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DIY Fabric-Covered Wooden Utensils
These DIY fabric-covered wooden utensils are such an easy way to dress up your kitchen or give as a great gift for a housewarming or for the holidays! These are easily customizable for a favorite color or pattern too! Or better yet, use this tutorial to dress up wooden utensils that are already in your kitchen to give them a modern touch. You only need five things to make these special utensils and they make a quick project. Keep reading for the tutorial for these beautiful DIY fabric-covered wooden utensils! Materials: Wooden utensils Cotton Fabric Mod Podge, Matte Mod Podge, Hard Coat Foam Brush While I linked to these materials…
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Cotton Swab Push: A Fine Motor Skill Activity for Toddlers
Cotton Swab Push is a great and inexpensive fine motor skills activity for your toddler that takes little time to set up and will keep your toddler entertained (at least for a few minutes :D). This is a perfect activity to add to your list of things to do for kids, whether it be a rainy day or just a regular Saturday afternoon! Even better, cotton swab push will help develop you little one’s fine motor skills and dexterity. Who knew cotton swabs could do such a thing?! There’s no need to make a special trip to the crafts store for this activity as you probably have all of the…
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Watercolor with Droppers: A Fine Motor Activity for Toddlers
With just water, food coloring, a paper towel, and a dropper, you can have a creative and stimulating activity for your toddler! This dropper art activity is such a simple craft project to do on a rainy day (or any day, really) to entertain your busy toddler while also making it a learning experience! This arts and crafts project requires zero prep time to set up and you most likely already have the materials at home! Aren’t those the best kind of projects? 😜 Materials: -Toddler/Preschooler -Water -Food coloring -Small bowls -Large, shallow bin -Paper towel -Dropper Make Colored Water The first thing to do is make the colored water!…
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DIY Eye Makeup Remover with Eyelash Conditioner
Can you really help your eyelashes grow by removing your makeup?! This DIY eye makeup remover with eyelash conditioner is not only easy to make with just four ingredients, but it smells heavenly and is nourishing to your lashes. In addition, it’s non-toxic and can save you money! Win-win-win! I made this DIY eye makeup remover when I ran out of my usual go-to store-bought brand, Neutrogena Oil-Free Makeup Remover. This project meshed well with my beautiful homemade reusable cotton squares. No waterproof mascara can stand a chance to this eye makeup remover and textured cotton squares! Read on to see how you can make your own eye makeup remover…
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Painting Ice: A “Cool” Sensory Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Painting ice? It may sound weird, but this is such a fun activity for your toddlers to do! Whether it’s a snow day or just a regular Saturday, this project will not only keep your toddler entertained (for at least a few minutes :D), but it is also sensory play that will encourage your little one to explore and unleash their inner creativity! There’s no need to make a special trip to the crafts store for this activity as you probably have all of the needed materials already. Don’t you love it when you have all of the materials needed for an arts and crafts project? Materials: Toddler/Preschooler Ice Non-toxic,…
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DIY Valentine’s Day Construction Cards for Toddlers
Valentine’s Day cards! They are so much fun to give out and to receive. What’s even better is to have your toddler make their own Valentine’s Day cards to add their own personal touch to spread the love! This is technically Remy’s second Valentine’s Day, but last year, he was so little for his official first one and he wasn’t in daycare yet. Now, he has lots of teachers and girlfriends to celebrate the day of love with, so it was time to have him make his own cards for each person! These DIY construction Valentine’s Day cards are super cute and sweet and they let your little one get…
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DIY Valentine’s Day Framed Love Quote
This blog post is a follow-up from our Sensory Valentine’s Day Art for Toddlers and will show you how to make beautiful Valentine’s Day decor using what your toddler just made using shaving cream and paint! You can also use any kind of paper you want! I thought that the marbled paper that Remy made (yes! He actually made this!) would made a great background for a love quote to frame to either hang or place on our bookshelf! My husband recently got me these pens for my Cricut Explore Air 2 and I have been wanting to test them out to do some typography prints. I love that these…
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“Lovely” Sensory Fun: Valentine’s Day Art for Toddlers
Ever since having Remy in our lives, holidays have gotten a lot more fun! Not only am I super excited to see his reaction to everything, such as food, lights, and decorations, but now I get to involve him in the arts and crafts project leading up to the holiday. Since Valentine’s day is right around the corner, it is time to brainstorm on a “lovely” activity for Remy to do to celebrate LOVE. I love to make all of our activities a learning experience to expose him to as many things as possible. Thus, we have our DIY Sensory Valentine’s Day Art! This art project uses simple things from…
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DIY Reusable Cotton Squares
Looking to make the switch to a greener lifestyle? These reusable cotton squares are not only great for the environment, but they spruce up your daily beauty routine! Read on to find out how to make these beauties for yourself or a lucky friend! Why Reusable Cotton Squares? As a semi-crunchy mom, I’ve been trying to increase my “crunchiness” to help decrease our carbon footprint on our beautiful Mother Nature. We already do cloth diapers and cloth wipes, so now it was time for ME to see how I can be more green! I noticed that I use soooo many disposable cotton rounds to put on toner or to remove…
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Free Virtual Gallery Wall Designer
So you want to do a gallery wall! How fun! This is a great way to display your treasured photos, mementos, and family portraits. We recently added a gallery wall to our family room and we love how much personality it adds to our home. When planning the layout of the wall, there are many options on how to do so. You can use painter’s tape to outline your frames onto the actual wall or you can lay your frames on the floor and reorganize them that way. However, with all the technology available, I went all digital! In this post, I’ll show you how to do your own virtual…
