Sustainable & Creative Living
Halloween is right around the corner and you know what that means: it’s time to decorate! I’m still looking for cute ways to make my house spooky, and I’m loving this Styrofoam Ball Spider. It’s easy to make and would add a spooky touch to your entryway, hallway, or outdoor space.
If you’re looking for some ideas on what to get your older kids for their Easter basket, this post has everything you need to make a basket they’ll love! We’ve got a great list of Easter Basket Gifts for Kids complete with links and pictures of items you can find fast and and easy on Amazon just in time for Easter.
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and if you’ve got little ones who love all things Pokémon then they’re going to love giving out these Pokémon Valentine’s Day Treat Bags! They’re perfect for classroom Valentine’s Day parties and card exchanges. They also make great goodie bags for sports teams and Pokémon-themed birthdays.
These Pokémon Valentine’s Day Treat Bags are inexpensive, fun to make, and even more fun to give away! They’re a great classroom goodie bag for all Pokémon lovers and your kids are going to love giving them to all of their friends.
Everything you need to make your own Pokémon Valentine’s Day Treat Bags is in this post!
Valentine’s Day is coming up and if you’ve got little ones who love all things Pokémon then this DIY Pokeball Valentine’s Day Box is a must-do mom project. It’s perfect for classroom Valentine’s Day parties and card exchanges. Your little ones are going to absolutely love it!
Valentine’s Day classroom parties are not what they used to be when I was a kid. Card exchanges are not just cards anymore! They’ve become more extravagant- equivalent to birthday-type party favors. More often than not, my kid comes home with bags full of toys, figures, candy, and cards.
This means he needs something big to hold all of his loot. This DIY Pokéball Valentine’s Day Box is perfect and so cute for class Valentine’s Day parties. Check out my easy tutorial below.
Do you or your kids love scavenger hunts? Mine does! In recent years I have started to incorporate scavenger hunts into our gift-giving holidays to make them a little more fun and interesting. These Christmas Scavenger Hunt Clues are one of my favorites!
With Christmas just around the corner, the Advent calendars are about to come out to officially begin the Christmas countdown. If you like using wooden calendars with drawers that hold little treats (like I do) then these Christmas Scavenger Hunt Clues are a perfect addition. The clues and riddles make finding the gift a little more exciting!
My son loves a good scavenger hunt so anytime I can incorporate one I do! One of our newest favorites is using these Advent Calendar Scavenger Hunt Cards in the tiny Advent calendar boxes.
Looking for Advent calendars for teens and tweens? We found a variety of Advent calendars to suit many teen interests like brain teaser puzzles, chocolates and snacks, bath, body and beauty surprises, Marvel, Harry Potter, and Stranger Things themes. Keep reading for the full list and links.
In recent years, a surge of Advent calendars for kids has crowded the shelves of our favorite stores like Target and Walmart but not many are for teens and tweens, which is why we’ve made a list of some great ones we found on Amazon!
Looking for kids Advent calendars? In this post, you’ll find a full gift guide of the 19 Best Amazon Advent Calendars for Kids. We found a variety of family-friendly calendars like puzzles and tree decorating to some of the popular household names like Roblox and Pokémon! Keep reading for the full list and links.
Advent calendars are used to count the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. Since the dates of Advent vary every year, most store-bought paper calendars that we use at home begin on December 1st and end on Christmas Eve. In recent years, a surge of kids Advent calendars have crowded the shelves of our favorite stores, making it nearly impossible to avoid the popular countdown to Christmas.
As the Christmas countdown nears, we decided to make a list of some of the best Kids Advent Calendars found on Amazon in hopes that you find something special for the little ones who excitedly await the arrival of Christmas morning.
Looking for a cute and easy Halloween craft for kids or your kid’s classroom Halloween party? We have the cutest Play Doh monster kit you can put together in no time at all. These are perfect for Kids’ Halloween parties and trick-or-treat giveaways (with candy in them of course). You can download the printable in our Etsy shop and take a look at how to assemble them below.
This Play Doh monster kit is so fun and easy to make, that they’ve become one of my go-to Halloween crafts. They are absolutely perfect for kids’ Halloween parties at school. Every year my son’s teacher puts together a Halloween party with snacks, candy, and crafts so when the sign-up sheet comes out, I’m the first to volunteer for crafts! These treat bags, filled with items to make your own monster out of Play-Doh are always a hit- kids love them and they stimulate the senses and encourage imaginative play! [Read more…]
Starting your holiday shopping? We’ve got your gift guides covered this holiday season and we’re starting with a list of toddler Christmas gifts. All the gift ideas in this post are designed to help small children spark imagination and develop fine and gross motor skills.
Holiday shopping can be a stressful time of year for a lot of people. Most can’t decide what to buy, how much to spend, or even where to shop for that perfect Christmas gift. As a “self-proclaimed” professional shopper, I am giving you a gift guide to Walmart’s best Christmas gifts for toddlers. [Read more…]
Check out this must-have spooky DIY Puking Skeleton Halloween decoration! It’s a fun family project to add to this year’s Halloween decoration rotation and it will have all your neighbors totally spooked! If you love DIY projects as much as I do, you’re going to love making this one!
It’s almost officially FALL so I’m getting a jump on our character parade costume for school! This year’s DIY Dogman Costume is one of my favorites and super easy to make.
Do you love DIY costumes but hate sewing as much as I do? If so, this costume is perfect for you.
If you have a little one who loves Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, this DIY costume is sure to be a hit. There’s absolutely no sewing necessary, it’s inexpensive to make, and it’s perfect for our 95° Florida Fall weather!
Easter is almost here and we’ve got another fun DIY for you! Check out this adorable DIY Pokéball Easter Egg Card Holder. It’s cheap and super easy to make and involves absolutely NO SEWING!! Not to mention it’s a fun way to display Pokémon cards in an Easter basket. [Read more…]
If you’ve got a Pokémon lover at home, then you’ve got to check out our new Easter post this week- a DIY Bulbasaur Pokémon Easter Basket.
Themed Easter baskets are one of my favorite “mom projects” as I like to call them. That and themed birthday parties, of course! My 7-year-old (and my husband) are obsessed with collecting Pokémon cards so it seemed fitting that I put together a Pokémon-themed Easter basket complete with this DIY Bulbasaur Pokémon Easter Basket. I also made my husband a smaller similar version so they’ll have matching Easter Baskets!
