Category: Easy Crafts to Make
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How to Make a Paper Doll
Learn how to make a paper doll with this sweet tutorial! When I was a little girl we had a small box with several different kinds of paper dolls inside. I had a Victorian family as well as a cat (I think it was Beatrix Potter’s Tom Kitten) and my sisters had several sets of…
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Sweet Notes & Hot Chocolate – Meaningful Gifts 101
The road to creating more meaningful gifts began many years ago, before I even knew what a meaningful gift was. One Christmas, my mom bought me a small volume of Emily Dickinson’s poetry, wrapped it up, and handed it to me. I had not asked for this book though at the time I was immersed…
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How to Make Book Page Art
When my mom was a teacher, she would often round up a stack of discarded books from the library at the end of the school year and give them to me. Some of these books were childhood favorites that were worn from overuse but some were uninteresting tomes that were a bit painful to read.…
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How to Paint a Journal Cover
One of the treats of going to The Hello Sessions last month was getting some creative time at the end of the day. When I walked past the room with tables set up and small blank sketchbooks at each place, I turned back around and made a beeline for a chair. The strange irony was…
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How to Make Ocean-themed Hoop Art
Growing up in a little town in Southern California meant we spent many Saturday afternoons at the beach. My mom would pack a lunch and the quintessential bags of beach towels, extra clothes, and plastic buckets for sand castle making. It’s funny because I’ve never really enjoyed swimming out in the ocean but being at…
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How to Make Name Cards (With a Secret Message)
For as long as I can remember, my mom has made name cards for holiday dinners. Sometimes she paints our names, sometimes they are written in her beautiful handwriting, and there have definitely been times when she’s pulled out her calligraphy pen and made the name cards extra fancy. In light of this, as I…
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Kid’s Table Craft: Table Runner
After I made napkin rings for the kid’s table, I had an entire cereal box that was crying out to be used. And since we were so busy decorating the kid’s table, I figured a table runner was definitely in order. You mean, your kid’s table doesn’t have a table runner? Oh well, I still…
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Kid’s Table Craft: Napkin Rings
The kid’s table. In some families, it’s a thing of legend. The tables off to the side covered in paper so the kids can draw on the “tablecloth”, the paper plates in bright, festive colors at each setting, and the centerpiece that ends up being a source of entertainment for the little ones. Whether or…
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How to Make Felt Food
Have you seen the cute felt food you can buy for imaginary play these days? I’ve been wanting to buy my daughter something like this for a while but the price always holds me back. Okay, the sheer volume of tiny elements that can be easily lost also holds me back. I know that, in…
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This Was August
It’s always surreal writing these monthly recaps. I started out writing them because I was inspired by Emily from Chatting At The Sky’s monthly recap (and link party.) They’re a great way to look back at the month, but super surreal because the months go by So Fast. I’ve just decided to own that I…