kid-friendly crafts

We Made It: Cardboard Cat

I’m starting a new series sharing some of our favorite projects we’ve made from how-to’s by our fellow online creatives!Today we made this cute Puss n’ Boots Cardboard Art Cat made by my gal Michelle McInerey of Molly Moo for the Kids Activities Blog. Made of cardboard and popsicle sticks (and your color medium of choice), this […]

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DIY Sticker Puppets

Disclosure: I received the products in this post as part of the Blueprint Social Street Team Just about every kid in the world loves stickers, including mine. I loved them as a kid, too, I even had an entire notebook dedicated to my sticker collection (which I still have somewhere). But as a mama my […]

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How to Become a Maker Scout

Have you heard of Maker Scout? It’s a national nonprofit on a mission to get kids making through STEAM-based projects. They’re still in beta mode, but the boys and I (and a few local friends) have already been making away. Maker Scout is set up so that kids can create an online profile and earn […]

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DIY Doilies

Valentine’s Day is next week, are you ready? As a craft blogger, I feel obligated to send my kids off to school with nothing less than handmade Valentines (no pressure, right?). And with four kids that’s a lot of Valentines, so keeping it simple is a must. That’s where these DIY Doilies come into play. […]

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