I created this glow in the dark spider jar in a matter of minutes! It is darling and festive for decorating a jar filled with Halloween treats. I am sharing it as my project for this edition of Craft Lightning. I love this series because it shares so many ways to be creative in ways that take fifteen minutes (or less)! This clay spider was made with Glow in …
Clay in the Classroom There are so many ways to use clay in the classroom. I love creating ways to connect with children that work and these work. My favorite clay in the classroom idea is a diversity craft that opens up possibilities for meaningful and necessary conversations about racism – a tough topic but one that must be addressed. Story Starters made from clay are great because the kids …
Creating a way to combat stress for kids is a winning idea for sure. Life can be overwhelming sometimes. Crafting makes it a more joyful and happy for me. Whether painting, drawing, sewing or creating with recycled materials – making things calms my spirit. I especially love when I make something that is totally 100% useful like this fun craft project. These balls are super fun to make with kids …
We have sooooo many supplies for school in this house. We have things for studying, for projects and for crafting. Here are a few ideas for back to school organization with recycled containers! I used some of my favorite dies that I created for Ellison Education to create the tags. Then I used packing tape to apply them to the containers that we randomly found around our house. We …
These DIY Lummi sticks are so easy to make and part of a fabulous tradition. Lummi sticks are instruments that are named after the Lummi Native American people. They are cylindrical sticks, usually roughly 7 inches long and 0.75 inches in diameter. They are often used to teach children about rhythm as a first method of making music but also a long standing tradition in scouting. I had a set that …
Make Your Own Game Pieces with Clay Let’s get started and jump right in to make your own game pieces with clay. Playing games is a great for so many reasons. Having your own custom made playing pieces makes it even better. I am not only going to (hopefully) inspire you to make your own game pieces with clay but also share some ways to use them to create fun …
We are getting prettttttty excited to see Finding Dory tonight at the theater. We have been not-so-patiently waiting for months. Because I love the characters in the movie already from Finding Nemo and my kids LOVE when I get super excited and turn our regular evenings into family parties, I created some party ideas for Finding Dory. Beware, they are awfully darn cute and might send you straight out to …
Creating mushroom crafts with paper plates is darling and fun. We are sooooo excited about the new Alice Through the Looking Glass movie that hits theaters this week! To celebrate before we head to the show, we are having a party. These paper plate mushrooms for Wonderland will be our crafty project for our guests to make. Making this one was so fun that I am pretty sure I will …
This is so MUCH fun. At Michaels there are TONS of letters in different styles and sizes to create words, messages, names and ALL THE THINGS with. There are adorably titled as Alphabet Soup. I grabbed three to make this Alphabet Soup frame for Father’s Day and couldn’t be more excited about how it turned out! It was easy peasy too. That makes it a perfect project for this editions …
Building this leprechaun trap with gumballs and gold card stock was really fun. I used a pitcher jar that I got at World Market because, well because it is a fun thing and deserves to be used. I am not really sure if this trap will actually work but the idea is that the leprechaun will either be intrigued by the gold or the gumballs. He will be soooooo overwhelmed …