We once attended a Halloween party where the doughnuts were strung on lines from which you had to nibble them. The apples were hung by their stems and were eaten on the fly…The coffee was labeled “witches brew” and ladled out of a big iron kettle. In expensive decorations may be made from cornstalks, pumpkins, [...]

Here’s a fun way to reuse those worn-down stubs of crayons. They really work!
What You Need:
You can get fancy with colors,or just keep it simple.
* Old crayons
* Microwavable cup
* Paper towels
* Cookie cutters
* Pot holders
* Waxed paper
1. Peel the paper off crayons and break crayons into 1 inch pieces.
2. Place three or four pieces of [...]

Coffee Filter Easter Eggs
Coffee filters, food coloring, straws or eye droppers
Cut coffee filters into oval egg shapes. Fill cups or dishes with 1/4 cup of water, one for each color, and add a few drops of food coloring to each. Use straws or eye droppers to drip colored water onto the egg shapes. Use many [...]

You will need:
The shells of 6 eggs
1 tsp very hot water from the tap
1 tsp flour
Food Coloring
Wash the eggshells well, so they don’t have any egg left in them. Dry them and grind them with a rock on the sidewalk or other concrete surface. Make sure the rock you’re using for grinding is clean so [...]

All of these projects were done with my four year old with materials we had on hand. We’ve decided that lights will be the only item on our tree that we don’t make ourselves, so last year we started making our own ornaments to decorate our home and tree with. Here is what we’ve done [...]

I recently picked up a lot of Little Golden Books off of Ebay that were a great find. Some are books that I remember having as a child, which makes them extra special to share with my son. For $5, we got 22 books; after picking through them, I only had to toss out two [...]

It’s Ostara/Easter time, and we all know what that means- its time to decorate some eggs, my favourite part of spending time in the USA for Ostara was decorating eggs, this wasn’t something we done in Ireland! Here are some fun alternatives to store-bought kits that you can use to create unique Ostara/Easter eggs with [...]

The Biscuit book series. These books are too cute, I just got a lot of 5 of them off Ebay (I was silly though, I paid $15 w/shipping and you can get almost the same set for $10 lol).
Anyway, they came today, they are so cute, and my son read two pages by himself!
Amanda
We like [...]

MAKE A SCRAPBOOK!
Need a way to pass a rainy day? Why don’t you create a scrapbook for all of your memories?
How you can do it:
Get some supplies:
You’ll need:
A blank scrapbook OR the material to make your own.
If you decide to make your own book, you’ll need: paper thick enough to make the cover and [...]