Today I am sharing a quick tutorial for making these apple library cards that are great for giving to a teacher, a special note for your little ones on their first day of school, or when a student may need an encouraging note. Nothing says back to school quite like an apple library card, am
I love Back to School season. All the stores are filled with crayons, markers, pencils, binders, and more. Don’t you just love walking through those isles of brand new school supplies? I have created some back to school boxes and gift cards to celebrate this fun time and all those little kiddos and teachers getting back
Summer is ending very shortly if it hasn’t already for your kids and they’re heading back to school. Hooray! This apple gift box would be great to fill with treats or supplies for your child’s teacher. You could also fill it with some fun surprises for your child as a little gift on their first
INSPIRATION I started a new memory calendar at our house a few months ago as a way to document the fun things we do as a family, and also to start building a foundation for the concept of time with my kids. I was inspired by all those planner girls out there. I never really
I am doing a little preschool at home for my boys this year. They are only two so I’m keeping it pretty informal and simple. I made a few things for “circle time” I wanted to share incase any of you out there would like to do the same thing. Part of our circle time
There are several ways to bind a booklet, and today I’m going to show you a simple way using some string, a needle and hole punch (optional). You can follow the illustration above or use the step by step pictures below. Fold all your pages in half. Align the centers of all the papers. Mark
Here’s a great little project to get your kids excited for school. A simple calendar and planner that they can mark holidays, birthdays, field trips or even track the weather in. I printed out a few blank calendars on cardstock. Four calendars on a sheet, two on each side. I then printed out all the
I have a free download for you today as promised. Keep your kids reading through the summer with this fun poem and a bag of bubblegum. This would also be a great gift to new students for the upcoming school year. The free download is available as a .pdf to print out, and an .svg
I have a fun kids craft for you today. This is one I remember doing when I was little and thought it was the coolest thing. The steps are easy, and depending on the size of rainbow you print, this will keep your kids busy for a little while. Supplies Needed: Rainbow Card | Free
My Valentine party is today, and I wanted to quickly pop in and give you a tutorial on using the Tattoo Paper from Silhouette. This stuff is seriously awesome! You can use it on just about any surface! I’m going to show you how I used it on the plaster heart magnets I made. The
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
I wanted to give you all a closer look at some of the Valentines for kids with some tips and tricks. Like I said before, I picked up just about everything at the dollar store. Have a Ball this Valentine’s Day! These ping pong balls had 12 in the package for $1. I pulled 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
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
