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A Piece of My Heart Homemade Ornaments

Pinparent — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:54:23 +0000

Whenever I look at our Christmas tree, I have to smile. Slowly over the years, all of our beautiful glass bulbs have been being replaced one by one by homemade keepsake ornaments. Our tree is filled with so much love and memories. *This post contains affiliate links* My daughter has been insistent that our tree […]

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Potpourri Christmas Tree Craft

Pinparent — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 12:00:09 +0000

We recently inherited a large bin filled with potpourri fillers. My daughter & I were so excited at the opportunity to use them in our crafts. We started a few days ago by using them to make salt dough and nature wreaths. We also formed some lovely winter wonderlands. While making our wonderlands and playing around […]

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Cork Train Craft

Pinparent — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 13:30:08 +0000

When you do arts and crafts as much as we do, friends and family will randomly give you materials that they think that you can craft with. I recently inherited a large jar of corks from my mother-in-law. We dug into them once already to make carolers for Christmas and then last night after watching the […]

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Cute As A Button Picture Frame

Pinparent — Thu, 26 May 2016 11:11:38 +0000

*This post contains affiliate links* Buttons, buttons, buttons…we love buttons. My daughter loves to string them on pipe cleaners & glue them down for crafts. I just bought my daughter her first low heat glue gun. She was so excited. She couldn’t wait to start gluing & working side by side with mommy. “Look! Me […]

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Popsicle Stick Art Journal

Pinparent — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:42:40 +0000

My little girl loves to draw, doodle & write. I have drawings and such all over the house. Very often, she will draw a series of pictures & have me staple them together to make little books & she loves to make up stories to go with all of them. I think this is amazing […]

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Salt Dough Mosaic Frames

Pinparent — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 11:34:12 +0000

We love clay & play dough projects in our house. My daughter just can’t get enough of it. We make new dough every week, sometimes even a couple of times a week. We are just about settled into our new home, but are still missing pictures on our walls. I thought it would be fun […]

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Homemade Watercolor Paints

Pinparent — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:43:33 +0000

My daughter & I do a lot of painting. Up until now, we worked primarily with acrylics. We have a palette of watercolors, but they never seemed to transfer enough color, so when we wanted a watercolor effect we just watered down our acrylics. This worked, but was a hassle & made a […]

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DIY Cardboard Cash Register

Pinparent — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 19:29:30 +0000

We moved into a new house recently. We have been working on unpacking and setting up our home over the last couple of weeks. It is hard to believe that we have so much stuff. The boxes seem endless. Mai has been enjoying playing inside of the empty boxes and we have been having fun […]

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More Homemade Christmas Ornaments

Pinparent — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 12:12:26 +0000

*This post contains affiliate links* This year because of our living circumstances we will only be putting up a Charlie Brown Christmas tree. As all of our ornaments & decorations are buried in storage until after Christmas, my husband suggested that we hand make all of the ornaments for this tree. Challenge accepted. We already […]

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Soda Can Magnets

Pinparent — Fri, 08 May 2015 12:58:19 +0000

We recently went on vacation. While on vacation we took a few days to visit with my husband’s uncle. During our stay at his uncle’s house, Mai was offered some magnets to play with. In the pile of magnets, I saw a magnet made out of a Coke can & thought it was extraordinary. […]

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