Tulip Flower Craft
Spring is finally here! The ornamental pear trees that line our driveway are blooming and I love it! Our daffodils and tulips are up. Our grass is green. (So are the weeds . . . ) This is a perfect...
View ArticleTea Cup Bird Feeder Craft
Now that summer is here, I needed to do summertime crafts with the grandkids, right? Right. These tea cup bird feeders are a perfect craft to do. They’re easy. They’re inexpensive. And they are dang...
View ArticleSuper Easy Patriotic Craft
My granddaughters recently stayed with us for a couple of days. We had loads of fun. One of the things that we did was to make a super easy patriotic craft. They loved it! Would you like a patriotic...
View ArticlePour Painting Craft
Sometimes people think that they aren’t artistic enough for a craft that involves painting. (Me.) But this craft doesn’t require any artistic skill. None whatsoever! Can you squeeze a bottle of paint?...
View ArticlePlastic Flower Craft
Using recycled items for crafts is good for Mother Earth. (It’s also good on grandma’s pocketbook!) So this plastic flower craft is terrific because it uses recycled water bottles. Awesome, huh?...
View ArticleAn Easy Halloween Picture Craft
Okay folks. If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know that one word describes my favorite types of crafts. That word is EASY! And today, I have a super easy Halloween picture craft for you and your...
View ArticleRandom Act of Kindness Craft
Have you ever read something and had only part of the information stick in your brain? I experienced that just this week. I saw something on the Internet about the Random Acts of Kindness Day. And...
View Article10 Minute Christmas Craft
Christmas is a busy time. So busy that you might feel like you don’t have time to buy supplies and do a Christmas craft with your grandkids. Never fear! I have a super easy craft that will take you 10...
View ArticleEasy Christmas Ornament Craft
I saw a variation of this Christmas ornament by Claire over on Pillar Box Blue. She is so clever!! I thought that this would be an awesome and easy craft to do with grandkids so I wanted to share it...
View ArticleMake An Easy Corner Bookmark
I read something really interesting today about struggling readers. Do you know what the difference is between a third grade student who starts and ends the school year as a struggling reader and a...
View Article10 Minute Vintage Valentine Craft
Holidays are so fun with grandkids! And part of that fun is making a holiday craft with them. I know that you’re all busy. Many of you don’t have tons of time to spend shopping for craft supplies and...
View ArticleAlcohol Ink Tea Light
Do you remember the alcohol ink art craft that I did a while back? Since I still had some ink and since I love tea light votives, I decided to use the ink to paint some votives! Here is a list of...
View ArticlePioneer Handkerchief Doll
Utah (where I live) celebrates the 24th of July as Pioneer Day. It is a state holiday that commemorates the day that a wagon train of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints entered...
View ArticleSuper Easy Ghost Candle Craft
This ghost candle craft takes mere minutes to complete. Kids love it — and it’s super inexpensive. Plus, there isn’t any mess whatsoever. Can’t get any better than that! All you’ll need are some white...
View ArticleSuper Easy Halloween Jar
Ah. Halloween. It’s a time for orange and yellow crafts. Crafts with spiders, haunted houses, ghosts. And, of course, with ribbons. (All self-respecting Halloween crafts are decked out with ribbons,...
View ArticleMini Christmas Gnome
I’ve thought about making a Christmas gnome for quite some time. And thought about it some more. And even more. I finally decided to stop procrastinating. “Just do it!” I told myself. All righty then....
View ArticleJunk Journal Notebook
Junk journals have been around for a while. I’ve wanted to make one. But. Most of them are mainly for display. I’m a minimalist and don’t particularly care for a lot of bric-a-brac. However! I’m...
View ArticleLibrary Card Notebook
I have a granddaughter that LOVES notebooks. She loves writing in them. Drawing in them. Playing with them. Give her a notebook and she’s in seventh heaven! After making the junk journal notebooks...
View ArticleVintage Decorated Lotion Dispenser
A while back, my neighbor gave me some lotion. I’m not sure why she did but I thought it was a nice gesture. The brand was Dr Teal with a container, which isn’t particularly my favorite color. It’s...
View ArticleUnmute and Play Arts & Crafts Boxes
NOTE: Unmute and Play gave both my grandchildren and I a free craft box to review. However, all opinions are my own. Grandparents don’t like it when their grandkids live far away. If they live more...
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