The new Crayola crafting subscription box offers impressive DIY fun!
Anyone else concerned about summer boredom? Because I’ve just discovered the Crayola CIY subscription box — as in, Create It Yourself — and I think it may be just the thing to keep crafty preteens entertained for a solid few hours. Especially as...
7 Printable teacher appreciation notes to help our kids show their love and, well, appreciation
Lately I’ve been sleuthing around the interwebs for great printable teacher appreciation notes for kids. After all, Teacher Appreciation Week starts today! And ever since my son started preschool, I’ve been been struck anew by how much educators do to...
80+ creative Easter egg decorating ideas: Your ultimate egg decorating resource!
For more than a decade now, so many of our writers have searched the web to compile the most creative Easter egg decorating ideas, from simple to wow, from traditional to modern, from designs for toddlers to designs for teens — and everything in between. And so,...
8 fun, easy Easter egg ideas for toddlers and preschoolers. Big kids shouldn’t have all the fun!
Let’s talk about easy Easter egg ideas for toddlers, like mine. Because dyeing eggs with traditional techniques for this age group can be a risky proposition. Adorable? Yes. Liable to require hours of steam cleaning the carpet? Also yes. While we’ve...
9 cool Easter egg ideas for tweens and teens who are over solid colors: Star Wars, pop art, fake cacti, and more
If your older kids are totally over PAAS kits for Easter egg decorating, I’ve got you covered! I’ve tracked down 8 cool Easter egg ideas for tweens and teens to suit all kinds of tastes. From pop art and comic inspiration, to Star Wars and retro 80’s...
8 of the cutest St. Patricks Day rainbow crafts for preschoolers and little kids. Pot of gold not included.
I’ve been busy rounding up the cutest rainbow crafts for St. Patrick’s Day for preschoolers and our little kids, since the holiday is coming up fast! And I’m finding that these sweet and simple crafts for kids are helping to brighten our home, too,...
7 DIY face mask recipes for every skin care woe that ails you
While I’m not personally a huge makeup buff, I do enjoy a good skincare product to clean and brighten my skin…and hopefully reduce some fine lines. And when it comes to face masks, they’re just plain fun. In fact, it’s become one of my favorite...
These edgy-cool craft kits let kids make their own handmade gifts
One of the great new trends at Toy Fair 2019 this week was the explosion of really thoughtful, creative craft kits. As you all well know, we’re big fans of craft kits as gifts for kids, especially when craft kits enable kids to make their own gifts for friends...
Attention knitters: This new yarn is transforming plastic into gorgeous sweaters and scarves
We all know that knitting is a fantastic way to soothe anxiety, but this Wool and the Gang New Wave yarn delivers even more peace of mind, because it’s helping rid the oceans of discarded plastic — each ball of yarn is upcycled from three entire plastic...
Home decor inspiration: How to hang fabric on your walls instead of wallpaper
It’s that time a year that I start to get a little stir crazy at home and have this major urge to redecorate. The newest home decor trend that caught my eye: fabric walls instead of wallpaper. Okay, so it kind of hit the internets about six or seven years ago,...
6 free printable, color-your-own Valentines that make the perfect party craft for kids
Yep, it’s that time we fill our site with the best free printable Valentines for the classroom, to help save you all time, money, and the conundrum of shopping for 26 store-bought Valentines when they call come in packs of 24. If you’re looking for your...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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