Homemade Magnetic Fishing Game
This is a guide about making a homemade magnetic fishing game. With a few supplies and some rudimentary sewing skills you can make a fishing game for your kids or as a gift.
For almost no cost, you can make a fun gift for young kids. I've seen this idea all over the internet and came up with my own version.
Magic Wallets for Giving Money or Gift Cards
Magic wallets, also known as trick wallets, make fun gifts. And the wallet pairs perfectly with a gift card, or a cash gift. It takes the place of an envelope, and adds fun to a gift that's otherwise strictly business.
Making Doll Furniture from Clothes Pins
This is a guide about making doll furniture from clothes pins. Clothes pins can be used to make really cute doll furniture. If you don't have some to recycle they can be purchased at many hobby and craft stores.
Making Clothes for an American Girl Doll
This is a guide about making clothes for an American Girl Doll. An American Girl doll is an expensive investment. You can save money on additional clothing by making your own.
Craft Project: Zik the Zinosaur
I enjoy making a lot of the gifts that I give my grandchildren and when you have 5, it always helps to get an early start on Christmas. I try to think of a new idea each holiday for them and this year, as one of their gifts, they will be adopting an alien and a pet.
Craft Project: Travel Tic Tac Toe Game
Traveling with children on long trips is sometimes a difficult task for them and they often get bored. I made this quick and easy game for my grandchildren to keep them entertained while traveling and no lost pieces!
This duck is sure to delight the little ones. It is a wood project, and does require either a scroll saw or a jig saw, but the smiles of those little ones is a great reward in return for time spent on the project.
Pattern for Homemade Lincoln Logs
Any one have patterns or ideas on making homemade Lincoln logs?
This is the homemade version of a toy you can buy at a toy store or through a catalog. Cut the center from the plastic lid to make a ring. Tie one end of your piece of string to the ring. Wrap the ring with electrical tape.
Tea With Me - Toy Travel Tea Set
This tiny tea set-to-go should delight the little traveler on the plane or in the car. Similar ready made sets sell for as much as $16, but we picked up the tea set and dolls at the dollar store.
This is something I made for my children when they were little and am now making for my great grandchildren.
The cost of children's toy boxes are SO expensive and they are so small for all the money you spend. Here's a way to make some big toy boxes for a lot less:
Baby Wipe Container Toy Building Blocks
What do you do with all those baby wipes boxes that you go through while having your children? By using the same brand, but choosing different color packages you can make quite a collection. Then when they are empty, wash them out really clean and take the label off with "Goo-Gone"...
If you know a toy train enthusiast (or are one yourself) you can use an old metal mailbox to create a tunnel for your train. Just remove the door and back of the mailbox and let your toy train travel through it.
Shoe Boxes for Large Building Blocks for Kids
Use shoe boxes and other similar size boxes to make large building blocks for your kids. Tape the lid of the box on and then cover them with contact paper. You can even find contact paper with a brick or wood pattern on it.
Do you love the circus? How about a fun day at the fair? Bring both to your own backyard with this adorable elephant ring toss game!
I always hated retrieving the toy that had been dropped from the stroller or the walker when my daughter was little. A sock monkey solved the problem. It was soft and would drape over the edge of the stroller or walker.
If you have girls, you undoubtedly have a drawer full of tights that have runs, lost their elastic, or no longer fit. Don't despair! Use those old tights and some fiberfill to create a fun, soft ball!
If you have an adult male in your home, you are bound to have a huge array of ties. And if it is anything like at my house, I'll bet that many of those ties go unworn year after year!
Crazy Caterpillar Craft (From Tube Socks or Tights)
Do you like bugs and creepy crawlies? Even if the answer is no, you are sure to love this particular caterpillar! Caterpillars are very cute, especially if they are made with tube socks or tights!
Make Your Own Spaceship or Submarine
Got a garage full of broken electronics? Turn them into your child's dream toy! Broken remotes, radios, telephones, smoke detectors, and the like may seem like so much junk to you, but to a child they're the makings of a spaceship, a time machine, or a submarine!
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Craft Project: Travel Tic Tac Toe Game
Traveling with children on long trips is sometimes a difficult task for them and they often get bored. I made this quick and easy game for my grandchildren to keep them entertained while traveling and no lost pieces!
This duck is sure to delight the little ones. It is a wood project, and does require either a scroll saw or a jig saw, but the smiles of those little ones is a great reward in return for time spent on the project.
This is the homemade version of a toy you can buy at a toy store or through a catalog. Cut the center from the plastic lid to make a ring. Tie one end of your piece of string to the ring. Wrap the ring with electrical tape.
Do you love the circus? How about a fun day at the fair? Bring both to your own backyard with this adorable elephant ring toss game!
