to find out. It's the perfect handmade toy for baby's first Easter Basket! I'm putting an MPMK twist on S and C's Easter baskets this year and this is your sneak peek at what's to come. For this project (which I also refer to as the "Which Came First?" toy), I simply printed out Craft Jr.'s Easter chick and egg graphics in a small, medium … [Read more...]
DIY Paint Chip Easter Garland
I'm a bit of a hoarder when it comes to paint chips (see exhibit A below). They all look so lovely in the hardware store that I have a hard time sticking to my intended color scheme. As a result, I have quite a collection. Lately I've been eyeing my stack and formulating a few simple projects in my head. The first of which I present to you today - a DIY Easter egg garland. This was super easy and turned out even better than I'd hoped. I love how the white line … [Read more...]
DIY 4 Leaf Clover Tattoos & Stickers (with Free Printables)
When I was a kid, the best part of St. Patrick's Day was making people think you weren't wearing green. Then, just when they were going in for the pinch, WHAM!, you flashed them your green. If you saw this post, then you know I'm all about the free printables for St. Paddy's Day. Today I've got one for creating secret green tattoos or stickers to be hidden under sleeves until reveal time. First you'll need to gather your materials. For tattoos you'll … [Read more...]
Free Printable: St. Paddy’s Day Limerick Hunt
I mentioned last week that I'll be contributing some playtime activity posts over at momtastic and today is my first one - yay! It's a treasure hunt game with free printables so you can play along at home. There are four limerick clues to print out and hide as well as a template for making your own pot of gold for the end of the hunt. I was originally going to sew together the pot of gold but then I spied these stapled Valentines. How ironic is it that it took my … [Read more...]
Candy-Free Valentine Inspiration
Magnifying Glass Valentine at dandee. I know everyone is doing the Valentine round up post but I just couldn't resist. I was so excited to have Design Mom, Ucreate with kids, Kidzlist.com, and The Crafty Crow share my Valentine that I had to pay it forward. Plus, there are so many inspired ideas out there, especially of the candy-free variety which I'm loving as a mom of a toddler. (Side note: there are 3 from dandee alone - which is why it's officially my new favorite site, check … [Read more...]
Tutorial: Shaving Cream Valentine
It's almost February and that's got me thinking about, what else, Valentine's Day. I love that C is finally old enough to get into holidays so I wanted to make something special for him to give to his pals. Since chocolate candy isn't really appropriate for a bunch of 2 year olds (at least not in my world), I came up with this instead. Process based art and play has been big around our house lately (as evidenced by Monday's post) so these shaving cream Valentines were kind of a … [Read more...]
Presents: How Many and What Kind Are Best? (Plus a Stocking Mini Tutorial)
I finally finished our family stockings. I'm sharing this picture in case any of you are interested in how they turned out but I'm not doing a detailed tutorial for a number of reasons: If you don't have stockings for your family on December 23rd then you definitely don't have time to make them and I don't want to stress you out. As is probably obvious, I barely got these done. Taking pictures to document the process was really not in the realm of possibility. I don't feel I'm … [Read more...]