Thank you for hanging around all year! May your 2010 be the most crafty ever. See you soon!
Thursday, December 24, 2009
wishing you the very best
Thank you for hanging around all year! May your 2010 be the most crafty ever. See you soon!
Monday, December 21, 2009
Holiday Countdown: Yarn Ornaments
The process of this activity is super quick, it's the waiting to dry part that might drive yer kidlets nutty. Make them when you have some free time and the kidlets are doing the boredom dance. Stash them somewhere high on a sheet of wax paper to dry and when you check on them the next day they will be ready to hang on your tree or your gifts! You will need:
*yarn
*glue that dries clear
*scissors
*wax paper
*mess friendly zone
*cookie sheet or sturdy cardboard
*paper bowls, plates or plastic lids
*glitter
*paperclips, ornament hooks or string
scrumdilly-do it!
This can get sticky so make sure yer tots are in non-fancy togs, okee doke? Squeeze a large amount of glue into your bowl, cup or lid. Place the cookie sheet or cardboard in front of your wee one and place a sheet of wax paper on top. Grab yer ball of yarn and have your wee ones cut varying lengths, set aside.
When yer ready, roll up your kidlets sleeves and get ready for the sticky fun! Toss one noodle of yarn into the glue and get it all goopified. Have your wee one run their fingers along the length of their "noodle" to squeeze out excess glue and then shape it onto the wax paper however they like.
Add a dash pf sparkle and glitter and move on to the next ornament. Keep going until you run out of room. Place your sheet of ornaments somewhere safe to dry. They will need to dry for at least twelve hours.
Once dry, gently peel away from the wax paper. Trim off excess dried glue with scissors, add a hook or paperclip or a loop of string and have fun hanging them everywhichway! Happy Holidays!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
and zee winners are....
#1 bethany actually#4 Ninočka
#8 Elizabeth
#10 jjnhubbs
#14 Lenetta @ Nettacow
#17 Donette
#22 Lisa
#27 LJ
#32 NicNacManiac
#33 Mrs. Bambrook
congratulations folks! Keep an eye out in your email (if i have yer email) for a PDF from Kids Craft Weekly & scrumdily-do! Please email me if you have not received yer PDF prize! I only had contact info from half of you!
Friday, December 18, 2009
A Wee Bit of Eye Candy, a Shout Out to Kids Craft Weekly and a Giveaway!
Thank you for playing along! The Winners have been announced!Are you a Kids Craft Weekly Subscriber? If you haven't heard of Kids Craft Weekly then you must hop on over right now to check it out. It's free, it's weekly and it's chock full of fun projects for you and your tots! You can subscribe here. Seriously, Amber rocks the kids craft and her weekly crafty newsletter is always an inspiration. What's even cooler is that she has compiled some of the most fun projects into a nifty lil book that you can hold in your hot little hands. It's in color even! I totally recommend it.
Right now, for the holidays you can pick up a copy of Christmas Crafts and/or Christmas Cards in PDF form. Both are full, full, full of colorful crafty projects for Christmas and at $10 US for both you can't lose!
But wait, check this out, leave a comment here and I'll pop your name into a magic box and pull TEN winners to each receive a Holiday Pack (with Amber's permission of course, she's cool that way). So what are ya waiting for? Leave a comment and get ready to craft! Comments close Sunday 5pm PST. I'll announce the winners on Monday and make sure you leave me a way to contact you! Happy Crafting!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
wreath party
i entered my wreaths in a contest at Dollar Store Crafts. Will you vote for me! I'm numbers 19 & 20...but vote for your favorites, okay?
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Holiday Countdown: Make, Play, Share, Eat...
Here is a dilly of a round up of holiday friendly projects for you and your tots. All you need to do is switch up the colors to make 'em your kind of festive. Enjoy!
Make scented dough to play with and to share.
Bake up some pie crust cookies with jam!
Make cards and ornaments with Tin Foil Festive!
Make sock creatures and snow people!
Snack on sandwich bread tunrovers.
Get ooey with marshmallow puffs a la dilly-do!
...and for those of you in warmer climates, wip up some faux snow to play with!
Make scented dough to play with and to share.
Bake up some pie crust cookies with jam!
Make cards and ornaments with Tin Foil Festive!
Make sock creatures and snow people!
Snack on sandwich bread tunrovers.
Get ooey with marshmallow puffs a la dilly-do!
...and for those of you in warmer climates, wip up some faux snow to play with!
Friday, December 11, 2009
Holiday Countdown: Sweet Potato Latkes a la dilly-do!
I grew up on my mom's potato pancakes. We never ever ate them at the table as they never made it that far. From frying pan to the plate on the burner they would be snatched up and devoured all while they were too properly hot to eat. The kids in the neighborhood would smell them and come knocking on our door to see if I or my brother was home. They would lift their faces and sniff the air and ask if they smelled potato pancakes as they slowly eased themselves over the threshold and into the kitchen where yet another quick hand stole a pancake.
I would make these with my mom when I was still in grade school and while they are far from traditional they are ridiculously tasty. Your kidlets can do a fair amount of the work here. Just make sure they are not to use those sharp knives! Here's my grown-up spin to them.
{i really wanted to get you folks some pictures but we've got such grey skies, nothing is coming out...drats!)
What you need:
*1 sweet potato
*2 smallish taters or one large Russet
*1 onion
*1 egg
*2 Tablespoons of flour
*salt & pepper to taste
*skillet
*butter
*spatula
*1/4 cup measure
*blender
*knife
*peeler
Wash and clean your taters before peeling the skins off of them. Your child may do the peeling if they already know how. they can definitely clean the taters, just pop them into a bowl of sudsy water and give your kidlet a brush or sponge to clean them with. Rinse thoroughly and then peel.
Once peeled you will need to cut them into smallish chunks about the size of a quarter. Your child may be able to cut the Russet with a plastic or child friendly knife. The sweet potatoes are a bit more difficult to cut. I would recommend you do it.
Toss a handful or two of the pieces into the blender, yes, the blender! My mom gave up on grating them when I was a wee one. I suppose you could use a food processor for this as well but I have never done it that way. Adventure!
Chop up your onion as well. I would cut it into eights. Add half the onion to the blender along with the taters.
Add the egg, cap it off and blend a little. Keep adding onion and taters until you have a goopy mess. Pulse in your flour as well. If the goop is too sticky, at a little olive oil to the mix.
Melt your butter (or drizzle some olive oil) onto your skillet and get it hot. Transfer your batter to a bowl and allow your child to use the measuring cup to pour the cakes. This goes without saying but if yer tot is too small to be near the hot stove, give them some paper and art supplies and let them create while you cook. (Perhaps they can make potato stamped gift wrap?)
Cook your latkes until golden and crispy. Serve them up with your favorite side. Enjoy!
I would make these with my mom when I was still in grade school and while they are far from traditional they are ridiculously tasty. Your kidlets can do a fair amount of the work here. Just make sure they are not to use those sharp knives! Here's my grown-up spin to them.
{i really wanted to get you folks some pictures but we've got such grey skies, nothing is coming out...drats!)
What you need:
*1 sweet potato
*2 smallish taters or one large Russet
*1 onion
*1 egg
*2 Tablespoons of flour
*salt & pepper to taste
*skillet
*butter
*spatula
*1/4 cup measure
*blender
*knife
*peeler
Wash and clean your taters before peeling the skins off of them. Your child may do the peeling if they already know how. they can definitely clean the taters, just pop them into a bowl of sudsy water and give your kidlet a brush or sponge to clean them with. Rinse thoroughly and then peel.
Once peeled you will need to cut them into smallish chunks about the size of a quarter. Your child may be able to cut the Russet with a plastic or child friendly knife. The sweet potatoes are a bit more difficult to cut. I would recommend you do it.
Toss a handful or two of the pieces into the blender, yes, the blender! My mom gave up on grating them when I was a wee one. I suppose you could use a food processor for this as well but I have never done it that way. Adventure!
Chop up your onion as well. I would cut it into eights. Add half the onion to the blender along with the taters.
Add the egg, cap it off and blend a little. Keep adding onion and taters until you have a goopy mess. Pulse in your flour as well. If the goop is too sticky, at a little olive oil to the mix.
Melt your butter (or drizzle some olive oil) onto your skillet and get it hot. Transfer your batter to a bowl and allow your child to use the measuring cup to pour the cakes. This goes without saying but if yer tot is too small to be near the hot stove, give them some paper and art supplies and let them create while you cook. (Perhaps they can make potato stamped gift wrap?)
Cook your latkes until golden and crispy. Serve them up with your favorite side. Enjoy!
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