We have 8 free Easter Perler bead patterns for you to choose from, or you can create your own designs, using our helpful tips and tricks! It’s such a fun indoor craft, perfect for keeping the kids busy this spring. This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission which helps us run this website. Helpful Tips: Get our free printable Easter Perler bead patterns: The links or pictures below will take you to our free, printable Easter Perler bead templates!...

Follow our video and photo tutorials, or download a free PDF crochet coaster pattern to help you put these coasters together quickly. Make a set for yourself to protect your tables, or give these crochet coasters as a thoughtful homemade gift! This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission which helps us run this website. Helpful Tips: Download our free crochet coaster pattern: Click on the link below to download our free, printable crochet coaster pattern!...

This is the easiest play dough recipe I’ve ever tried. And the consistency of the play dough is perfect. It’s soft, silky smooth, and perfectly moldable. My kids are still at school, but man am I ever excited to give it to them to try when they get home. And did I mention it’s completely safe to eat? I tried a bit when I was mixing it together, and it might taste too good....

We’ve created 9 free printable snowflake templates that you can print off (you’ll find those near the bottom of this post), or you can follow the simple folding technique and create your own 6 pointed paper snowflake patterns. Hang them on the fridge, or in the window. Or attach a piece of fishing line and tape them to the ceiling. This is such a great winter craft and a super fun way to make decorations that can stay up all winter long!...

Make a jellyfish from a plastic bag and place it in a bottle of water to watch it swirl and “swim” around! It’s really mesmerizing to watch, and it makes a great prop for storytime or a lesson at school. This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission which helps us run this website. Helpful Tips: What is the science behind the jellyfish in a bottle?...

Last Halloween, my daughter came home from Junior Kindergarten with a back pack filled with special treats that the other thoughtful moms had sent. What did I send with her? Nothing. Nope. Not a single thing! (And I didn’t send her in a costume either… but that’s a parenting fail to talk about another time.) Holy make me feel super guilty! This year, I’m definitely going to be more prepared!...

Budget Savvy Diva recommended 2 parts baking soda to 1 part vegetable oil and Rosy Blu Handmade recommended equal parts coconut oil and baking soda. I don’t have coconut oil so I went with regular canola oil. In the end, I needed to use equal parts Canola Oil and Baking Soda to get it to work. Equal parts Canola Oil and Baking Soda I didn’t want to make a whole lot, so I started by using 1 tsp of oil and 2 tsp of baking soda and it looked like this:...

We see hot air balloons in our area all the time. There seems to be a lot of them especially in the fall as the leaves are changing color. What an amazing way to see all of the colorful fall leaves! My kids love to try and chase the hot air balloons in the car while we are driving. If we have nothing better to do, we will try to drive around and see exactly where they are coming from....

Add your pasta flowers to a vase, to appreciate them from all angles, or lay them flat on a tabletop. Either way this pasta flower craft makes a great homemade gift for grandparents and parents. Make them for Easter, Mother’s Day, or just because! This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission which helps us run this website....

Since there is nothing wrong with this recipe, just the ice cream maker, we are going to imagine that this is what the ice cream would look like if my ice cream maker actually worked, because it is much more appetizing: Peach Ice Cream Recipe 4 cups frozen peaches (pureed down to about 2 cups) 3 eggs, beaten 1 1/2 cups white sugar 2 cups heavy cream 1 cup half-and-half cream 1 teaspoons vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon salt...

Kids (and adults!) of all ages will have a blast painting outdoors with this sidewalk puffy paint. It’s thick, foamy, and allows you to create a 3D looking drawing! And bonus: it’s really easy to clean up! This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission which helps us run this website. Helpful Tip: Using squeeze bottles can be easier and less messy for younger kids, but the puffy paint lines end up being a little skinny....

These salt painted Easter eggs are such a fun and festive little craft for Easter! You can paint them when the glue is wet or dry – either way will work! You can colour them however you like and once they’re dry, you have an awesome craft to hang on the fridge! Or you can cut out the egg shapes and make a little Easter basket. Or you could even make Easter cards with salt painted Easter eggs on the front!...

One of my favorite summer traditions with my family is picking fresh berries at a local farm. It took a little while to get the kids on board with us (their first reaction was, “Wait, we’re PAYING MONEY so we can DO WORK?”) but now they enjoy it too. The farm near us has a huge variety of berries, so we like to visit multiple times throughout the summer for fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries....

I’m terrible at visualizing these kinds of things, so I did a crafty little experiment. You can get tissue paper at the dollar store, so I decided to actually try out these guys out in Kate’s nursery to see how they would look. No commitment. This little experiment only cost me $1.50 for the three tissue paper pom poms. You can check out the tutorial for how to make tissue paper pom poms here....

I don’t know about you, but now that I’m a mom, fireworks kind of freak me out. My parents used to live outside of the city limits where fireworks were allowed. Every year, we would go to one of those huge fireworks tents and stock up on firecrackers big and small. Then, instead of watching a big fireworks display, we would all sit outside and shoot them off ourselves. It was fun until everyone started having lots of kids of their own....

Valentines Day Heart Rings These homemade finger rings made from pipe cleaners are so easy to make! You know I love simple crafts that barely take any supplies. Grab a bag of pipe cleaners at the dollar store, and you’re ready to go! This pipe cleaner valentine craft is adorable and it’s so much fun to make with kids. This craft is as low mess as they come! Video Tutorial: Pipe Cleaner Heart Rings Watch the rest of the videos in our pipe cleaner rings series here....

Vertical Vegetable Garden If you live in the city, you know that sometimes land comes at a premium. So if you are short on space, consider planting up, rather than out. A vertical garden uses a small footprint AND creates a beautiful growing wall. Vertical vegetable garden via DIY Network Cinder Block Vertical Vegetable Garden Create an awesome growing wall in your space by planting your vegetables in cinder blocks....

RELATED: Apple Crisp Stuffed Apples Baked Cinnamon Apple Slices This simple apple dessert is perfect for the colder months. It has the same comfort you’d associate with apple pie or apple crisp, but without the fuss. It makes the house smell amazing, AND it’s kid friendly – especially if you top your sliced baked apples with a scoop of vanilla ice cream! Slicing the apples and coating them with the delicious butter and sugar mixture is so much easier than a traditional whole baked apple recipe....

She walked into the fenced area of the school yard, stood by herself looking around for about a minute, and then she burst into giant crocodile tears. And then I was sniffling behind my sunglasses, watching her helplessly from behind the fence. I’m sure she’ll eventually get used to it, but it was so hard to watch her like that! Half the kids were happily waving goodbye to their parents, and the other half were in tears, just like my daughter....

This last week, I had one of those colds that just knocks you down. Since we moved to a new state last summer, I think we as a family have caught every single illness that has rolled through either of my kids’ classes. It’s like we’re rebuilding our immunity from scratch! Usually I’m able to push through and keep things moving, with all of our daily obligations, but the cold last week really took me down....