DIY Flower Birthday Party Decorations With Elmer’s Painters #ExpressYourself

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I love this time of year when all the flowers are starting to bloom! I decided to come up with some DIY flower party decorations, that would be easy to recreate, with some bright spring colors to catch party goers eyes. With the help of Elmer’s Painters here’s what I came up with! First up [...]

6 Fun Easter Craft Ideas For Kids

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I love to put together several  fun Easter craft and food roundups to share this week, this last one has some fun last minute Easter craft ideas from a few of my bloggy friends. They came through with several great ideas, check them out! You can click on the underlined link to check out the [...]

Easter Bunny Flower Pot Craft Idea

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I made this super easy Easter Bunny flower pot the other day. It would be fun to make with the kids for your Easter table centerpiece, or to decorate your window ledge for spring.  I purchased the wheat grass at our local Meijer store for around $2. The rest of the supplies I already had [...]

In Like a Lion Paper Plate Craft

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I love paper plate crafts! Today I have a really cute lion paper plate craft in case your March comes in like a lion later this week! Or maybe it will go out like a lion later next month? Hmmm… This lion paper plate craft isn’t too difficult to make, and you only need a [...]

The Heart Project~ Working Together to Make a Difference

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Jamie from Hands on We Grow has put together a wonderful project to benefit the American Heart Association, in honor of her husband’s cousin Ellie, you can read her story here: Ellie’s Story. I’m super excited to be a part of the collaboration, and to have one of my crafts included in the project. 70+ [...]

9 Homemade Valentine Ideas For Kids

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It’s so fun, and so much more meaningful to make homemade Valentine’s Day cards versus buying them. I wanted to share a few of my favorite ideas. I love Pinterest, and I’ve found some really cute hand made Valentine’s Day card ideas. Just click on the link at the bottom of the photo to get [...]

Kid’s Homemade Valentine Idea: Stitched Burlap Heart Pillow

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I have a fun kid’s homemade Valentine idea to share with you today. I’ve been fascinated with burlap lately. A couple weeks ago I created the burlap bulletin board for my niece, today I have a cute little handmade stitched burlap heart pillow to send a message to your special Valentine! Check it out! Here’s [...]

Elmer’s Holiday Project~ Making Frugal Gifts Under $10 #GlueNGlitter #cbias #elmersholiday

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I wanted to make a gift for my nieces. Something they could use, but something not too difficult to create since it’s so last minute. We also have a spending limit of $10, so I decided I would recreate this really cool burlap bulletin board I saw at Ballard Designs: Burlap Message Board. I wanted [...]

Preserve Family Memories With Sandisk Memory Vault

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I love to take photos! In fact I just bought a brand new D5100 Nikon DSLR camera a couple weeks ago so I can take even more photos, and learn more about taking great pictures. The only problem I have is how to back all those photos up. I print out some, use some on [...]

Snow Globe Craft Ideas~ 12 Fun Things For Christmas

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I have something fun I want to try over the next 12 days. I would like to share some theme specific craft and food ideas for Christmas and the holidays. First up I have all the really cool snow globe craft ideas I’ve found over the last couple weeks. I really need to give a [...]

Winter Fun Project With Boys and Girl’s Club of America #GlueNGlitter #cbias

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Today I have a fun project to share with you. The project is going to be my entry into the Boys & Girl’s Clubs of America and Elmer’s Projects For Great Futures. This holiday season Elmer’s is partnering with Boys & Girls Clubs of America and challenging their customers to use their creativity to help [...]

Poinsettia Pinwheel Craft~ Fun Christmas Craft Idea For Kids

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Pinwheels aren’t just for summer! They can also make a fun and festive holiday decoration if you make them from red construction paper they can look just like the beautiful Christmas poinsettia. Pinwheel Poinsettias are a fun craft for a group of kids at a Christmas party, or just to make for fun. They can [...]

5 Fun Veteran’s Day- Patriotic Craft Ideas For Kids

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Veterans Day is a wonderful time to teach children about our nation and the people who serve and protect it. It’s also a wonderful time to do some fun patriotic crafts, so I thought I’d put together a few of my favorites to share. Each craft has a link back to the original website where [...]

Elmer’s College Football Ohio State vs Indiana Game Project #GlueNGlitter #CBias

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My son loves to watch college football on the weekends! We try to make the games a family affair whenever we can and we all check out the game together. Since we live in Ohio, of course we’re big Ohio Stat fans at our house! Go Bucks! I thought it would be fun to make [...]

Cooking and Science: The Chemistry of Baking Soda #gluenglitter #CBIAS

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We had the opportunity to participate in the #CBIAS #elmerscienceready Science project this week. I was really excited to do this science project! I love to cook, and I’m always interested in finding out the chemistry that goes into making my favorite baking goods, so we decided to ask the question: What are the main differences [...]

5 Super Cute Kid’s Painted Pumpkin Decorating Ideas

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Our local Pumpkin Show was this last week and it always amazes me how adorably cute the painted pumpkin ideas are! This year was definitely no exception, so I thought I’d share a few of my favorites, and hopefully they will inspire some of you when you’re painting pumpkins with your kids this year. I [...]

Organizing The Craft Room

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I love to do crafty things, but I never can find what I’m looking for when I’m in the middle of creating. I know I have it there somewhere, but where is the big question. I’ve always kept all my crafting supplies in plastic totes. Brother gave me the the opportunity to revamp my craft [...]

Veggie People~ Who Says You Can’t Play With Your Food?

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This time of year fresh veggies are plentiful in our area. Sometimes it’s hard to get kids to eat their fruits and vegetables, but maybe they’d into playing with them. You can make veggie (and fruit) people from any fresh vegetables you have on hand. It can be a fun afternoon craft idea, and you [...]

Easy Back To School Locker Photo Holder With Scotch Restickable Tabs

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I can’t believe the kids are going back to school already! It seems like the summer’s just started! When I was in school I always hated how plain my locker was at the beginning of the year, I always had to hang some photos, or do something to spice it up. Scotch has some cool [...]

What’s Old Is New: Incredible Shrinky Dink Maker

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Big Time Toys is launching a new child safe oven for kids to bake their Shrinky Dinks in. The Incredible Shrinky Dink Maker is combining an old idea with a new twist, instead of using the regular oven to bake their Shrinky Dinks, kids can bake their own, with parental supervision of course! Shrinky Dinks [...]