by Melanie McQ | Nov 15, 2017 | Costumes / Dress Up
My children have recently fallen in love with Star Wars. So, of course, that is what they chose for Halloween. My middle child LOVES Stormtroopers, so I started looking on YouTube for ideas. I found a lot of tutorials, and you could pick any one of them. I chose this...
by Melanie McQ | Mar 2, 2017 | Costumes / Dress Up, Crazy Hair Day
Alright, so it was going to be the 100th day of school for my middle child, and the school decided to celebrate by letting the kids dress as if they were 100 years old. This look was really easy to accomplish, and it really didn’t cost me a single penny because...
by Melanie McQ | Mar 2, 2017 | Cheap Crafts, DIY Birthday Party
This year, one of my children decided she wanted to have a dragon themed birthday party. So as we were thinking of party favors, I thought it would be cool if we could make dragon teeth necklaces. Basically, the goal was to make an overgrown shark tooth and call it a...
by Melanie McQ | Feb 5, 2017 | Valentine's Crafts
I ran across this craft as I was looking for something to do for Valentines day. I love footprint crafts, they will one day remind me of how tiny their little feet once were. My girls always get excited when we do something like this, because they love how messy it...
by Melanie McQ | Jan 8, 2017 | Cheap Crafts, Crafts for Gifts
A few years ago my girls and I started making salt dough ornaments, but as they are getting older we are trying new things with them. While they were busy making their own ornaments, I started playing with some of the left over dough….and it turned out really...
