Bugs Galore: Butterfly DIY Kit
Another insect from our Bugs Galore collection. Butterfly. This may be the prettiest of all bugs. Is it any wonder that both kiddos and adults love them? As with all our kits, this one is fairly easy to put together. And great for our youngest students. Check out the DIY below. Kit Supplies: 1 wood…
Bugs Galore: Ladybug DIY Kit
Here is another insect from our Bugs Galore collection. This time we are dealing with maybe the cutest of all bugs: Ladybug. In the early days of using this craft, I did my research to find out that ladybugs come in colors other than red and black. I was so happy to hear that and…
Bugs Galore: Dragonfly DIY Kit
This dragonfly is part of my Bugs Galore collection. I created them several years ago as part of my Craft Market classes. At the time I was working with nursery through kindergarten students and wanted an easy activity where the kiddos could use their creativity as well as continue to build on their fine motor…
Penguin Origami
So I am going to start off today’s tutorial with an apology. I have not posted any DIY’s in the last two weeks because I moved: mostly by myself. So its taken me this long to do the move and get my living and working space to such a place that I can actually work…
Pumpkin Yarn Art
So yesterday, Monday September 23, 2019, was the first day of autumn. While I love autumn because of the cooler weather and changing of the leaves, I have not really been into fall crafts. But I had created the following DIY especially for this day and had planned to post it then. But as you…
Panda Origami
Here comes another in our collection of origami animals. This panda origami was fun to do and pretty easy too. What I have been loving about the collection of origami animals, is how much they look like the animals they are supposed to be. I have been asking my trusty 7 year old twins guess…
Japanese Style Fan
So over the summer I came across a Japanese Style Fan DIY. I was intrigued and decided to make one for myself. I changed the process a little bit for my personal aesthetics. It was actually pretty easy to make. My biggest problem was the wooden sticks. In the tutorial I saw, they used craft…
Tic Tac Toe Travel Game
Today’s tutorial is a favorite from my childhood: tic tac toe. I remember playing this game for hours at a time when I was a child. All we needed was either a blank piece of paper with a pen or a nice, smooth, dusty patch of ground. While I enjoyed the game using the just…
Unicorn Bookmark
So along with me encouraging my two summer charges: Willow and Li, to read this summer, I have to admit that I too have renewed my love of the written word. So in honor of this renewal, I thought I would highlight another bookmark. For most of my life, I have been a voracious reader.…
Paper Boat
So I have been thinking about doing a paper boat for a while now. I have spent what I have felt to be hours looking for tutorials on Pinterest. All I could find were origami and paper Marche boats. So as any good designer and maker does, I decided to design my own boat. The…