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Diamond Post Medal for All Time! 1,246 Posts
February 22, 2019

I like to save the shells from my pistachio nuts to craft with. Here, I've turned them into birds on a tree I painted.

Pistachio Shell Birds Painting - finished painting

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Bronze Post Medal for All Time! 105 Posts
January 20, 2019

Here on the island music is an important part of our lives. There are many ways that we use bamboo to make musical instruments. One of the instruments I love to make is a rainstick.

Making a Bamboo Rain Stick - braid some string and decorate the instrument. Be sure to glue the string in place.

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Paper Easter Bunny - bunny sitting in a votive cup with leaves attached to the candle holder
Paper Easter BunnyThis is a cute little bunny made of paper strips, and it is presented in a glass votive candle jar, with paper grass.

 
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Making a Dandelion Card - Toddler Activity - view of finished dandelion seed heads
Making a Dandelion Card - Toddler ActivityThis is a cute card that you and your child can make together. This dandelion card is universal. It would be suitable for any occasion, such as: hello, thinking of you, get well soon, have a strong recovery, happy birthday, etc.

 
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Mini Shamrock Hat Basket - tiny green Irish hat filled with mini shamrocks
Mini Shamrock Hat BasketLet's play a game. It is believed that when you find a four leaf clover you'll find luck. So, I just thought of making a shamrock hat - a fancy green hat filled with these teeny weeny clover leaves. For a St. Patrick's day celebration find your lucky clover in it.

 
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Toddler Tape Art Painting - finished child's artwork
Toddler Tape Art PaintingThis is an easy and cute way of painting - perfect for all ages! Use your choice of tape that would easily be removable depending on your painting surface.

 
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Rocket Ship Party Favor Cups - child's hand holding the completed cup
Rocket Ship Party Favor CupsAre you hosting a kid's space themed birthday party? This would be an easy and inexpensive rocket ship party favor cup you can make. Fill up the cup with thank you goodies - snack bars, fruit snacks, candy, or little knick knacks. This is a trial run - my son loved it and would like this for his upcoming party.

 
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Bottle Cap Mini Flower Basket - top down view of the mini flower basket with a tiny bow on the handle
Bottle Cap Mini Flower BasketThis is one very good idea/suggestion for those who are looking for a low cost party souvenir. For illustration purposes I created a sample using scraps, including in the making of the flowers.

 
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Clothespin Chicken Plant Decoration - houseplant with the chicken clipped onto a stem
Clothespin Chicken Plant DecorationAdd a touch of cuteness to your indoor plants with this cute chicken/bird clothespin craft. This would also be cute as a tag holder (i.e. if you are giving a plant as a gift, you can attach a card to this).

 
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Handprint Giraffe Bookmark - finished bookmark
Handprint Giraffe BookmarkThis is a cute handprint giraffe artwork that also doubles as a bookmark!

 
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Recycled Paper Bag Doodle or Sticker Book - finished doodle pad
Recycled Paper Bag Doodle BookRecycled paper bags or great to use for crafting. Wine, liquor, or glass beverages are sometimes packaged in a brown paper bag, or if you live in a state where plastic bags are banned (like I do) then you will only get paper bags unless you bring reusable bags for your groceries. When they wear out you can then recycle them and turn the brown paper bags into a kid's doodle or sticker book.

 
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Straw Space Rocket - ready to launch
Drinking Straw Space RocketTry this fun indoor craft activity for your toddler to play with especially on a rainy day. This could also be a great party favor. It is easy to make, affordable, and will be lots of fun for your toddler, especially if playing with friends/sibling(s).

 
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Making a Hanging Air Plant Frame - hanging on a brick fireplace
Making a Hanging Air Plant FrameThis is a cute air-plant hanging frame your toddler/child can make. This would make a cute gift from toddler/child to give to someone special too (like grandparents, dad, mom, aunt, uncle, etc.).

 
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Making a Paper Hand Shaped Flower Bookmark - bookmark inside a book open to a page on sea life
Making a Paper Hand Shaped Flower BookmarkThis is a cute and personalized hand shaped bookmark that resembles a flower.

 
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"I Love You" Toddler Artwork - finished solid card
I Love You Toddler ArtworkMy 2 year old toddler decorated this heart card - it is the perfect craft that makes two gifts, one for grandma, one for grandpa! This could be for any occasion not just Valentine's Day, give it for Grandparents Day, Christmas, Missing You, or just because! What's special about this card is when you put both pieces together you could see how the artwork turned out!

 
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Recycled Animal Face Pencil Case - bottle with pencils inside
Recycled Animal Face Pencil CaseHere's one simple project that I taught my child which can be a good help to develop his creativity, imagination, and organizing skills.

 
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"I Like You Elote" Multi-occasion Greeting Card - finished card
I Like You Elote Greeting CardElote is Mexican street corn that is absolutely scrumptious! It's skewered, grilled, then topped with a creamy sauce, chili powder, cheese, and cilantro. I made a bunch of these corn cards to give to my friends who are huge Elote fanatics, and they were a hit! These are easy to make, using just paper, glitter, and cord. Give them out for Valentine's Day, Cinco de Mayo, or just because!

 
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Decorating Socks with Cute Messages
Decorating Socks with Cute MessagesDo you need a last minute, thoughtful and useful Valentine's Day gift idea for your boyfriend, girlfriend, significant other, husband, wife, best friend, soul mate, crush? This would be a super adorable gift, inexpensive and not a gift that will only be used for Valentine's Day.

 
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Flamingo Heart Card or Kids' Craft - facing flamingos
Flamingo Heart CardThis is a cute flamingo heart card you can give to someone for Valentine's Day, or glue down onto a card. It would be cute if they were facing each other too. But the purpose of this craft was because we went to the zoo, the kids thought how cool a flamingo was and wanted to make one! They both had fun playing with these together and making these flamingos kiss!

 
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Drum Beat Card - finished card with the message on pink paper add above and below the drum
Drum Beat CardThis is a hand-drawn card with some string and sticker embellishments. I've recently taken up drumming, so this is one of my favourite cards. It's pretty easy to make, just follow along!

 
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"I love you a WATT!" Greeting Card - bulb with message
I Love You a WATT! Greeting CardThis would be an extra cute card for a best friend, significant other, or someone special in your life that you love!

 
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Paper Carnation Wreath - closeup of wreath on the front door
Paper Carnation WreathWell, it's still love month so I'll be sharing my Valentine crafts with you throughout whole month of February. Here's one you could still make even after the season to add beauty to your front doors.

 
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Pizza My Heart Card - front of the finished card
Pizza My Heart CardThis is a cute play-on-words card featuring a slice of pizza with heart-shaped pepperoni. I added some glitter to the pepperoni to look greasy! This is a fun all-ages craft.

 
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Planetary Artwork - finished artwork
Planetary ArtworkOne of the books we (my children and I) read was about the solar system. After reading a book, we like to have a hands on activity. Today's hands on activity is using watercolors to recreate some of the planets. We did Earth, Mars, Venus, and our moon. We used glittery watercolors and it's extra sparkly and pretty (according to my toddler girl).

 
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A gift box for Valentine's treats.
Valentine's Day Patchwork Treat BoxTo carry all of my toddler's Valentine's Day gifts for his classmates (rocketship gift and Valentine's Day tattoo box) we used a tissue box and salvaged part of the Valentine's Day tattoo box.

 
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Guitar Heartstrings Card - finished card
Guitar Heartstrings CardThis is a cute handmade card featuring a heart-shaped guitar with actual strings. When you bend the card a bit, the strings move! This is a fun all-ages craft.

 
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Heart Shaped Caterpillar Name Puzzle
Heart Shaped Caterpillar Name PuzzleAfter making the caterpillar Valentine's Day card, I thought the concept would be an amazing way for my daughter to learn how to spell her name. She knows her alphabet and that her name starts with a "J", but without having the letters in front of her physically, to complete her name she says them out of order.

 
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Bottlecap Pincushion - looking down on pincushion
Bottlecap PincushionThis is a simple way to make a small pincushion from a plastic bottle cap. You could also attach a small loop of elastic band beneath it and wear it on one of you fingers as you sew.

 
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Foil Lined Mason Jar Light - glowing red light filled Mason jar
Foil Lined Mason Jar LightThis is cute foil lined Mason jar light is perfect to turn on in a dark room and enjoy the views. (If you have white lights, it would be more of a constellation light jar), but we just had red lights only.

 
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Cutout Heart Valentines - finished caterpillar card
Cutout Heart ValentinesHere are two examples of simple and practical Valentine's Day cards you can make.

 
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Decorated Heart Box Crafts - photo heart lid
Decorated Heart Box CraftsI have seen people fill heart shaped boxes with roses or dried flowers. I thought they were pretty and I knew I could do something like they had. Well the best laid plans of mice and woman...I went another way.

 
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Valentine's Day Plant Stake - two gift plants
Valentine's Day Plant StakeDo you need a last minute Valentine's gift for a friend, loved one, co-worker, teacher, etc.? Plants would be perfect! And to add a cute touch to the gift, add a plant stake with a cute personalized message on a paper heart.

 
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"Eyes On You" Valentines - finished cards
'Eyes On You' ValentinesIf you shop in the dollar section at Target, the packaging can potentially be reusable. Here is how I made these Valentine's Day cards from the $1 paper tape packaging!

 
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Camouflage Your Trashcan - small trash can on rattan shelf
Camouflage Your TrashcanSleeping in the living room has it's perks. The dark side of that is I like things to look nice should someone show up to visit and for me, too.

 
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Valentine's Day Pencil Arrow Card - cards with child's signature
Valentine's Day Pencil Arrow CardThis is a cute Valentine's Day arrow card you can make with your child. It is perfect to give to your child's teacher and teacher's aide (our pink pencil says #1 best teacher and the standard yellow is for a teacher's aide). This card concept can be for classmates too!

 
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Valentine Wreath Card - banner added to bottom and bow to the top
Valentine Wreath CardThis is a cute and simple Valentine's card you can make. It will be easier if you have a paper heart puncher. I was able to use some scrap sheets of paper to create this card.

 
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Wine Cork Coaster - soup cup on coaster
Wine Cork CoasterDay two of the craft days, I made a coaster for larger cups/soup mugs using just three things.

 
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Kissmark Decorative Banner - banner hanging on wall
Kissmark Decorative BannerWe had this kind of decoration during the high school times when everyone's very fond of kissing booths. Here's a very simple decoration you can add to your walls to spread more love and kisses this Valentine's Day.

 
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Heart Shaped Fox Card - finished card front
Heart Shaped Fox CardThis is a cute and easy card to make out of paper cutouts of hearts and triangles. Make one for the one you love. :)

 
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Imaginary Clothespin Flying Butterfly - pink and purple paper and clothespin butterfly
Imaginary Clothespin Flying ButterflyIf your toddler loves butterflies, this would be a fun craft to make together. Not only is it a fun craft, but your toddler can play with their butterfly and get in some indoor exercise. I did not think she would have this much fun with this imaginary butterfly, but she did and ran around with the butterfly as if it was flying!

 
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Valentine's Day Dog - red heart Valentine puppy
Valentine's Day DogIt's been raining all weekend in Southern California, so we did some indoor crafting today featuring the Valentine's Day Dog!

 
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No Sew No Glue Ribbon Wreath - finished wreath hanging on a door by the ribbon bow loop hanger
No Sew No Glue Ribbon WreathThis very simple wreath can be done in a matter of minutes. You only need a foam wreath, ribbon, and 1 straight pin. Because it is not glued, your wreath can be changed out for different looks and the ribbon can be saved for other projects, keeping this project very thrifty.

 
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Rocketship Valentine's Day Gifts - two finished rocket gifts
Rocketship Valentine's Day GiftsMy toddler and I made Valentine's Day rocket-ship gifts for his classmates. The school doesn't allow candies or sweets, so we thought this would be fun to make and give.

 
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Simple Wine Cork Trivet - under a bowl
Simple Wine Cork TrivetThis is fun, quick, and with supervision, a great kids' craft.

 
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"I Knead You" Card - finished card
"I Knead You" Valentine's CardMake a card for your sweetie using a play on words. The rolling pin is made from a piece of cardboard, and stands out nicely due to its thickness. I used plain craft paper for the dough and card base.

 
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3D Ice Cream Card - finished card
3D Ice Cream Greeting CardThis is a sweet little greeting card you can make for that special someone in your life. I made this from scraps around the house on some card stock paper. The cardboard tubing from a roll of toilet paper makes a great ice cream cone because of its curvature.

 
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Foil Spiders - two spiders next to each other
Foil SpidersAfter reading a story about spiders, the kids and their friends wanted to make a spider craft. They all had a blast playing with their spider friends! This would be a fun craft for Halloween as well.

 
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Crocheted Sugar Skull
Crocheted Sugar SkullI made this for my grandson who loves skulls. It's pretty easy if you are at least an "intermediate skilled" crocheter. So let's get started!

 
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Air Plant with Layered Sand and Glitter
Air Plant with Layered Sand and GlitterI enjoy planting and especially decorating the home with indoor plants. My toddler asked how come he doesn't have a planter of his own creation, so I thought this would be a fun mess free little planter he could make. The outcome turned out beautifully, it also adds a nice touch of color from the colored sand and mixture of glitter!

 
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Hand Painted Popsicle Stick Puzzle - puzzle
Hand Painted Popsicle Stick PuzzleThis is a fun way to turn Popsicle sticks into a puzzle. I've made a love themed one, but you can paint whatever you'd like on it. Taking a photo of it creates a key for the puzzle player to follow. You can have this on a mobile device, or you can print it out.

 
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Making a Paper Valentine Tree - Valentine tree
Making a Paper Valentine TreeIf we can have a Christmas tree we can also create a Valentine's Day tree for the new season. Love month is full of hearts so I guess it's time to replace the pine tree with hearts.

 
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Double Duty Pin Cushion - finished project with straight pins in cushion and safety pins in the container
Double Duty Pin CushionThis is one of the easiest projects you will find. With very little you can create a double duty storage container for your craft/sewing room or area. With space often being limited, we are all looking for creative ways to store craft supplies. This can be made using items in your home.

 
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Valentine's Checkers Game - game in process
Valentine's Checkers GameThis is a fun way to make a Valentine's Day checker board. I got these little heart pieces from the dollar shop. This would be sweet to create as a team on a date. You paint the squares in from one side, and they paint them in from the other. Meet in the middle, let dry, and play!

 
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A wind chime made from a metal hanger and colorful bells.
Clothes Hanger Wind ChimeI love the subtle sound of a wind chime. The sound can be created to be as subtle or as loud as the pieces you use to create your chime. I chose to use one of my favorite sounds (bells). I found these bells on clearance, but most craft stores carry them year around. These were a nice size and in my favorite colors.

 
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Donut Coasters - two donut shaped coasters
Donut CoastersI made these for a friend who loves donuts so much, she collects donut shaped items. They're very easy to make, using just cork board, felt, and embroidery string. They look cute on the table, but do cause a donut craving. Be careful!

 
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Making a Recycled Rocketship - finished rocketship with stickers added to foil covering
Making a Recycled RocketshipThis would be a fun craft time activity if your toddler is into rocketships! We were able to make this craft with supplies we had at home. It was fun to make together and he had a blast playing with his new creation and to more days of playing!

 
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Recycled Butter Boxes Used as Pencil Holders - boxes with pens, pencils, scissors, and more inside
Recycled Butter Boxes Used as Pencil HoldersI take the cardboard boxes that hold the 4 sticks of butter and turn them into useful and pretty pencil and graft supply holders.

 
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Eye Love You Valentine's Day Art Work - finished project
'Eye Love You' Valentine's Day ArtworkThroughout the "dating" period - my fiancé and I would send cheesy text messages and we'd always do the emoji eye heart finger pointing to emphasize I love you, sort of in "code".

 
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Support a Ring Mandrel with Corks - finished display
Support a Ring Mandrel with CorksI recently began to resell new and second hand rings. But I didn't have a way to measure them till I got a ring size tower*. Standing it up was not possible till I thought of this.

 
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"I Love You To Pieces" Valentine's Day Card - finished card standing on a tabletop
"I Love You To Pieces" Valentine's Day CardThis is a cute and inexpensive Valentines' Day card you can make for your spouse, significant other, boyfriend/girlfriend, etc.

 
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Handcrafted Notebook and Planner - front page showing all months
Handcrafted Notebook and PlannerIt is most convenient to complete goals through a list of plans. The idea struck me when I was making a mini work scheduler. I realized that it is much easier to execute activities with a guide so why not make one at home.

 
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Daily Activity Calendar - hanging on a bulletin board
Daily Activity CalendarThe year started rough for me. Too much workload remained from my last year's backlogs. This has made me confused. To be able to recover from such confusion and get back into focus, I created a daily work scheduler so I will know which ones to touch first and get back on track without pressure.

 
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Drinking Straw Starbursts - finished starbursts against a black background
Drinking Straw StarburstsMy local dollar shop is trying to get rid of an excess stock of drinking straws so they're on sale for 25 cents per box. I decided to use them to make decorative starbursts for my birthday party. They give quite the visual punch for a few pennies!

 
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Heart Paper Plate Sewing Craft - child holding
Heart Paper Plate Sewing CraftHere is a fun and quiet indoor craft for a rainy day. Help your child make the template and then allow them to thread the yawn of their choice giving them their own creativity and an activity that practices hand eye coordination.

 
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DIY Japanese Kintsugi Pottery Repair - bowl glued back together with web of gold paint showing along the repair lines
DIY Japanese Kintsugi Pottery RepairKintsugi is the process of mending broken pottery with a a gold-dusted lacquer to adhere the pieces back together, and make the final product even more beautiful than before.

 
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Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day Mailbox - finished mailbox with the flag up
Recycled Cardboard Box Valentine's Day MailboxDo you have any cardboard boxes laying around? They'll be perfect for a Valentine's Day mailbox project.

 
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Transfer Labels with Clear Packing Tape - examples of messages that can be transferred and then applied to journals, etc.
Transfer Labels with Clear Packing TapeThis is a good way to make labels, but I use them for my beautiful journals. This is a fun craft to do with any age.

 
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Floral "LOVE" Valentine Decoration
Floral "LOVE" Valentine DecorationValentine season is coming so I'm starting to put away my Christmas decorations. Now here's a simple wall decoration to replace your Christmas wall decor.

 
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Recycled Paper Rolls as Heart Stamps - packages wrapped in the stamped paper sitting on a table covered with pink and white striped fabric stamped with red hearts
Recycled Paper Rolls as Heart StampsI want to show you how you can take those household paper rolls, and turn them into stamps. This is fun for the whole family to get involved in. It is perfect for those rainy days and is very crafty! Create wrapping paper or a fabric table cover.

 
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Egg Carton Magic Mushrooms - cute little paper red and white mushrooms
Egg Carton Magic MushroomsThese magic mushrooms make cute decorations. All you need is a paper-based egg carton, paint, and glue. This is a great all-ages craft.

 
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"Giving You All My Love" Octopus - finished octopus
"Giving You All My Love" OctopusThis is a fun, all-ages octopus craft made from a toilet paper tube. It's got so many arms, it wants to give you all the love it can carry! This would be great to give to a Valentine. You can fill it up with a bag of sweets, if you like.

 
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Toddler Birthday Sash - finished sash with 4 hearts strung on purple ribbon
Toddler Birthday SashMy little cousin's 4th birthday is this week. She has a crown her mom bought her, but she wanted a sash to go with her crown. Since it was last minute, I used some items I had at home to create her this quick and easy little sash she can wear to school with her crown.

 
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Teeny Tiny Dolly Slippers - two pink tiny doll slippers
Teeny Tiny Dolly SlippersOh so cute little pompom slippers that are oh so easy to make using easy to find craft supplies. Young teenagers would love to make these. And they are a brilliant idea to scatter around the table for a decoration at a baby shower.

 
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Valentine's Day Paper Craft Card - finished front of the card
Valentine's Day Paper CardValentine's Day is around the corner. This is a handmade card you could make and have your child decorate to give to their teacher(s).

 
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"Bee Mine" Clothespin Craft - three finished bee clothespins
"Bee Mine" ClothespinsThis a cute way to turn a clothespin into a clingy bee for your Valentine. Just clip it onto their shirt and claim your love!

 
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Paper Plate Clock - finished clock
Paper Plate ClockThis is an inexpensive learning tool you can make to help your child learn time. This paper plate clock is made with household supplies you probably already have at home!

 
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Chinese New Year Wreath - wreath hanging on door
Chinese New Year WreathIf you celebrate Chinese New Year, here is a modern twist showing how you can use a Christmas wreath and transform it into a Chinese New Year wreath. It is great to display over the fireplace or anywhere inside your home. To display outside laminate the red lucky envelopes.

 
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Making Bath Bombs - three balls in a plastic bag, they can be decorated to look like a snowman
Making Bath BombsI made these as stocking stuffer snowmen for my adult children, but they are a treat anytime of the year! Unfortunately I didn't take a final photo of them with their "faces on", but it was a simply drawn as a bunch of dots (similar to smiley faces really) made with a Betty Crocker Easy Writer 4 decorator pen.

 
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