Recycle those old jars into cool, kid safe, LED powered painted luminaries! We used recycled jars from the kitchen, acrylic craft paint, old brushes and LED tea light candles to make these awesome little pumpkin lights. What kind of Jar make good Luminaries? Any kind that’s big enough to hold a candle! I’ve collected quite …
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Scavenger Hunts are easy to plan, simple to play and super cheap! All you need is paper and a pencil for a basic hunt to keep your kids busy for a while. Scavenger Hunts made Simple The hardest part of creating a scavenger hunt game for you kid is coming up with the ideas. You’re …
Here’s a great 3D paper pumpkin for fall that your kids can craft with just a tiny bit of help from mom. You can make it from a few sheets of orange construction paper and a green fuzzy stick. The free standing style of this 3D pumpkin makes a great center piece or a decoration …
Minecraft Creepers have become a classic costume over the last couple years. This post will show you how to make a Creeper suit that’s soft and flexible where it counts — so your kid can sit down. You can also use the tutorial below to make your own Creeper Head from a cardboard box. Halloween …
Mitch wanted to be an Enderman for Halloween, so of course we made him an awesome costume! The previous year Mitch was a Creeper. I made him a pretty decent Creeper costume out of green felt, a green sweat suit and 12×12 box from FedEx. It took a while to hot glue all those squares …
A good Pinterest worthy Halloween costume for your kid does NOT have to cost you an arm and a leg! Don’t be tempted to browse that big box store costume aisle–you know everything there is either cheap or sleazy. Or both. Yes, you really can make an awesome kid’s costume that your kid is proud to wear to that …
I found some really cool DIY snow globes over at Michaels the other day and couldn’t wait until Christmas to use them! I also thought it would be fun to put a Halloween Peep in the globe…which kinda means I couldn’t put water or glycerin in the darn things! That’s when I remembered seeing ideas …
If your kids are too small to carve a jack-o-lantern with a knife this Halloween, try a snazzy no carve pumpkin instead! You can decorate real pumpkins, cute little mini pumpkins, or faux pumpkins. When Mitch was a little guy he had a serious thing for googly eyes. He’d put them on Every. Freaking. Thing! …