Category Archives: Made by my kids

DIY etch paper

Posted on February 17, 2015 by

My kids have had a crafty streak lately, and I wanted something we could work on together, so it had to be easy. Although I have made this before a valentine one of my kids brought home from school inspired … Continue reading →

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Old to new ornaments

Posted on August 19, 2014 by

My sister decorates a tree outside a nearby museum for a local historical society. She decorates it (with my kids help then we go for lunch) around Thanksgiving and takes down the ornaments after Christmas. After a couple of years … Continue reading →

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Sponge painted shirts

Posted on July 28, 2014 by

I started by cutting the designs the kids picked out of freezer paper and ironing it onto 2 of the shirts from Dollar Tree. Yes this is a copy of the same Browning heart I did for a contact paper … Continue reading →

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Painted toolboxes

Posted on June 11, 2014 by

The kids had a blast painting thier toolboxes today. Allthough I wouldn’t have used that many colors they turned out pretty cute.

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Cool tool boxes

Posted on June 10, 2014 by

I helped my kids build their tool box kids from Home Depot. (ok I did most of it) Although the kids will probably end up playing with these, they want to put the father’s day presents for my husband in … Continue reading →

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Sewing lesson.

Posted on May 27, 2014 by

My daughter was home sick from school today, since she is already feeling better after a dose of medicine and was complaining about being bored I decided to give her a sewing lesson and letting her mend a few holes … Continue reading →

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Here birdy birdy

Posted on March 28, 2014 by

My husband and kids finally made some birdhouses! My husband was given some scraps of wood and cut them up and did most of the work putting them together. The kids did get to put in a few nails. Yes … Continue reading →

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Thank you Home Depot

Posted on March 26, 2014 by

My son has been asking to build a birdhouse, while his version used only popcicle sticks I found one online on Home Depot’s website. According to what it said they had several in stock at my prefered location. The website … Continue reading →

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Teacher gifts

Posted on December 17, 2013 by

The kids and I made ornaments for their teachers again this year. We started with plain ornaments, buttons, and glue. And glued the buttons to the ornaments. The kids helped but I did most of the glueing.

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Sand paper shirt

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

While waiting for an appointment for my daughter an awesome program called “Child Life” comes in and does projects with her and make sure she has toys to play with or games to play while we wait. Todays project Child … Continue reading →

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