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A SAHM artist juggles raising two little girls while trying to do her part to keep the planet green.
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Homemade Christmas Crafts: Easy Ornaments with Craft Supplies on Hand
I used to love making ornamentslike thesewhen I was a little girl.My own little girlslike making them too!Just fold some lace"accordian style"string it on pipe cleaners withsome beadsand you've gotfestive littlewreathsandcandy canesto hang on the tre...
Re-cycled Christmas Wrapping Paper Fashion Show!
Some of you Super Greeniesout there won't have any paper gift wrap this holiday season...But,this post is for the rest of us. "Shades of Red and Peppermint Ball Gown"Those of us who are recipients fromgenerous grandparents. Those of us who have child...
Homemade Christmas Crafts: Drinking Straw and Bead Stars
I saw this fun craft ideain a parenting magazine and showed it to the girls.The best part was it was a craftthat we could all do. Mini-Saurus and I teamed up on the "Rainbow Star"and the Frog Princess made hers all by herself.Just lay out 5 pipe clea...
Homemade Christmas Crafts: Christmas Tree Sewing Lesson
I saw this lovely ideaover at scrumdilly-do blogand couldn't wait to make treeswith my girls.First we cut out symmetrical treesfrom a piece of folded over felt.Then, we pinned them tothe center of our fabric.You could have the child sew the treeto th...
Homemade Christmas Gifts: Scrappy Bookmarks
Pssst....if you're a female relative reading this,and you don't want to know what you'regetting for Christmas this year, go read something else!I like to mix store-bought giftswith more personalized homemade gifts.This month, I'm on a roll producings...
Homemade Christmas Gifts: Paint Sample Purse Notebooks
I believe I first saw this fantastic projectover at Whimsy Love.So quick and easy you can whip them out on your ownor with your crafy kid assistants.Artsy + HeARTfelt + Simple + Useful =a perfect homemade Christmas gift.I folded paint samples like a ...
Bubble Wrap Printmaking: Ocean Scene
The Frog Princess got the idea for this projectwhile we were making our bubble wrap corn prints. She asked for some blue and purple paint,and printed some bubble wrap onto white paper.Then, she wanted to add fish to her ocean scene,and asked if we ha...
Bubble Wrap Printmaking: Thanksgiving Corn
The girls and I decided to get craftyand make some decorations for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. We dove into our "invention box" (recycling that can't be recycled)and snagged some bubble wrap.and yes, we washed it and will be re-usingit for our...
Texture Plate Fall Leaf Rubbings
Instead of making traditional leaf rubbings(which we do plenty of this time of year)...We decided to try an old-school art favoriteand did some texture rubbing. We used my set of texture plates, place them bumpy-side up under your drawing paperor pri...
Rainbow Leaves and Pom-pom Acorns
I love the felted rainbow colored acorns from the Magic Onions and her Etsy Shop.Sadly, I seem to be the only crafter in Americawho can't figure out how to dosuccessful wet-felting.I've tried and failed miserably.I was in the back yard last week,surr...
Paper Towel Color Wheel
I saw this wonderful sensorial art lessonat my favorite Montessori teacher, Anne's site,Itty Bitty Love.I couldn't wait to try it with my own girls.As it turned out, the post halloween morningwas the perfect time to try itwith both of my girls and th...
Pink and Green Mama Crafts: Halloween Paper Plate Spider Web
To continue with the Halloween-themed crafts,I decided to give spider web weaving a spin!Using simple supplies, a paper plate,yarn, and scissorsyou can try your hand at spinning a web.This would be tricky for preschoolersbut you could still demonstra...
Pink and Green Mama Crafts: Halloween Stained Glass Templates
It has been rainy and gray here all week.The girls and I decided to jazz things upwith some homemade "stained glass" for our art studio and playroom windows.We're getting ready for Halloween fun.Nothing too scary...just some friendly kitties,ghosts, ...
Preschool At Home: Practice With Scissors
The Mini-Saurus is 32 months old nowand showing an interest in a lot of"big girl" fine motor skills work.She just wants to do whatever her big sister is up to.So, we've been having our own mini preschool lessons at home in the morningsafter her siste...
Painting Fall Trees With Kids
I adore That Artist Woman's blog.She is a WONDERFUL art teacherand has so many great ideas (she's on my sidebar and one of my regular must-reads). I saw these fall trees this summerand couldn't wait to do a version with my own artists in residence.Sh...
Preschool At Home: Halloween Tissue Paper Craft
The Mini-Saurus and I did some Halloween crafting this week. We got this great idea from another blogger here.We made a Pumpkin and (her idea) a mini Witch. First we fished this cereal box out of the recycling bin,then I sketched out a pumpkin shape ...
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree With Fall Leaves
My first grader came home with a homework assignment tocreate a picture with fall leaves.Inspired by the book Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert.We took a stroll around the neighborhood to collectour collage materials (assorted leaves, bark, twigs)First, she ma...
Preschool At Home: Peg Board
I've decided to start a new post categorycalled Preschool at Home.It's a chance to show and tell some of the manipulativesand activitiesI make for the girls. We have a book case by the kitchen tablewith trays of activities,similar to a Montessori cla...
Indoor Garden: Making Terrariums With Kids
The girls and Iplanted mini gardenslast week.(The one in the photo with both girlsis Mini-Saurus' garden...she arranged her animals all by herself!)They selectedminiature plantsat the nursery with daddyduring a weekend field trip(while mama got some ...
School In A Box
Last year, when the Frog Princess was having some major anxietyabout starting kindergarten, we made this mini classroomto role play whata typical day at school might be like. It really helped hercalm her fears.I printed an alphabet chart,some classro...
Kid's Art: First Drawing
The Mini-Saurusmade her first (recognizable)representational drawing last week!A big first art milestone!Her mama was so proud.Of course she did it on her magna-doodleso I had to snap a photo for her scrapbook.Is it a portrait of Mommy?No.Is it a dra...
Kid's Art: Mixed Media Rainbow
The Frog Princess "E" loved her sister's mixed media piecewith tape resist.She wanted to make one too.She went with a "rainbow" theme.She used watercolor,tissue paper,Elmer's school glue,shimmery dot paints,and a bit of oil pastelon watercolor paper ...
Color Wheel Toddler Matching Game
My preschooler has mastered her basic colors.Thanks in part to thisadorable color matching gameher sweet big sister made for her.She made a basic color wheelon a paper platewith bits of construction paper.(she put the grommet in the middlejust in cas...
Kid's Art: Fun With Tape
My good friend Jen (in real life and bloggy land)posted this great tape resist project that she did with her daughterlast week. Check out her post at Paint Cut Paste here.I don't know why I forgot about taping off painting edgesand using painter's ta...
Tooth Fairy Pillow Instructable
I posted directions on how to make my tooth fairy pillowson the Instructables Web Site today.The editor's picked my project asone of the featured kid's projects!!Woo-hoo! If you want to check it out,or make one of your own: My Tooth Fairy Pillow...
Who Lives In a Pineapple Under the Sea? Home Made Felt Puppets
Confession time:my darling, innocent childrenstarted watching Sponge Bob Square Pantsthis summer.(Please don't report me to CPS)It started innocently enoughwith our two-day trip to Pennsylvania.We were staying in a hoteland there was NOTHING appropri...
Felt Finger Puppets
The Frog Princess did a lot of crafting this summer.(I'm totally jealous)Especially during her three weeks of Art Camp!(Still jealous...what do you mean mom can't go to art camp?Don't you need qualified art teachers?!)She made these little felt finge...
Play Time: Mini Play-Doh Lands
The Frog Princess enjoyedsome last week of summer play datesthis week. One of them was with a neighbor friend of hers.They decided to make mini worlds on plastic trays(so they could transport them around the house) with Play-Doh landscaping and mini ...
Back To School Teacher Gift
We're headed to First Grade todayto meet our new teacher at Open House.The Frog Princess is terribly excited to starta new school year and is about to burst with anticipation!!What could be more perfect for her than a FROG themefor the entire first g...
Kid's Craft: Mosaic Brick Doorstop
The Frog Princess made this coolMosaic Brick Doorstopat art camp.They smashed old pottery in brown bags with hammers.Then I think they used thin-set tile mortarto adhere the broken pottery and buttons to a brick.I wish they used a bit more mortarto c...
