Weather Craft for Kids – Paper Puppets + Free Templates!

[ad_1] Make this fun weather craft for kids with a free printable template – PDF and SVG included! This fun paper craft for kids is a great educational tool and DIY paper toy template. This post contains affiliate links. I love making paper puppet templates for kids, and realized that when it comes to making stick puppets, they don’t actually have to feature specific characters! You can use stick puppets as educational tools, to promote conversation and storytelling as I did with these alphabet animal puppets. This weather craft for kids can be assembled the following ways: Print the black…

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Knitting Ring Set – Product Testing | Design Team | Blog

[ad_1] Angela and Wendy take the mystery out of our fab new Knitting Rings  Angela tested the Rectangular Knitting Rings Set: I’ve done a lot of knitting in the past but never on one of these Knit Quick looms, so I was excited when the lovely people at Beads Direct asked me to try it out and write a little blog about it. The Knit Quick Loom set comes well packaged and there are four looms of different sizes, a needle and a handy little tool. Just add wool! I decided to start with the smallest loom and to make…

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Decorating a Kid Friendly Home on a Budget * Moms and Crafters

[ad_1] Sharing is caring! Learn how to decorate a kid friendly home on a budget with these simple kid-friendly decorating tips for parents!     Is your home begging for an update? Have you had the same front entry table next to your front door since before you even had kids? Surely, by now it is covered in crayon artwork from your miniature Picasso. Prepare to get excited. Here are some great ways to decorate a kid-friendly home, without breaking the bank. Disclosure: this post contains commissioned links and images.     We recently purchased our first home, and naturally,…

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Alphabet Card Game – Printable Alphabet Animals * Moms and Crafters

[ad_1] For a while I wanted to turn the illustrations I created for my alphabet animal puppets into a fun alphabet card game – that can be used for Memory Matching, Go Fish, or Old Maid! And it’s finally here! This post contains affiliate links. Animals are such a fantastic way to teach kids a little more about the sounds that letters make and these animal alphabet drawings are fun, quirky, and include only real animals. Each one actually begins with that letter! I’ve turned it into a fun alphabet card game for you. Table of contents: Here’s the full…

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DIY Travel Activity Kit – Perfect for Airplanes or Road Trips!

[ad_1] Sharing is caring! If you’re tight on space, but want loads of entertainment, this DIY travel activity kit fills only a coupon file and is perfect for you! If you want something more full-size, check out the Traveling Coloring Pages and Do a Dot printables, or scroll down for the deets on our coupon file kits. This post contains affiliate links.   Y is a hard kid to entertain on any given day, but keep him in one spot for ten hours straight and watch what happens. Besides for piles of snacks, I knew I had to keep him…

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How to Make Hoop Earrings with Wire * Moms and Crafters

[ad_1] There are so many “real metal” jewelry ideas that can be made without advanced metalsmithing skills, so I’m thrilled to share with you today a very basic, beginner tutorial on how to make hoop earrings with wire. Before you start, you can check out this full tutorial on copper jewelry making. This post contains affiliate links. I’ve shared so many unique DIY earrings and jewelry crafts over the years. Sometimes I just like to go back to some basic skills that can allow you to take your jewelry making knowledge to the next level. Learning how to make hoop…

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8 Simple Dinner Prep Tips for Busy Moms * Moms and Crafters

[ad_1] Sharing is caring!     It’s always a struggle to get dinner on the table when you’re a busy mom, torn between work, kids, and, well… life. But it’s not impossible. With the right skills and tools, anyone can do it! I am thrilled to be partnering with Craftsy and Chef Ryan Scott to share with you some favorite dinner prep tips – that work even if you’re overwhelmed!       When it comes to cooking for my kids, I know I have no other choice.   It’s not that I don’t LOVE  a good home-cooked meal. It’s…

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Origami Apple – Beginner Origami * Moms and Crafters

[ad_1] Make a simple origami apple craft using two simple shapes combined – the perfect Origami for beginners! If you want more back to school paper crafts, check out this origami school bus. This post contains affiliate links. I originally created this origami apple as a fun craft for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, or the start of the High Holidays.But I decided that it makes a fantastic back to school paper craft too! This project is different from most origami apple tutorials in that it combines two basic techniques to form a graphic apple, rather than a more…

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Monster Birthday Party Ideas that are easy, cheap and so stinkin’ cute!

[ad_1] Sharing is caring! These monster birthday party ideas allow you to throw a ROOOAAARR scary party on a budget! This post contains affiliate links.     A monster birthday party is one of the easiest themes to work with. Add a googly eye to anything furry and you have a monster. Cut food or anything with a flower-shaped cutter, add eyes, and you have monsters. And think of all the Halloween ideas out there!     I gathered some of my favorite monster birthday party ideas from the party we threw for Y last year, some other monster crafts…

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How to make a graduated necklace with a bezelled pendant – jewellery tutorial | Design Team | Blog

[ad_1] Here a BD HQ the graduated necklace design has always been a popular design, so I decided to bling it up with a bezelled pendant. This glamorous necklace can be created and adapted in so many ways, it is definitely one of my firm favourites and I never get bored of making it. The light grey cat’s eye beads I have used are just perfect and give off a lovely effect. How lovely are the designs below using Swarovski and CrystaLove 🙂 How pretty do these look? With the simple step by step instructions for the graduated necklace, which…

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