Hand And Footprint Art
Creating paintings with bare hands are fun. Doing it with the family makes it even more meaningful. So let your imagination run and get the whole family’s hands on it! Here are some tips… Materials: Canvas Acrylic Paints Brush Permanent Marker Plastic Plate [adinserter block=”11″] Steps: First thing you need to do is to […]
Make Your Own Chalkboard Paint
Chalkboards are great around the home. Kids love them. They’re also handy for leaving family messages. Or to-do lists, calendars, wall murals or shopping lists. But why stop there? Chalkboard paint can be used for handy labelling of spice and herb jars, or the pots the herbs and spices grow in, or anything else where you want a non-permanent but […]
DIY Cardboard Play Kitchen
Play sets are expensive, and soon enough the kids will outgrow them long before they wear out. So why not just build one for your kids yourself? See images below to get ideas on how to make a mini kitchen. Materials: Cardboards of different sizes Scotch tape Extra/scrap fabric for the pot holders and curtains […]
Shampoo Bottle Pencil Holder
Instead of throwing away your empty shampoo bottles, give them another purpose. Create colorful pencil and marker holders that your children will love! Materials: Empty Shampoo Bottles Scissors X-acto Knife Markers Adhesive Paper Super Glue/Glue Gun Double-sided Adhesive Steps: Remove the label from the shampoo bottle and draw the eyes, mouth and head of the […]
Confetti Bowl
This girly confetti bowl can be used to organize your child’s accessories. It’s very easy to do you can even just let your kids do all the work :) Materials: Balloon Confetti Elmer’s glue/Mod Podge Brush/Sponge Vase [adinserter block=”11″] Steps: Inflate the balloon, then let it sit on the vase so you can work on it […]
Button Tree Wall Art
Use the heap of buttons you have to make some pretty wall art. We think this is a good one to hang in your daughter’s room. Materials: Canvas Plenty of buttons Pastel Colour Spray Paint (suggested colours: purple, yellow, pink, blue) Glue Gun or E6000 Adhesive Acrylic Paint Paint Brush Dimensional Paints (suggested colours: black, brass, […]
Ladybug Rocks
Give life to the small rocks sitting all over your garden by turning them into decorative ladybugs. These ladybugs can also serve as cute paper weights. Materials: Smooth small light colored rocks, different sizes Acrylic paints (red, black, orange, brown, white) Small paint brushes Steps: Make the outline of the ladybug’s body as guide for […]
Decoupage on Candles
Make your own pretty candles by decorating them with dried flowers, or some text printed on paper – whatever you like. A little patience is needed when putting the design but overall, very easy! This particular tutorial will show how to do it with dried leaves. Materials: Nice petals and leaves Cheap white wax candles […]
Twelve ways to repurpose that cot!
Kids grow… quickly! As parents, we delight in and yet regret the speed with which change takes place. One of those changes is the first ‘big bed’. Aaah, the excitement in those little eyes as they watch the new bed being moved in to position! The cot, or crib if you prefer, is suddenly yesterday’s hero. “I’m a […]
Egg Carton Daffodils
Egg cartons! Most of us don’t give them a second thought. As long as they keep our eggs intact, we’re happy. But egg cartons are a fabulous craft resource. You can cut them up for bits or soak them and then reshape them into just about anything. This project only needs some scissors, paint, imagination […]
