Pom Pom Bears

I can not get over the fuzzy cuteness of these pom pom teddy bears by Sweet Paul.  Wouldn't this be the sweetest party craft?

What you’ll need:

One medium-size pom-pom
One large pom-pom
Four small pom-poms
Two tiny pom-poms
Glue gun
Braided wool

Start with hot gluing the medium pom-pom (for the head) to the large pom-pom (for the body). Glue on four smaller ones—two for the arms and two for the legs. To finish, glue on the last tiny pom-poms for the ears.
Hot glue button eyes and nose in place.
Wrap the neck with a piece of braided wool for the scarf.

(Photo by Alexandra Grablewski)

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Pom Pom Bears

Frilled Pencils

SOOOO I have been getting together a few ideas for my bunco night in February & know that I want some cute pencils for the tables.... & then I saw these fun, frilled pencils from maya made...

I am off to the store for some heart & polka dot tissue paper!



For the instructions on how to make your own frilled pencils, click here.

(photos from maya made)

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Frilled Pencils

Sun Jars

How cool are these Sun Jars for a mad scientist party, camping party, or fun summer sleepover activity?


You can find them here.


Or you can create your own (for about half the price) with these easy, step-by-step instructions.

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Sun Jars

Easter project

I saw this kids craft project on Martha Stewart & thought it would be an adorable centerpiece hanging over our Easter buffet! I am thinking a family of cute little bunny's & chicks & now I just have to find the time ...

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Easter project

Crafts from the Heart

Found a few Valentine craft ideas for the kids from Family Fun.....







Find all the details here

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Crafts from the Heart

Kids Christmas Crafts

With the kids home from school, you will invariably hear "Mom, I am BORED!" sometime over the next few days. To keep the Christmas cheer flowing, I found a few crafts that would be fun to do with the kids.

Decorate Christmas paper houses from Twelve 22 (you can download here)



Make miniature gingerbread houses



With cute little Christmas Snow Cones



Create Lego gift boxes for decorating your kids table



String a Christmas garland



Create gumdrop snowflakes



Make mini gingerbread houses for your hot cocoa



Design snowflake streamers



Create a snowflake window display



Cut out cardboard house place cards for your holiday table



Get crafting Mamas!

(photos via Twelve 22, Martha Stewart, Parents.com, Family Fun, Not Martha, Martha Stewart, & Kates Paperie)

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Kids Christmas Crafts

Turkey Craft

Check out this cute Turkey craft from Paper Source for your little ones on Thanksgiving. For older kids, they can write down what they are thankful for and place inside their turkey bag.


Click here for instructions.

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Turkey Craft

BlissFest

Arizona girls, don't miss out on BlissFest 2009 at Domestic Bliss in downtown Mesa this weekend! The weekend festivities hosted by Kristin & Dan Alber begin with a vintage western masquerade on Friday night, and then unbelievable shopping on Saturday.




Strap on your cowboy boots & mosey on out for a good ole time!

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BlissFest

Photo Coloring Pages

My girlfriend sent me this fun idea from Crayola.com. Upload your photos and turn them into coloring pages for your kids! I love this idea for family reunions, Thanksgiving, etc. Enter code PR24QCHT for a free, 24 hour trial!

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Photo Coloring Pages

Silhouette Bulletin Board

I saw this on Country Living this morning & thought it would be great to do for the entire family! Instead of my huge cork board holding all our activities, I can keep each individual's events & activites together. Now the challenge is if I can get a side profile of Coco our pug.... STEP 1. Download and print our profile templates, then use a photocopier to enlarge them by 130 percent.
STEP 2. Center each enlarged profile on an 11- by 17-inch corkboard ($4.99 per board; craftsetc.com), and trace around it with a pen.
STEP 3. Working on a protected surface, such as a chopping block or self-healing mat, slowly score the pen lines with an X-Acto knife. Because of the cork's thickness, you'll need to go over each cut several times before slicing all the way through.
STEP 4. Spray the silhouettes with two coats of flat black paint, let dry overnight, and hang with adhesive mounting strips ($2.49 for nine; officedepot.com).
Download the profile templates here.

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Silhouette Bulletin Board

Flip Flopping

Just have to finish the centerpieces and we are ready to LUAU!

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Flip Flopping

Surf's Up

Art supplies & decoration container

Used the left over ribbon from the flip flops

Surfboard craft for boys

Tiki Style

We thought it would be fun for the boys to decorate surfboards for the luau this weekend (didn't think they would like the ribbon flip flops, which I will post tomorrow). I choses a tiki theme to coordinate with our tiki plates. I am SO grateful to my Mom who is such a talented artist-she designed the tiki gods for me. Of course I had to color one for an example (too fun, I still love to color). The boys can write their names on their boards or cool phrases! I hope they have as much fun as I did!

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Surf's Up

FIESTA Crafts

Just a few last minute crafts for your Cinco de Mayo celebration from Martha Stewart. I love the placemats and pinata favor bags!

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FIESTA Crafts

Sometimes the BEST things in life are FREE

Toni at Design Dazzle posted a fun website for kids this week! The Toymaker, website of artist Marilyn Scott-Waters, has FUN, foldable, paper toys and activities. To print and download the templates, visit The Toymaker.

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Sometimes the BEST things in life are FREE

So flippin' cute

I saw these flip flop cakes on Better Homes & Gardens and thought they would be perfect for a little girls luau party (yes N.H. I am thinking of you). And I love these ribbon flip flops for a party craft for the girls-really cute & simple to do! Aloha!

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So flippin' cute