Mini Fairy Lantern: From Scratch
So I came across fairy lanterns just a few weeks ago. I fell in love with the idea right away. My main audience is girls between 5 and 9 and realized that this is the type of activity that they would love. So I set about trying to figure out how to make them. They…
Bead Person Puppet: DIY Kit
So the idea to make a bead person puppet came from a coupla different places. I was thinking about doing puppets for one of my summer camp classes but ended up pushing the idea to the side. And then last week I was looking for an activity to do at the Grand Bazaar Market I…
Whirligig: A DIY
So today I thought I would highlight an activity that I loved when I was a child: Whirligigs. For the first 8 years of my life, I grew up in Zimbabwe, a third world country towards the tip of the African continent. While I grew up primarily in the capital city of Zimbabwe, I did…
Mother’s Day 2019: Gift and Activity
So for Mother’s Day 2019, I thought I would experiment with a craft I have always wanted to do but as of a few weeks ago, had never done: Mosaic. My initial thought was that it would be a relatively easy activity for 5 and 6 year olds. If I used a design template then…
Framed Bunny: A DIY
For this week’s tutorial, I picked something I did for a friends daughter’s birthday party activity. The theme was bunnies and we needed something that was gender neutral. After sending a couple options, mom picked this one. I was happy that she picked this one cos it is a fairly easy activity to do even…