I played around with some Plaster of Paris this past week and made some hearts using chocolate molds. I remember my mom making these with different chocolate molds when we were little. She would put hooks made out of wire in them so we could string them on necklaces after we spent the day painting
I have another fun Valentine party activity today. I did this with my family several years ago when all my nieces and nephews were little and they loved it. I thought it would work great for my party I’ll be throwing with my friends and their kids. I had each mom send me a picture
I have a Valentine party coming up that I’m hosting for some friends and their darling kiddos. It is so fun to get together and see the things kids create and talk about while crafting. It’s one of my very favorite things. I’ll be posting some of the fun activities we’ll be doing at the
New Valentines for kids are up in the Silhouette store today. All the cards are print and cut files and the toys are from the dollar store. That means cheap and easy Valentines for your kids to give to their friends and classmates. I’ll be featuring all these valentines on my blog this week with
When my boys were born I was obsessed with taking pictures of them, as I’m sure all new moms are. It was much easier back then when they couldn’t run away from me. It’s a whole new ball game now. ha ha. Anyway, my husband would always roll his eyes when he would come home
I wanted to add a personal touch from my boys on their grandparents gifts this year. I decided to go with handprint crafts on the gift wrap. Projects like this make me love my Silhouette even more. Rather than tracing and cutting out handprints for wreaths on several gifts, I just traced their hands in
December is just around the corner which means it’s time for advent calendars. I love advent calendars! I created this one as a craft for my nieces and nephews to make together. I cut out all the ornaments in a variety of colors and let them mix and match to make their own special ornaments
We celebrated Thanksgiving with my side of the family last week and my nieces and nephews loved this Turkey Bingo game. I even heard my little three year old niece yell this is the funnest game! All the kids playing were under seven years old and could play on their own. That’s a big deal
I promised these images weeks ago, and I’m finally posting today. We’ve been practicing the phrases “Happy Halloween” and “trick-or-treat” the last few days and it’s paying off. Today I heard the boys in their room yelling “Happy Halloween!” out the window to the garbage man. Cutest thing ever! I’m going to go get my
I have some fun Halloween party designs new in the Silhouette online store that I’ll be showing on my blog next week, but today I had to show you my adorable little fox and hound from Halloween last year. Aren’t they just the cutest! I struggled finding a fox and a hound costume that went
To finish off the week with the ABC flashcards, I have a tutorial for you on how to make them into coloring pages. I printed mine 4 to a page and bound them using The Cinch. Continue reading for a tutorial on how to turn the print and cut flashcards into coloring pages.
This ABC book is so easy to make using the ABC flashcards. I bought two mini albums at the dollar store, printed the flashcards and put them inside. I made one book for the uppercase and one for the lowercase. I kept them separate because I will be teaching them separate and I wanted to
Yesterday I introduced a new set of ABC flashcards. Today I want to show you those same flashcards used as a kids craft to reinforce each letter they learn.
This is one of those projects I’ve wanted to do for a few years now, and there’s no time like the present. It’s back to school season and these flashcards are perfect for the little ones. There is a flashcard for both the upper and lowercase of each letter. Each vowel has a word for
Today is the final day of the Silhouette vinyl promotion. Let’s finish things off with a growth chart tutorial.
