Parenting

These DIY cardboard box Halloween costumes for kids are a creative and inexpensive way to celebrate Halloween and dress up for trick-or-treating. Use those extra boxes you’ve got to make an innovative masterpiece. 1. Cabbage Patch Costume – Easy to make from a box. Use cardboard poster board, spray paint, painter’s tape for clean lines, …

My daughter and I made these wooden peg ghost dolls the other day as a Halloween craft. We love using wood peg dolls for crafts. In fact, Aurora and I made this wooden peg nativity a few years ago together We thought of making these ghosts when we were looking for pipe cleaners in my …

Tips for Remodeling a Dollhouse My daughter, Aurora, and I worked together to remodel her dollhouse. It was such a fun activity to do with her. I really enjoyed it and so did she. She told many people in our extended family as well as her friends about how much fun she had doing this …

My daughter wanted a Medieval birthday party. I was thinking of fun and inexpensive party favors. I thought it would be nice to make DIY Medieval Snow Globes. It ended up being a very easy, inexpensive, and quick activity that the kids loved. Among the crafts I thought of, the DIY Medieval snow globes were …

Going back to school is such a fun time of year for most children. I remember while growing up I looked forward to going back to school with great excitement. A few of the events I enjoyed were getting to know new teachers, having more opportunities available to me, buying new clothes, and switching to a more …

This is a recipe for Homemade Play Dough That Stays Soft for Months. I made this months ago and it is still super soft and pliable it even works really well in my children’s Play-Doh activity sets. When I worked in a toddler nursery for about a year, we used this play dough to save …

Below I will list the supplies and steps on how to make a DIY Just Add Magic Cookbook. I also include a free JAM cookbook design file. I made these homemade DIY Just Add Magic Cookbooks and gave them out as favors for the guests of my daughter’s Just Add Magic Birthday Party. I include …

Inexpensive and Easy Activities for Kids. Are you looking for inexpensive and easy activities that will keep your kids entertained? Here are activities that are inexpensive yet entertain your child for hours.

Food and Decor for a Peter Rabbit Party This post shows the food and decorations that I used for my son’s Peter Rabbit birthday party. To decorate, I bought a cute red wheel barrow and hoe and shovel for $10 on the local classifieds. As soon as I saw the small vintage wheel barrow, shovel …

Peter Rabbit Adults’ Tablescape When I host parties I love to decorate different tables for adult guests and kids. Growing up, I would often go to extended family parties. There were usually always tables designated for the kids and for the adults. My cousin and I who are the same age and have always been …

Our kids had Grogu, BB8, Rey, and Mandalorian Costumes (Halloween 2021). Usually, I make one if not all of my kid’s costumes but since we are in the midst of a remodel and I’ve been crunched for time, I bought them. The star of the show this year was our 6 month old boy, Brighton. …