“Teddy Bears and squirrels are brown, Autumn leaves are too.” – Boy was singing the Brown color song one day. Well, why not create an autumn tree craft with brown and yellow leaves? I had the perfect paint for this craft, the do-a-dot marker set. I drew a tree in brown marker and then let…
Preschooler Thanksgiving Turkey Craft
Having a preschooler at home means that I am acutely aware of all the seasons and upcoming celebrations. In October, Boy comes home with cute ghost and pumpkin crafts, November is for turkeys and fall leaves, December is for Santa, reindeer and snowflakes, February is for hearts and I Love You cards, and so on.You…
DIY Paper Accordion Birthday Banner
You must think I am on a DIY/crafting hiatus. I just realized that most of my posts for the month of September, are recipes. What with planning a birthday and coming up with the October Photo Styling Challenge post, crafting has taken a back seat. Not to worry, I have an easy one to share…
Happy Earth Day
Happy Earth Day, folks! May every day be dedicated to the betterment of our home planet!! Find the tutorial for the brown paper bag tree craft here.
Book Page and Paper Wreaths
I love book page wreaths. They are elegant, romantic and quirky, at the same time! I have seen a lot of variations in blog-land. These are a few I have made. Since they are from my pre-blogging days, there are no step by step how-to pictures. I will try my best to explain them. 1)….
Colorful Spring Paper Wreath
Keeping up with the spirit of spring, let me show you my colorful paper wreath. I don’t have step by step pictures of it, but here is my inspiration from the Martha Stewart website. I had pinned this last fall, but decided to make a multi-colored version instead. I recycled a cardboard box for the wreath base…
A Valentine Heart
It is Valentine’s Day tomorrow. A day filled with love and hearts and chocolates and what not. Don’t get me wrong, I love Valentine’s Day. But I feel it is too commercialized a celebration. Anyhow, while I don’t put up red hearts and balloons all around the house, I wanted to do something fun for Boy. He…
