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 …
Minecraft
Not sure what all the fuss is about Minecraft? I’m one of those weird moms that actually plays the video games, so I’m happy to explain it to you! Minecraft is just an elaborate box of electronic LEGOS–a video game version of old fashioned building blocks…but with people, animals and even monsters thrown into the …
Mitch and I have been playing Minecraft since he was a 5 year-old noob terrified of skellies and Herobrine! We been through redstone updates, mods, servers and explored platforms from Pocket Edition to Bedrock. I even spent a few years as a moderator on a super cool, family friendly server called Cubeville. So, when I …
Tackle some real Minecrafting with the kids by making a set of Minecraft light up blocks in Emerald, Diamond, Redstone and Glowstone! I’ve got a free printable to help you out! (Just a reminder, Minecraft is owned by Mojang. Download your copy here! This post is not sponsored, it’s just full of fan-o-rific love for all …
Does your kid spend way too much time with Steve and the Creepers? Want to give him or her a break from Minecraft without causing a panic? Then keep reading! We’ve got some great (mostly) screen free Minecraft paper craft toys you can buy or download for free! Sure, they’re still playing Minecraft, but now …
Here’s Mitch’s third Minecraft costume: himself! I wanted to make him a cool “Steve” costume with full armor, but we decided to ditch the square-head-hat* in favor of a more comfortable set of Minecraft style diamond armor. *A mom’s full disclosure on costumes with cardboard heads: Every year I ended up carrying around Mitch’s costume head.We made the …
We’ve been playing Minecraft for a while now, and every fall we have the same problem. Where are the Minecraft costumes?? I’ll admit, it’s gotten easier to find the parts now that Minecraft is so uber popular, but store bought costumes are never quite at good as homemade. Mitch has been a Creeper, a Enderman …
We love playing Minecraft around here, but we also like to take a break from our screen and get our hands dirty! Blending our favorite video game with real life arts and crafts is a great way to get your kids to step away from the digital world. At least for a little while. Mitch …