My girls LOVE a good craft. I will admit that Ella has asked why we don't just buy a box of Valentines at the grocery store, but when I offer a craft as an alternative, she jumps right on board. There is nothing better that playing with paper and scissors when it's too cold to go outside. Since the girls will exchange Valentines at school and at dance, we opted for a few different designs. Ella's cards were appropriate for both groups, but for Sophie's friends, we had to make two different treats. Here is how we turned this basket of goodies into three super-cute Valentine's Day treats for our friends! For Sophie's "school" we decided to give fruit squeezes because there is a pretty wide range of ages. I bought strawberry Go-Go Squeezes and made a printable file that says "Hey, ...
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Snowman on a Stick!
When I asked Ella earlier in the week what she wanted to carry to her dance party to share with her friends, she said this. Considering I needed us to make treats a few days ahead of time, that wasn't going to work. We decided instead to make these, but I had a major Pinterest fail. I'm not sure why, but I can NOT seem to dip anything into candy melts without it falling apart. So after I stuck lollipop sticks into two cartons of Oreo's, we bailed on that project and tried something else altogether. Ella suggested making marshmallow snowmen (and of course, a quick search on Pinterest found me plenty to choose from). Fortunately we had everything we needed to make them, so we got to work after school on Tuesday. Ella pushed the marshmallows onto fresh lollipop sticks, while I worked on ...
My Ruffle Tree Skirt
I posted this picture on Instagram a few days ago and I've had quite a few emails and text messages about my tree skirt and how I made it. I swear I thought I did a tutorial post, but the only thing I could find in the archives was this post about how much I loved it! I couldn't even find proper "in progress" shots. I made my skirt the week of Thanksgiving 2011 and it's held up surprisingly well. I'm sure I could have sewn it or hemmed it or done something a little fancier, but the homespun look is exactly what our little rock house needs. I remember being so worried that I was going to spend a ridiculous amount of time on it and it wouldn't turn out as well as I'd hoped, but in all honestly, I could not be any happier. My fascination with a ruffled tree skirt started with this post ...
Kraft & Twine Advent Calendar
Affiliate links appear in the following post. Although shopping the embedded links won’t cost you any additional dollars, it might earn me a small commission on your purchase. Your support of this blog always appreciated! I've been saying for years that I was going to create an advent calendar for the girls in the days leading up to Christmas, but this is the first year I've actually made it happen. Not only do I think it's fun for them to have some little gifts to look forward to each day, but it is such a wonderful way to remind the girls of the reason we celebrate. Ella & I went shopping a few weekends ago and picked up clothespins, bakers twine and kraft paper lunch sacks. I snuck off to the dollar aisle and grabbed twenty-five days worth of tiny treats while she wasn't looking ...