Create a pet shop Valentine box complete with animal stickers, pom poms and washi tape windows! We even have printable pet shop Valentines to tie onto a small stuffed animal, package of animal crackers, or to tape an animal eraser on! So cute and unique for Valentine's Day! This post contains affiliate links. If you like this darling Valentine's day craft you'll love these heart plushies that kids can sew on their own! Watch our step by step video! Ruby had a great time making her own ... Read More about Pet Shop Valentine Box and Printable Cards
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Valentine Gift Ideas for Kids To Make And Give
A collection of Valentine inexpensive or free gift ideas that kids can make and give each other. Little ways to spread the love all month long by periodically adding little notes and items to a mini mailbox in the home, or giving to friends at school. This post contains affiliate links. A few years ago we started doing Valentine's Day mail boxes. It has been such a fun tradition and the kids loved them. Starting the beginning of February we set them out and leave little notes ... Read More about Valentine Gift Ideas for Kids To Make And Give
Wooden Peg Sorting and Matching Dolls
These darling wooden peg sorting and matching dolls are fun to play with and educational, too! Each doll is painted a color of the rainbow with a matching pot to sit inside. Match each doll with her pot! This post contains affiliate links to the products used in the project. If you like our wooden peg sorting dolls you'll love these salt dough trucks for imaginative play. I love simple toys like this. Ones that are easy to make and adored by my little girl. I found this wooden doll ... Read More about Wooden Peg Sorting and Matching Dolls
Napoleon Dynamite Valentines (FREE Printables!)
Hilarious printable Napoleon Dynamite Valentines to share with friends! What am I doing on Valentine's Day? Whatever I feel like I wanna do. Gosh! If you like these printable Valentines you'll love our printable lunch box conversation starters! We are huge Napoleon Dynamite fans. Derrick and I watched it when it first came out and our first time through we looked at each other and thought "What did we just watch?" And then we just kept watching it, and laughing harder and harder every ... Read More about Napoleon Dynamite Valentines (FREE Printables!)
Microwave Salt Dough Trucks (Video)
These microwave salt dough trucks are super fun to make, and super fun to play with! Salt dough is the easiest dough to make with kids. Just 3 ingredients and you are on you way to endless creations! This post contains an affiliate link. If you like these salt dough creations, you'll love our DIY Sesame Street polymer clay figures! Watch our step by step video! The best part about having a little caboose at the end of our family is that I get to re-visit some of the fun crafts that I ... Read More about Microwave Salt Dough Trucks (Video)
Free Purse Tutorials for Girls
A collection of free purse tutorials for little girls. Every little girl needs a purse to keep her treasures. These make great scrap fabric projects! After the kids went to bed the other night I went through my fabrics and found this pink one that I had used when I was selling baby shoes. There was just enough to make a small purse for our little friend who was turning 8. It is such a cute style and QUICK to sew up!! I used fusible interfacing in the straps and on the bag to ... Read More about Free Purse Tutorials for Girls
Chocolate Chip + Pecan NYT Chocolate Chip Cookies
An adaptation of everyone's favorite cookie recipe. With pecans, a heavy dose of chocolate chips, and a punch of kosher salt, these NYT chocolate chip cookies are truly amazing and come together in a fraction of the time. Try our deep dish chocolate chip cookies made with this same dough. They are out of this world, meant to be eaten hot and with a fork! These NYT chocolate chip cookies are SERIOUSLY good. I stumbled across this recipe in the early 2000's when it literally took the ... Read More about Chocolate Chip + Pecan NYT Chocolate Chip Cookies
DIY Pop Up Book: Animals Themed (Video)
A DIY pop up book made out of paper and stickers! Add a pop up feature to any card or art project using this easy technique. Watch our step by step video! DIY Pop Up Book: Animals Themed When I was 5 years old, my mom helped me make a pop up book to give to my grandparents for Christmas. It was "The Twelve Days of Christmas" themed. I remember being so exited to give it to them. My grandma saved it in her cedar chest and pulled it out after I was married and had kids of my own. I couldn't ... Read More about DIY Pop Up Book: Animals Themed (Video)
Double Decker Tacos: Easy Weeknight Dinner Idea
Can't decide between a soft or crunchy taco? Have them both! Double decker tacos are an easy weeknight meal that the whole family will love, AND give back to your child's school while you're at it! December is my favorite month of the year. I simply can't get enough of it. On the flip side, January is not my favorite month. Yes, it's a great time to make goals and start fresh, but I'm just not ready to get back in the everyday routine of school and sports after spending the previous ... Read More about Double Decker Tacos: Easy Weeknight Dinner Idea
