DIY Birthday Party
We simply don’t have much money to spend on birthday party decorations so I’m always looking for cheap or free diy party favors and more.
Polymer Clay Crafts
I’m always looking for crafts we can do at home that all ages can have fun with.
Cheap DIY Costumes
My kids always choose the crazies characters to be for Halloween. Buying costumes is just not an option.
Handmade Christmas
Lately I’m loving making Christmas ornaments!
Pinecone Ornament
This ornament came about as I was trying to come up with some ideas for new Christmas ornaments. I made this ornament to be part of a set (see picture at the bottom). I found a cheap little pinecone mold on wish.com and I thought it may be cute. I wasn't sure what to...
Door Ornaments
These would be a cute gift idea for a first Christmas in a new home. I love this because you could make them any color or put anything you want on the door.
German Christmas Ornaments
Growing up in Germany, the Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market) was a big part of our Christmas every year. I still have family there, and I wanted to make some special ornaments for them. These hearts are a common thing in every Christmas Market, so I thought it would...
Mini Unicorn Pinatas
While we were looking for a big unicorn piñata, we happened to find this cute little idea. Mini piñatas!! These are so cute. We used them as party favors, and they were a big hit. This post contains affiliate links. Supplies I used: - Lots of thin cardboard (cereal...
Unicorn Pinata
Now that we have figured out how to make piñata's, we are on a roll! For her birthday this year, my five year old requested a unicorn piñata. So we did what we normally do...which is to browse Pinterest. After looking at way too may unicorns, she finally picked one....
Pallet Vegetable Garden
Every year, the girls and I plant a random assortment of vegetables and flowers. But this year we were give some pallets to play with. So after looking around online for some ideas, we decided on a pallet garden with cinder blocks around the edge. For the girls, the...
Fun with Clay
Polymer clay is one of the coolest things ever. I love to make gifts for friends and family, and this is a really nice way to do it. Your imagination is the limit, anything is possible. There will be a lot of pictures here of some fun examples and ideas, and even...
Blue and Whitie Christmas Ornaments
These are some of my favorites. I love the blue and white contrast. Some of these were based on cute ideas i found on Pinterest and some were just trial and error. They could be made in any color or with any scene on the ornament. The separate picture of the snowflake...
DIY Ninja Stars
Let me say to start with, I had no Idea if this was really going to work (that is pretty much the case most of the time!). The goal was to make kid friendly ninja stars that would actually be able to pop balloons. We were so excited, because they worked GREAT! The...
Lord Garmadon Pinata
My oldest daughter wanted to have a Ninjago birthday party. When we started looking for a piñata we were a little disappointed with the selection (and the prices), so we decided to make our own. Our total cost - 2 dollars (yes, really). Now, if you don't have a bunch...
Salt Dough for Valentines Day
For this, I used a generic salt dough recipe I found in a google search. 1 cup salt, 1 cup water and 2 cups of flour While making the dough, I split it into different piles so I could add color to it. I used acrylic paint and it seemed to work really well. Basically,...
Valentine Hand Prints
This was a pretty simple craft, and a super cute idea for Valentines day. I did not take step by step pictures of this (mainly because my hands were covered I paint for most of the process), but hopefully I can describe it well enough. We picked similar color shades...