CREATE! Archive

… and a lot of these? You make an … Like most kids my sweeties are always picking wildflowers and giving me bunches of them.  I saw this cute idea from the Red Chair blog on Pinterest and just had to

In the spirt of friendship, humor, and crafty fun a bunch of us crazy bloggers are getting together to participate in a Hen Challenge today.  Women from all over the world are following the lead of Michelle from MollyMoo and creating

Last week I shared the fun the kids and I had Creating Tape Town from a super cool kit that ALEX Toys sent us to review.  This week I have another great kit to share “Make Stretch Putty” … Everything you

A few weeks ago I received some complimentary products from ALEX toys so that I could review them here on my blog.  WOOT!  The kids and I had a terrific time with them!  The first toy we would like to share

I’ve been realizing that my almost 4 year old needs more work on identifying the letters in the alphabet.  I saw an idea for making an Alphabet Monster Game from Little Family Fun.  So we made our own version with materials

I was very excited that the Virtual Book Club for Kids picked David Shannon to be the featured author this month.  He is one of my favorite authors and illustrators of children’s books.  And my favorite book of his is ..

I’ve been pretty busy this month … so I didn’t get my Easter shopping done until today.  But even so I was able to quickly put together this cute Easter gift.  I got this super cute and simple idea from Dixie

I saw this post from Happy Hooligans and we just had to try out our own version.  All you need to make these cute little yellow chicks are a few toilet paper rolls (cut in half), yellow paint (of course you could

Looking for some ways to celebrate St Patrick’s Day with children? Here are some ideas: Be sure to check out my post from last year with fun ideas such as making a leprechaun trap, an indoor gardening project of growing “hair”

Here’s a simple activity craft that I did with my 3 1/2 year old daughter today.  We started off my having me draw a simple shamrock on contact (or sticky) paper.  I learned when I was a kid that the easiest

I saw different versions of this project popping up on Pinterest, so I thought I’d give it a try.  It was super easy and took about 30 minutes on a Sunday afternoon.  I used a wooden frame that I had purchased

I let both of my kids peruse my Valentine’s Pinterest board to pick which Valentine’s they wanted to give out this year.  Henry (who will be 7 in a month) picked out this super fun Paratrooper Valentine from Paging Supermom! I