Christmas crafts!

Crafting with kiddos this weekend. Ideas are all from Pinterest, some with my own twist.

My 12 year old, the red head, worked intensely on ornaments for her basketball team. My little ones worked on ornaments and teacher gifts.

A Cute Little Whale Bag!

From Cherished Bliss - she has a super tutorial!

I'm back! Christmas Gift Ideas, post #1

I finished my Master's degree in October!  This means I can have a bloggy life again!  I'm hoping to resurrect both my blogs in the next few weeks.  Its been a busy 2 years and we've had a lot of changes in our life.  More to come!

Meanwhile.....Christmas is on my mind!  I'm looking back at my pins on Pinterest and starting to put together ideas.  I want to post a few of my favorites here!  (actually......the truth is.....if I don't post them, I will forget them!  sad, but true).

Sun Scholars has an awesome post on homemade gifts for kids - find it HERE.  Here are some ones to plan to do for sure!

1.  Reading pillow pattern

It looks like the pattern was for sale on Etsy - I don't see it there anymore but I messaged the seller.  I'll keep you posted!  Still love it!
Could probably modify it for use with an E-Reader as well.

2.  Pillow Mattress Tutorial - Love this one!  We travel for sports so much, I NEED to do this one!

Pillow Mattess Image from http://southerndisposition.blogspot.com/2011/06/pillow-bed-tutorial.html

3.  Play Kitchen - I'm not going to do this one as my kids are past the play kitchen age, but it is such an awesome idea, I had to list it!  It uses a used entertainment center (can you say Craig's List!!)

4.  A Hopscotch mat



5.  Homemade bath soap crayons



6.  Silk Wings - a must do for my kiddos



7.  Fabric Scrap Paper Doll Kit



8.  Bugsy Tic-Tac-Toe



9.  Angry Birds Toss Game



10.  Girly Spa Kits



11.  Friendship Bracelet Kits



12.  Art Kit



13.  Movie Party Kit in a Bottle



14.  Cookie Decorating



15.  Super Hero Fort Kit - thinking about this one for my nephew's little boy!



16.  Take along barn or dollhouse (or tree fort, or dance studio - lots of possibilities) - I have made this one before!



17.  No Sew Fishing Set - great use for thrift store socks!



18.  Bucket of Fishing



19.  Candy Cane Playdough - everyone loves play dough!



20.  Glitter Play Dough



21.  Learn to Sew Kit - great idea !



Well, that is all for this morning!  Off to work I go!

 

Liking this mobile from Dwell Studio....and thinking I make my own version!

Latest Scrapbook Page

Featuring daughter #3 - the men in the neighborhood had her and another neighborhood kid fetching beer for them on this day - so wrong, I know!  but it makes for a cute page.......

Crafts I want to remember!

Found some cute projects while surfing around tonight, want to save the links!

Candles made from crayons and bottlecaps.

Jellybean Topiaries!

ABC Book and other Alphabet Activities

Linking up to a super-cute ABC book made from felt!

A magnetic weather station - homemade!