These retro cheesecloth ghosts are simple to make and add a touch of whimsy to your Halloween decor! When I was little, my mom and I made these cheesecloth ghosts to add to the Halloween decorations. Several years ago I saw some cheesecloth for 5 cents at a thrift store, so I picked it up…
An easy to make craft for kids who love wild animals My 8-year-old daughter is obsessed with all things cheetah. 95% of her wardrobe features cheetah print, her lunchbox and backpack are cheetah print, she recently checked a book out of the library all about cheetahs, and I’m pretty sure that she wants to actually…
This Cheshire Cat costume idea is so easy to put together that anyone can do it—no sewing required! A few years ago, my girls did an Alice in Wonderland costume theme for Halloween. My oldest daughter came up with the ideas for this super-easy Cheshire Cat costume all on her own. Not only is it easy,…
The problem with living in a very old house is that the list of improvement projects is never ending. Well, this front door project has been on my list forEVER! We’ve now lived in our house for five years. It was built circa 1908, so it’s already seen many a tough winter, and we did…
Did you know that Harry Potter is turning 34 years old this week? No? Well, trust me, he is. I am excited to be participating in a Happy Harry Potter Series with Marissa at Rae Gun Ramblings to celebrate this momentous occasion! What could be better than a bunch of bloggers who love Harry Potter…
We went shopping a couple of weeks ago and my oldest daughter fell in love with a pair of denim shorts that had patriotic stars and stripes printed on them. We didn’t get them for a couple of reasons: 1) They were ridiculously expensive for so little material 2) I told her we could make…
This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Sharpie, but all my opinions are my own. My laundry room is a dungeon. At least, it was until I painted it a bright, sunny yellow. Now it’s only a semi-dungeon. It’s down in our unfinished 100-year-old basement, and…
I really wanted to have a little herb garden in my backyard this summer. A couple of summers ago, I tried to plant an herb garden in the ancient garden bed in the corner of my backyard, but the very day I got my cute little herbs planted a gigantic maple tree fell on them….
Looking for a cute end of year teacher gift, or just something fun to give your friends to celebrate the beginning of summer? Try this adorable tumbler filled with fun orange things and a fun Orange You Glad It’s Summer printable tag. School’s almost out, and summer is pretty much here. Orange you glad? Me…
Make library trips more fun with a cute, personal library bag for your kids! Super easy to make! This post is part of an ongoing Summer Reading for Kids series. Click HERE to find ideas for reading activities, reading lists, and reading incentives…and keep checking back for more! Several summers ago, we made some fun,…
Recently, we implemented a new system for chores and allowance. It is still working really well, but I have not been super pleased with my ugly, taped to the cabinets, checklists. Then we started using a different brand of tape and it began to take the paint of the cabinets. This made the need to…
In this post from 2010, I talked about making temple envelopes for my young women. It was for a lesson on temple preparation. I found a poem online somewhere and attached it to the envelopes. I had a reader email me today about what the poem was, because you can’t see the entire thing in…