Well, ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for my quarterly food craft! I’m not crafty very often, but when I am…I like to use candy as my medium of choice. I mean, I can’t feel guilty about eating 32,000 candy corns before the second week of September has even started if it’s for a CRAFT, right?!…
Halloween Treat Bag Printables & Candy-Free Goody Bags
True story: One Halloween, when I was in the third grade or so, my mom decided that she would not pass candy out that year. Because we lived in a neighborhood with only a handful of trick-or-treaters, most of the neighbors gave us full-size candy bars, or poured handful upon handful of candy into our pillowcases. The same…
DIY Power Rangers Costume
If I can make this no-sew DIY Power Ranger costume, anyone can. Seriously. It’s made with tape. I am mostly not the kind of person who makes her kids’ Halloween costumes. In theory, I’d love to. Homemade costumes are cute, they fit better, they’re unique…homemade Halloween costumes are awesome! But you know those costumes you…
Halloween Treats for Pets – Free Printable Treat Bag Labels!
Last Halloween, we were short one family member. We didn’t know it at the time, though. We *thought* our family was complete. But just a few months later, we found ourselves welcoming a new member of the family. A short, furry, four-legged family member…but a family member nonetheless. We call him Snoopy, and we are…
Get Creative with Your Caramel Apples! 13 Creative Caramel Apple Ideas
One of the treats I most associate with fall (aside from pumpkin everything, candy corn, apple cider, and sweet potato casserole) is the caramel apple. Messy, sweet, and basically a health food (I mean, most of it is made from an apple, right? And what did Benjamin Franklin say about apples? See? TOTALLY HEALTHY), caramel…
Easy DIY Centerpieces for Fall
Last year, I had the cutest centerpiece on my table. It was a big jar full of little pumpkins and cinnamon sticks, and it smelled amazing – I could smell it from the moment I’d walk into the room. It was gorgeous! But, you know, kids and dogs and all that…and this year, that centerpiece…
Easy No-Sew Care Bears Costume
When I was a kid, I loved the Care Bears. I vividly remember my parents taking me and my brother to Toys-R-Us to pick out our first Care Bears. I chose Tender Heart (because he was the leader), and my brother chose Grumpy Bear. Not long after we got them, we took a trip to Oregon. We…
Grandparents Day Printables
Grandparents Day is coming up! Honestly, we are kind of hit-or-miss with this holiday. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day seem sufficient to me, but this year I thought I’d take a little extra effort to make something fun and easy for Grandparents Day. What I came up with was a Grandparents Day printable that the…
DIY Link Costume: Breath of the Wild
I’m super excited to be working with Nintendo (so are my kids!). We received product so we could share our experiences with you. All opinions are my own. If there is a gamer in your life, you’ll be as excited as we are about the Nintendo Switch and this DIY Link costume! My kids are eight…
Printable USA Banner
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Radio Flyer. The opinions and text are all mine. Remember when you were a kid, and everything around you was a vehicle for your imagination? I remember being eight-years-old and building a fort in my front yard with some plywood, sticks, and cinder blocks left…