Category Archive: Crafts

DIY Serving Tray

We have an ottoman that we use as a coffee table in our family room, and I like to keep a big serving tray on it so that we can put drinks or… Continue reading →

DIY Candy Corn Wreath – A Totally Sweet Craft for Fall

Every season, I like to hang something on our front door, but I didn’t have anything to go in between my cocktail umbrella wreath for summer and the skeletons that I hang for Halloween,… Continue reading →

Pinheads Revisited – The Summer Chore Chart

Back at the beginning of the summer, I made this Summer Chore Chart for the kids, with the hope that it would keep them motivated to work around the house during their break.… Continue reading →

Back to School Goldfish Crackers

  School started the other day for my kids, and I wanted to celebrate by sending a little something special for the kids to have at school. There are lots of ideas on… Continue reading →

Pizza Box Solar Oven – Hot? Not.

  Back in the Stone Age, when I was in college, an idea swept the campus like wildfire. Someone claimed that you could make chocolate chip cookies using your desk lamp. My friend… Continue reading →

DIY Designer Plates – Can You Make a Lasting Impression With a Sharpie?

Every once in a while, I come across something on the boards that seems too good to be true. For a while, I had been seeing claims about DIY Designer Plates that could… Continue reading →

DIY Crystal Ball – I Can See Clearly Now

  For a while now, I have been thinking about making a crystal ball. Not for my stint at the wizard camp, but I thought it would be a fun craft for the… Continue reading →

Beach Volcano – A Science Experiment That’s Fun!!

This week we were on vacation at the beach with the kids. They are usually pretty busy there, but I thought it might be fun to do something a little different, and I found… Continue reading →

DIY Wizard Wand

  Later this summer, I’m planning to work at a wizard-themed camp as one of the counselors. I’d gotten most of my costume ready, except for a wand, and then I found this… Continue reading →

Red, White, and Blue Strawberries for You

I realize that this post is probably a day late and a few strawberries short, but as Wilbur2020 pointed out the other day, you might still be able to use it for Bastille… Continue reading →