Gummy Candy Recipe
So I have been making gummy candy for years now. Since I work with kids as young as 4 years old, I needed a recipe that was not dangerous. Candies like hard candy and caramel are challenging to make in class because you have to heat the sugar to a very high temp. . While…
18″ Doll Rainbow Leather Bag
This leather bag for 18″ dolls has been in the works for a while. I knew I wanted to create a bag for my 18″ doll DIY boxes and I wanted it to be fairly easy for my young customers to make. As the idea was marinating, I experimented with various styles: small cute purses…
Bedazzled Flip Flop Card
A few years, I became obsessed with making fashion cards. I created a series of designs featuring shoes, bags, hats and rings. I used leather scraps, rhinestones, flocked paper and other doodads like ribbon, feathers paper flowers to make my little designs. I moved about 3 months ago and as I was going through my…
AGD Crafts: Rope Rug DIY
I am thrilled to introduce another of my American Girl Doll crafts. Today I present a rope rug. I have been obsessing with rope crafts thus far, this summer. I’ve been experimenting making rugs, baskets and bags. The amount of crafts that one can do with rope is a lot. I will share the other…
Origami Butterfly
Here is the next in my series of origami projects. I’ve been wanting to do a butterfly for a while now but kept putting it off. Finally a few week’s ago, decided it was time. As with most origami projects I highlight, this butterfly is pretty easy to do. Check out the DIY below. Supplies:…
Mother’s Day Craft: Foot Soak Recipe
I’m thrilled to introduce another Mothers Day DIY gift craft idea. In this video, I show you how to make a foot soak that mom will love and that will help de-stress, relax and be the most perfect aromatherapy for her. With this gift, she can take the time for a little selfcare and as…
Mother’s Day Craft: Felt Calla Lily
I’m always looking for easy DIY’s to make fabric flowers. I learned how to make these felt calla lilies years ago. I even did another DIY a while back. I decided to do this as part of my series on Mother’s Day crafts. It is perfect for younger students. Making a variety of them in…
Red Lentil Soup
So I came across this recipe last year when I was looking for an easy soup recipe for my classes. I’m a big lentil fan and even though I wasn’t sure I liked the idea of all the ingredients combined, but since I likes the ingredients individually, I thought I would give it a go.…
Unicorn Cake Ball
So this may be one of my favorite food crafts: Rainbow Cake Balls. I take those cake balls and create all kinds of whimsical creatures from unicorns to caterpillars. This post is all about unicorns. I used the best cake ball recipe ever. It is a recipe I’ve been using for years now. I like…
Memory Wire Beaded Bracelet DIY
The original idea for this bracelet came about for my American Girl Doll Crafts class. For the class, students got to make bracelets for their dolls and for themselves too. And then a friend asked me to put together a DIY kit for her daughter’s birthday. The theme was rainbow, so that was kinda fun…