Are you looking for a fun activity to do with your kids this weekend? Check out how easy it is to create a homemade catapult using some simple supplies in your house. My husband found this book called Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction and decided it would be perfect for our kids. Here are the…
Need some ideas to inspire you to turn paper and cardboard into memories and fun? Here’s a new e-magazine from Hobbies on a Budget – Vol #2: Kids, Paper and Cardboard. There ares ideas for real life Angry Birds, paper animals, Star Wars Origami and rocket ships with eject buttons. All you need are a…
Each year, the kindergarten classes at many Kentucky schools celebrate the Kentucky Derby by running a stick horse race and letting the kids decorate their own Derby Hat. This is a chance for the students to be creative and show off their own personal style with a long standing Kentucky tradition. I searched all over…
Have you ever wondered how to make a pop up book like you see in the bookstores? It can be done much easier than you may think. Sure, there are some really fancy pop up books, but kids can have a whole lot of fun with nothing more than some paper, scissors and a little…
My daughter came home from school last week telling me that one of her friends had been trying to make a dog out of a piece of paper but it didn’t quite look right. I remembered making a dog face with floppy ears back when I was a kid, so we did what all intelligent…
Many of us remember as kids making crafts out of yarn. I had a cat that a friend made me that stayed on my bed for years. We made little yarn dolls and of course the ever popular yarn octopus. But my kids have never made them. So earlier this week, my daughter needed something…
This should take a few of you back to grade school. When’s the last time you made a fortune teller? 2nd grade? 5th grade? I had to sheeplishly admit that I didn’t actually know how. But, of course, I knew where to find out. I headed straight to my good friend Google and found out…
Tobacco Sticks are often used to stake up tomatoes in the garden. But have you thought about turning them into a creative masterpiece? I have 2 friends that are recycling old broken tobacco sticks and turning them into primitive decorations. They are making stars, shutters, ladders, quilt racks and more. The best part about tobacco…
Remember all those seashells we brought back from our Florida Vacation last month? Earlier this week, the kids got creative and turned them into some pretty cool easy seashell animal creations. We found a basic picture online of someone’s clamshell with eyes. The kids took it from there! Easy Seashell Animal Creations Tools Needed Seashells Gluegun…