A crush I have, dreams of homesteading, recycled yoga leggings, a gift guide recap, a limited-edition set of prints, what I can’t stop watching on YouTube, a new favorite Instagram feed, a minimal guest suite, a mid-century remodel, and a trip to Seattle.

***WARNING***Image-Heavy Post – I really love this outfit!!!!*** This was a very spur of the moment make. Only a couple of weeks before Christmas I decided to make it all of a sudden one afte…

À seulement 28 ans, cette peintre originaire du Sud-Ouest, qui s’est fait connaître avec ses portraits ensoleillés et ultra colorés, présente son premier solo show à Paris à la galerie des Tournelles. À ne pas manquer jusqu’à dimanche.

We had a guest teacher week some weeks ago, she thought us some fabric manipulation techniques. My favourite was learning how to smock fabrics, since that is a technique I have been curious about b…

Use these STEM Experiments in your classroom to engage your students! Free from The Curriculum Corner and The Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

You might want to have a fresh pair of undies ready. Just sayin’. I was conferred my PhD last week (or fortnight, or thereabouts-which, by the way, is not the reason for the above suggestion, altho…

Hey ! Hey! Don’t yell at me. I didn’t come up with the book week parade, but I might be able to help yours be more joyful. I have looked around and found a few interesting ideas. Think…

You might want to have a fresh pair of undies ready. Just sayin’. I was conferred my PhD last week (or fortnight, or thereabouts-which, by the way, is not the reason for the above suggestion, altho…

Decoration on crazy quilt block: This detail on block 48 of the I Dropped the Button Box crazy quilt is what I call a floral spray. The motif is made up of bullion roses and detached chain stitches are used for the leaves. Both are worked in wool. I then further embellished …

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This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Self-Absorbed by Peggy Dembicer, Paper Moon papertoy/poster by Custom Paper Toys, and Retiradao da net by XODÓ

This simple little no sew drawstring pouches are great for holding tiny treasures! All you need is felt and string and some charms or beads if desired!

Hi! Welcome to this week’s Pinterest Party. Every week Michele from The Scrap Shoppe, Bev from Flamingo Toes, Kara from Mine for the Making or I (Malia from Yesterday on Tuesday) get the opportunity to introduce you to a featured Pinterest Pinner. This week’s pinner is… Jenny from Upcycled Nest. She has 46 Boards and ... Read More about Pinterest Feature Friday

We're winding down on Fascinating Science for Kids experiments...we only have two left! Today we're learning how to make a compass using water, a bowl, a

Bring the band alive at your home with these DIY Musical Instruments for Kids to Make and play! And they actually make music, too!

Thanks so much for all of your support of my new collection last week!! I’m thrilled with how well it’s been received :) And now i’m back to finishing my Christmas stuff – yay!! I doubt i’ll get through the remaining 9 posts i had planned before christmas, but i’ll try :) Sooo, Bunny’s school has a Christmas show every year. It’s a small private school and they are adding on a new grade each year – so that means that this year they were running seriously short on costumes. My inability to say no, meant I ended up making 20 shepherd and angel costumes. I have to admit it almost killed me. You all know how incredibly busy I am, so adding hours more work into my almost zero free time was hard. But […]

Even if you're not a fan of snake you'll have to admit this accordion paper snake craft is just adorable! A easy craft project for you to do with your kids and a great start to

Ever since I was a child, I have loved watching the Olympics. It’s my dream to one day attend an event in person, but for now, I’ll settle with getting…

When you get a chance, take a few minutes to read this well done article with Boat Building Academy. A marriage of Tradition and Technology.

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Cheap fun. I love it. And when I tally the expenses for this history craft, they're nominal. But the amount of fun that has resulted is priceless. When my oldest son and I read our second book in the "Your Life as ..." series by Thomas Kingsley Troupe, I immediately thought of a great craft extension to our lesson on Vikings. But enough about me. Let me tell you about this amazing book: Your Life as an Explorer on a Viking Ship. Just like our last experience with one of Troupe's storytelling adventures (see the book recommendation and Colonial crafts we made here), we were transported back in time as we imagined the life of 11-year old Leif Grimmson, son of Grimr the Grouch, in the year 812, as he left his family farm in Denmark to explore with the Vikings. The book intertwines the story of Leif's adventure with loads of interesting historical facts. A few of the things we learned included: Most Vikings were farmers. The parts of a boat: stern, oars, oar ports, hull, prow, sail, and mast. Vikings played a game that is believed to be similar to chess, called Hnefatafl. Shields kept Vikings safe in battle. Most were made of pinewood. Now it was time to make our own version of a Viking shield!! Supply List (for one shield) Large piece of cardboard Empty, clean plastic gallon-size milk jug Duck tape (the original grey stuff) Paint (optional) Nailhead-looking apparel findings (we got ours in the button aisle) (optional) Glue gun Thanks to all the packaging from holiday gifts, we had a surplus of corrugated cardboard. I snagged a few pieces before it went out to the curb with the week's recyclables. We used a round pizza pan to trace the circle and then I used an Exacto craft knife to cut the circle out. Now I queried "Viking Shield" on Google images. My son and I looked at all the pictures on my computer and he decided on a design. With a large cross made with duck tape, the shield instantly had a wood-and-metal look. At the time, he had no interest in painting the shield so, we ran another length of duck tape along the shield's edge, clipping it every inch or so to enable it to fold around the circular shape of the shield easily. Don't worry if you don't get the tape to lay flat; that adds to the rustic look! Next, he used the low-temp glue gun to attach some apparel findings that resembled nail heads. Now all that was left to do was add a handle. I used the Exacto craft knife to cut out the handle of a plastic milk jug. He used the low-temp glue gun to attach it to the back of the shield. When little brother came home from preschool, he immediately asked if I'd make him a shield. For his, I masked off two areas with blue painters tape and brushed on acrylic craft paint. Then I added woodgrain with a brown fine point Sharpie. Lastly, I glued on a clean, empty single-serve applesauce cup covered in duck tape to the center. Now, of course, our oldest saw this and suddenly wanted his shield painted, so out came the paints again! The red paint looks great. I love the final result! And, while our boys certainly aren't pillaging any villages with their new "armor," the shields have worked wonders blocking the fire of Nerf gun darts!

We’ve been reading a lot of Thanksgiving books about feasts and Turkeys and about that perilous Atlantic journey in the Mayflower. My daughter is fascinated by ships and we looked for a few …

These science experiments for kids are a great alternative or addition to fireworks during the holiday season. Check out these POPPING science experiments.

Polymerization -- Turn milk and vinegar into stone, plastic, buttermilk, yogurt or milk -- discrepant event.

We are building a simple popsicle stick catapult for kids. This science and STEM activity works well for kids of all ages at home or in the classroom. We

Somehow summer is over and I have no idea how that happened. Maybe its the weather - it's been hot, hot, hot and sticky for the last couple of weeks around here - but whatever it is, I am NOT ready! Regardless of my desire to stop time, my middle kiddo goes back to school tomorrow and my oldest has been in school for almost three weeks. (Which is still hard for me to wrap my mind around since we are so used to starting school after Labor Day.) This year we compiled a "Summer Fun List" of around 30 things we wanted to do during the summer. (We still have several items on our Summer Fun List that we haven't completed, but I'm going to claim an extension until the autumnal equinox on September 22nd for those. Is that cheating?) This activity was inspired by one of the list items - "Go Stargazing". I found a site called Lie Back Look Up that has a lot of great activities, including a printable star map for kids which I printed out and brought with us to the beach in early August. The girls were able to find a couple of the easier constellations (i.e. The Big Dipper) but were struggling with identifying the others. (I think its a bit like using a microscope with children. You may know what you are seeing, but the kids can't distinguish between an air bubble and an amoeba due to their limited experience.) When we got home, I started thinking about ways to explore the constellations with them. I found an awesome book by HA Rey (the creator of Curious George) called Find the Constellations. I also saw quite a few constellation cards on Pinterest - check out my Science with Kids board to see some of them. My favorite are these from Lie Back, Look Up that includes information about each of the constellations on the back. We printed those, laminated them and stuck them on a key ring for future reference. Then I had a flashback to my own elementary school days and remembered making constellation tubes out of those black plastic film canisters. Since those are pretty few and far between these days (who uses film?!?) I thought we could make them using toilet paper tubes (one of my favorite things to repurpose). I found a few examples on the web, but no super clear instructions and since I did them completely wrong the first time, I figured it might be a good DIY project to write up in case other people have the same problems that I had. So, here it is. Let me know if you make them and have any feedback!! Step 1: Print out the constellation patterns from the About.com Space site. I think these may have originally been intended for use with the smaller film canisters because I found that I needed to print them at 120% size to match the approximate diameter of the toilet paper tube. The other key thing here is to make sure to select "flip horizontally" found under the 'layout' option in the print screen. I ended up with inverted constellations the first time because I didn't do this step. Because the words also end up flipped, I would print out an extra sheet not flipped so that you can use it as a reference. (I developed the ability to read upside down pretty well when I was teaching in the classroom but trying to read stuff flipped gives me a headache!) Step 2: Gather the rest of your materials. We used the following: empty toilet paper tubes glue stick tape scissors black construction paper squares (4.5" x 4.5") black sharpie marker giant push pin cork board Step 3: Cut around the outside, dotted line around the constellation pattern. Glue to the center of the construction paper. Step 4: Place the construction paper on the piece of cork board (I doubled it because my cork was fairly thin) and use the giant push pin to punch holes where the stars are located in the pattern. Step 5: Trim around the square into a rough circle shape (it does not need to be perfect!!). Then make cuts from the outer edge of the construction paper into the center, but do not cut into the constellation pattern. This allows for easy attaching of the construction paper to the cardboard tube. I made cuts to divide the piece into 8 wedges - you could probably do more to make the fit even smoother, but I wouldn't do less. Prefold the wedges by holding the circle with your thumb on the edge of the white constellation paper and folding the wedge upwards. Step 6: Center the constellation in the top of the cardboard tube and tape each wedge down. Start with the wedges opposite each other (i.e. 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock) then move on to the ones perpendicular to those (i.e. 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock). Finally tape the remaining 4 wedges down then go all the way around with another long piece of tape to add extra security. (You could also use duct tape here.) Step 7: Using the sharpie marker, write the name of the constellation on the side of the tube. Step 8: Close one eye and use the other eye to look through the tube at the constellation pattern. Start by sharing the name of the constellation with your child and have them look through the tube at the pattern. As they get more comfortable with the patterns, do it the opposite way and see if they can tell you the name of the constellation after viewing the pattern. Step 9: Because the tubes are fairly delicate, store them in a secure box. We chose to use a fairly thick shoe box. Also, because we only had enough rolls to make 4 constellation tubes to start, I put the extra patterns in the box as well so we could make more as we collected more empty toilet paper rolls.

The Bible's Jonah Crafts for your kids. A fun DIY post from Seattle area family lifestyle blog Long Wait For Isabella.

Stunning images of iconic libraries from all over the globe.

Learn how to make crystal egg geodes for Easter with Professor Figgy on The Martha Stewart Show.

8,5-inch sculptuur van een Victoriaanse geest die tevoorschijn komt uit een antieke spiegel gegoten in hars. Gegoten in een doorschijnende hars, glow in the dark, en met de hand beschilderd met een koperen hanger aan de achterkant. Pre-order, verwacht verzending binnen 2-3 weken

Try out this super easy homemade flubber recipe. It only takes five minutes to prepare but will delight your kids for hours.

Amazing Book week costume ideas to help you get a little creative for this years book week parade.

Make your own kite with this collection of DIY tutorials and projects from Mari of Small for Big!

Dear Fern, FINALLY! I thought this winter would never end. And, if next week's forecast is to be believed, perhaps it hasn't. But I'm choosing to ignore that. It seems the warmer days are starting to outnumber the colder days and little green sprouts are starting to pop up in...

p>This has to be one of the best things I've seen lately. and the Brooding Hen has the whole tutorial on their site.

Figuring out how to balance objects is something that fascinates children. Whether it is trying to balancing the same type of objects on either side of a

Easy Viking Ship Craft for Kids for a Viking unit study. Made out of recycled materials from home. Great for history fair projects and small world play.

Harry Potter Week! Make your own Magic Wands! ~ These turned out great--Not your generic magic wands! I love the bright colors and ...

These egg shakers are easy to make - and kids love them! How many different things can you come up with to fill them with?

This rose petal salve recipe is made with real rose petals plus rosehip seed oil for amazing benefits when applied to mature, sun-damaged & dry skin.

Find out how to make a bottle rocket and learn about air pressure and Newton's Third Law as you launch the water bottle rocket into the air.

Philip and the Ethiopian activity to accompany the story in Acts 8, full instructions and downloadable templates. Part of a whole lesson onsite.

m Elternfragen-Interview verrät Conni-Erfinderin Liane Schneider, wie es zu "Conni" gekommen ist, warum Connis Mutter so entspannt ist und wie politisch Conni-Bücher eigentlich sein wollen.

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