Every year I try to come up with an easy DIY Christmas gift that the girls can help me with. They’re still young so I try to keep things simple. We decided to make bracelets and I ended up creating two different styles. The first is super easy using elastic cording, large beads and enamel […]
It’s shamrock time again! I’ve piped shamrock pistachio meringue cookies and now we’re going to make some out of paper. I’m going to give you two size variations, the small one is perfect for a garland but it’s a little finicky, the larger size is easier to put together and great for a kid crafting […]
My house is already filled with kid-art. Mary’s preschool class did at least one project a day, but construction paper only lasts so long and I wanted to have an art project from the girls that would last the test of time. I’ve had pumpkins on the brain and now that the 4th of July […]
Time for some patriotic fun! The girls and I made fun Statue of Liberty Crowns out of egg cartons. Why egg cartons? I have too many chickens, too many eggs and also too many egg cartons. Turn out they’re pretty versatile and I’m sure we’ll be doing more with them later. As for the paint […]
I don’t like peeps very much. But my mother freaking L.O.V.E.S. them! So much that my sister bought her a giant box filled with them for Christmas one year. When Mary brought her the cookies my mother informed me that you can only eat peeps within 12 seconds of opening the package or they’re stale. […]
