The new Project Kid craft book offers ideas beyond pasta necklaces. Hallelujah.
We are starting to get really excited about summer break around my house, but I know the inevitable chorus of We’re booorrred will start up before too long. Luckily, I am armed and ready with a copy of Project Kid, the new kid craft book by Amanda Kingloff,...
Easy chalkboard paint DIY projects you can do this spring. Then erase, and do again.
Chalkboard paint is a big trend that we’re seeing everywhere lately. We love that it help you customize all kinds of things with a fun vintage flair. So I’ve been searching for the coolest easy chalkboard paint craft projects that I can DIY with my kids...
5 last-minute Easter egg printables and craft ideas for kids.
It’s the day before Easter, you have a million things to do, and the eggs still need decorating? Give yourself a break, skip the dye (as much as we love dyeing Easter eggs), and go straight for these adorable Easter egg printables and craft ideas that the kids...
How to dye Easter eggs naturally: Step by step instructions and inspiration
As much as we’re fans of finding creative ways to decorate Easter eggs without dye, we have a few die-hard dyers (or dye-hards?) in my family. Specifically my stepfather, who pretty much refuses to add a single sticker, wrapper or otherwise unnatural Easter egg...
The Petit Collage book of crafts: Perfect for DIYers, or those who always wanted to be.
It’s entirely possible that we are Petit Collage groupies, considering how many times we’ve gushed over their beautifully designed toys, books, and kids’ room decor. And now with Petit Collage 25 Easy Craft + Decor Projects For A Playful Home, we...
14 easy Easter crafts for kids + fun Easter printables all of which eliminate the need for vacuuming up glitter.
Easter is one of my favorite holidays, and I love that it lends itself so perfectly to involving my kids in the celebration with Easter crafts. If you’ve already bookmarked our ideas for decorating Easter eggs and are ready for some fun but fairly easy Easter...
Cool iron-ons that turn everyone into a crafter. (Kind of.)
If you’ve been thinking iron-on transfers went out of style along with your crimping iron and jelly shoes, you probably haven’t seen the adorably modern varieties out there today. We love that now, there are whole books of cool iron-ons from some of our...
Over 17 of the best easy, artful Easter egg decorating ideas that look very, very impressive
Easter egg decorating ideas have risen to a whole new level what with Pinterest Easter ideas and all. I’ve been a holdout, still sitting at home with my kids popping dye pellets into cups of vinegar, mostly because I’ve been afraid of how complicated these...
Free, printable coloring pages for kids from real illustrators, not clip art.
The team behind the Lost My Name personalized books for kids blew us away last year with their sophisticated, clever, custom books for kids that don’t just drop your child’s name into a template story. Instead, the main character goes on an adventure that...
DIY building kit from Brooklyn, for your architect in training
Maybe you have a kid at home like mine, who is always asking about how buildings stand up, or “Mom, who made that bridge?” This great Water Tower DIY building kit that we found at our hometown favorite Brooklyn Makers is a creative way to take his...
A free printable chore chart we love for preschoolers. No bribing necessary.
My toddler loves to help out around the house. It makes him feel big, and like the needed part of our family that he is. I want to respect his efforts, even like that time he completely emptied out the closets when he “brought me the laundry.” I have chore...
