Green Building: Toy castle recycled craft project

Posted on June 22nd, 2007 by mommy

We love finding clever ways to reuse and recycle things, especially to create a fun, environmentally friendly kids craft project. That’s why we just had to link to this Parent Hack. Asha came up with the idea of re-using the Styrofoam from the packing materials around new electronics as building blocks to make a toy […]

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Keep a Special Sick Day Toy

Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by mommy

Sun Prints are pictures you make by creating shadows on photosensitive paper. By laying objects on a piece of sun print paper and then exposing it in a sunny windowsill, you create your own image. There’s really something magical and poetic about it.
When I was a kid, Sunlight Prints were the thing that my […]

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Crafted By Kids: One of those amazing kid stories

Posted on May 21st, 2007 by mommy

An amazing and talented little 7 year old girl that I know is sewing the most adorable little dolls and selling them online. Each doll is unique and hand sewn by this child with an embroidered face and yarn hair. They have a very unique style, are just adorable and would make wonderfully appealing handmade […]

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Make a Beanbag Chair Reusing Packing Peanuts

Posted on April 11th, 2007 by mommy

I hate throwing things away that could be useful (even if I have no current use for them). And there are two things that I hate having to throw out maybe more than any other. One is styrofoam packing peanuts—first of all, it gets all over the place when you try to get it into […]

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Make a Fairy or Dragon Garden

Posted on April 10th, 2007 by mommy

This is one of those family activities that you can do with the kids, but the truth is, I’d want to do it anyway, even if I didn’t have kids. I had never heard about fairy gardens before, but when I saw these adorable little things I knew I had to make one.
I’ve always wanted […]

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Make your baby into a vintage Valentine

Posted on February 14th, 2007 by mommy

Nothing is a sweeter Valentine than your delicious baby, toddler, or child—this craft activity will turn them into a sweet Valentine for your spouse or even for yourself. Good quality jpgs of vintage valentines are just a google image search away. Then all you need is iron-on printer paper and a onesie, camisole or […]

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