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Painted Heart Tea Light Holders

February 5, 2018 By Megan 1 Comment

Painted Heart Tea Light Holders

I am in love with these sweet painted heart tea light holders we made. This was a fun collaborative effort with K and I, and not only did it give us a fun little mommy and son time together, but we now have a gorgeous new tea light holder that also functions as beautiful Valentine’s… [Read More]

Filed Under: Celebrations, Crafting Tagged With: DIY tea light holder, heart candle holder, heart tea light holder, Valentine's Day candle, Valentine's Day candle holder, Valentine's Day craft, Valentine's day tea light holder

DIY Advent Calendars

November 8, 2017 By Megan 10 Comments

DIY Advent Calendars

With Canadian Thanksgiving and Halloween behind us, Christmas seems to be in full swing over here. I’m a big fan of advent calendars – who isn’t? – and we try to do something fun and different each year. Whether it’s tiny bags with fun trinkets or cards with daily fun activities to do, we all love opening… [Read More]

Filed Under: Celebrations, Crafting Tagged With: advent calendars, DIY advent calendar, DIY advent calendars for kids, homemade advent calendars

Watercolour Easter Egg Garland

March 4, 2016 By Megan 13 Comments

Watercolour Easter Egg Garland

We started our Easter crafts this past weekend with a watercolour Easter Egg banner. This was fun and easy to do and looks great and festive hanging up. All you need are a few simple materials: Watercolour paints (we love Stockmar) Watercolour paint pad Easter Egg template (you can easily cut one out of card stock… [Read More]

Filed Under: Crafting Tagged With: easter art, easter art for kids, Easter banner, Easter egg banner, Easter egg garland, Easter garland, kids easter craft, watercolor east garland, watercolour easter garland

DIY and Handmade Gifts for Adults

December 13, 2015 By Megan Leave a Comment

DIY and Handmade Gifts for Adults

We’re busy over here working on the handmade gifts we have planned. From ring dishes to DIY brownie mixes, to fun tie dyed bookmarks, there are so many unique and creative ideas for easy, inexpensive and fun gifts for those on your gift list this year. These gifts are all also items that people would actually… [Read More]

Filed Under: Crafting, Green Living Tagged With: diy christmas gifts, diy gifts, diy gifts for adults, handmade christmas gifts, handmade gifts, handmade gifts for adults

Winter Nature Play Dough Kit

December 7, 2015 By Megan 4 Comments

Winter Nature Play Dough Kit

The weather here so far has been unseasonably mild. What about you? Even though winter is “technically” here in just 2 weeks, it feels hard to believe it when so far, I barely need a winter coat, and we’ve had just a dusting of snow so far. And Christmas! I think a white Christmas is just… [Read More]

Filed Under: Crafting, Play Tagged With: indoor nature activities, indoor winter activities, nature play dough, nature play dough kit, winter indoor fun, winter nature kit, winter play dough, winter play dough kit

Moon and Star Mobile Christmas Ornament

November 30, 2015 By Megan 12 Comments

Moon and Star Mobile Christmas Ornament

Can you believe Christmas is less than one month away? I, for one, am so, so excited! I’m a big fan of this holiday and can’t wait! Not only do I have a SUPER ecstatic 4 year old, who asks every single day “how many more days until Christms?”, but this will also be baby girl’s… [Read More]

Filed Under: Celebrations, Crafting Tagged With: moon and star christmas ornament, moon and star mobile, nature christmas ornament, Papa Please Get the Moon for Me

40+ Snowflake Crafts and Activities for Kids

November 6, 2015 By Megan 5 Comments

40+ Snowflake Crafts and Activities for Kids

It’s Friday, and this week we’re in LOVE with snowflakes!  Each week, one of our 9 co-hosts has been featuring the ideas we LOVE from that week’s theme. This link party features thematic link-ups with featured round-ups every Friday! You can link up at any time and contribute any type of family friendly post — recipe, activity, craft, home decor, etc…. [Read More]

Filed Under: Crafting, Learning Naturally, Play Tagged With: snowflake activities, snowflake crafts, snowflakes, snowflakes crafts & activities, winter kids activities, winter kids crafts

Watercolour Snowflake Mobile Craft

November 5, 2015 By Megan 5 Comments

Watercolour Snowflake Mobile Craft

With November underway, we’ve been thinking about winter, snow and of course, the holidays. We had a bout of really cold weather the other week, so we stayed inside, hosted a birthday party for K’s stuffed bunny pal (BFFs since birth), drank hot cocoa and started our first “winter” craft. Funny enough, we were back in… [Read More]

Filed Under: Crafting Tagged With: DIY mobile craft, snowflake mobile, watercolor snowflake, watercolour snowflake

Nature and Felt Campfire Craft

September 8, 2015 By Megan 6 Comments

Nature and Felt Campfire Craft

With fall coming upon us quickly, we are looking for ways to stay warm as well as more indoor-friendly activities, especially once the days get very cold. We love our little backyard campfire and use it as much as we can, including sitting around it in spring, summer and fall. K especially loves to roast marshmallows… [Read More]

Filed Under: Crafting, Play Tagged With: campfire craft, felt campfire, nature campfire craft

Recycled Fall/Autumn Tissue Paper Lantern

September 6, 2015 By Megan 3 Comments

Recycled Fall/Autumn Tissue Paper Lantern

With Fall almost here, one of our annual traditions is to make Fall/Autumn lanterns. This idea was introduced to us at our local Waldorf school, and the idea of the lit lantern is to  carry light and help guide us into the darkness of winter. K and I love working on these together. The process for… [Read More]

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