"I'm bored!" They're the two words kids say that every parent dreads. OK, they're not the only two, but the moment they're uttered, it can sometimes feel like an impossible task keeping them entertained. Instead of leaving them to their tablets or the TV, this is the perfect opportunity to create long-lasting — and in this case tangible —memories.How, you ask?Pull out the coloring pencils, crayons and markers, and give the kids free reign to scribble their hearts away. And luckily for you, we have plenty of printable craft templates on hand to help kids embrace their artistic talents and...

Here are all my best tips and ideas of things to think about while you are designing your Ikea craft room!

I have always loved looking at map crafts! I love the colors and lines of maps. They seem to illustrate some cool adventure out there! I used to love looking at the maps that came

I know I have said it before but...... Making Memories Month by Month is one of my favorite books published by Creative Teaching Press. T...

Here are all my best tips and ideas of things to think about while you are designing your Ikea craft room!

Find out how to make a creative one page wonder interactive mini album with pockets and flaps for extra room for photos

20 SHARES Share This! Save This! When you’re looking for arts and crafts activities for your All About Me preschool theme, you don’t need hundreds of amazing ideas. You just need five amazing ideas that you can take into your preschool classroom and immediately put into action. You only need one art and craft per …

We love Arts and Crafts for Kids and Salt Painting does not disappoint. Salt Art is so pretty and kids will love glue painting. It's inexpensive and so fun!

Regardless of whether you scrapbook or make mixed media art or even bible journal, you can totally play along. These 25+ scrapbooking ideas challenge prompts will get you inspired to make stuff instead of just organizing it.

If I were printing bound photo books for my family, I'd never complete one. Pocket Albums allow you to document your story as you live it with real archival photographs.

The best quotes for scrapbooking memories of childhood and loved ones. These quotes are perfect to use for titles and captions in scrapbooks.

This Puppy Ears Card is an adorable card that is easy to make and a delight to open! Kids will love making and giving this fun card.

Make your own explosion box! Learn how to make these awesome pop-up memory boxes with this easy to follow tutorial.

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Here is another wonderful inspiration from a very talented lady. I always find such wonderful layouts made by Stacy Cohen. She really makes scrapbooking look so easy and her designs are adorable. I would like to say Thank You to Stacy for always allowing us to share your creative ideas. For more of her fabulous [...]

Folded Book Art - Best & Most Clear Tutorial Available: I just absolutely love creating my own folded book art. It's such a fun way of re-using old books and give them another purpose. I've searched and searched the web to find any tutorials on how to do it and i just couldn't find anything. Until one da…

I am a pretty big fan of cute printables. I love to make them! I love that they’re an easy way to decorate for a holiday or special occasion. I also have a love for vintage/retro fonts! There is something about using a font this is inspired from the 1920’s-1960’s that just feels cool...Read More »

Learn how to turn portrait photo into SVG & DXF cut file for Cricut or Cameo Silhouette craft project! It's simpler than you imagine, and trust me I have step-by-step YouTube video tutorial for you! Let me know how it goes!

Studying the 50 states is something I still remember because I absolutely loved it! It was probably my favorite part of 5th grade. Now, I get to teach my girls the same stuff. The states and capitals song, where all the states are on the map, when the states became states, and more. They're all […]

Are you ready to take your crafting to the next level? Learn how easy it is to print and cut using your Silhouette Cutting Machine in this step by step tutorial.

Creative furniture projects from The Crazy Craft Lady - how to paint furniture, furniture flips, and easy furniture build projects.

It’s been so much fun playing with my new favorite toy/ tool the Cricut Maker. It’s so amazing what it can cut! Today I’m sharing my tips on a pattern that Cricut offers in Design Space – The Cricut Make Cover Tutorial. It’s a cover that fits nice and snugly over your Cricut Maker and...

{My First School Project} A few weeks back the twins’s teacher sent me home with two blank white pieces of cardboard. I was told to have the girls help me put together a board that told ALL about them. Well… the girls helped for about 3 minutes, lost interest, and I was left to finish…

When it comes to art, many of us enjoy the many sensual benefits that it has to offer but hesitate to take up any form of it as we feel that it is too tough.

Back in the old days (basically, the 'old days' = pre-kids), I used to scrapbook. A lot. Today I use a Memory Planner, but I have maintained my obsession and compulsive buying habits when it comes to scrapbook paper. I don't even want to tell you how many pieces of scrapbook paper I have around my house, because it would be embarrassing. So...what's one to do with it all? I've compiled a list of uses for scrapbook paper that I think any paper hoarder will appreciate. If you're like me, you'll see this list and get a bunch of ideas and feel

If you love Harry Potter and crafting, then you'll love these Harry Potter SVG files and Harry Potter projects that you can make with a Cricut!

Master shibori, a Japanese dyeing technique that results in beautiful patterns in indigo color—including arashi, kumo, itajime, and ne-maki.

20 of the most fun Moana crafts and activities from making your own Moana necklace to making ocean themed slime and more!

Last night I put the girls to bed early, and Mark went out for a fantasy football draft, leaving me with some precious “mommy crafting time”. Many times with my own crafting, I’ve found that it’s not a matter of finding the time to craft, but making the time. I still had dirty dishes in […]

You need: scissors glue white drawing paper A1 size cardboard in Olympic colors compasses Start this lesson with the symbol of the Olympics: the colored rings. What do these rings mean? What colors do they have? How are they placed together? Ask one or two children to take the position of an athlete. What is the position of the legs, arms and body? Ask another student to show another position and discuss it again. This is a group work for five students. Every group gets a big white sheet, five sheets of colored cardboard (colors of the rings: black, yellow, red, blue, green) and at least five copies of the athlete. Step one: each group member cuts an Olympic ring, using compasses and scissors. Paste this five rings on the big white sheet. Look carefully which ring has to be pasted in front or back, and which ones have to be pasted through each other. Be sure the little cutting line is pasted underneath another ring. Step two: Every student takes a copy of the body and cuts every part of it. Then these bodyparts have to be pasted around, in, behind and in front of the Olympic rings.

Old books are very easy to come by at thrift stores and garage sales, and they make the perfect base for creating scrapbooks and journals. You can use the book as is, and just add your own photos, …

Inspiring creativity with Latina style and sparkle - crafts, DIY, recipes, and storytelling by Kathy Cano-Murillo, The Crafty Chica!

I was a long-time scrapbooker before finally taking the plunge and switching to digital photo albums. Now, I LOVE digital photo albums. Here's why!

Washi tapes are all the rage, and who doesn’t love them! But they are also quite expensive, as are many of the other decorative ta...

The handwritten word is alive and well. Here's how I've added extra flare to handwritten letters and my personal journal!

I love, love creating free printables, and love finding new ones as well!I think most love free stuff, no? So here’s the ultimate free printable roundup. If you have free printables on your blog, leave me a comment and I’ll try to include it on my next round up! First of all, you can sign …

I have started a new project. It is about repurposing an unused and expired? planner?/ calendar, and giving it new life. It's the kind of enriching and fun project I love to do because it costs next to nothing (except new glue sticks) and it saves a notebook from going into the trash unusued. I

I LOVE experimenting with making my altered books and one of the things that fascinated me was how to make flip out pages for extra interest and storage. These tips and ideas will work for junk journals too! This walk through tutorial will show the materials and how to make the flips fast and easy.

I have slowly been downloading new fonts to play with, so I wanted to take the opportunity to share some with all of you. Here are 10 of my new favorite swirly scripts; all of these would be great for a wedding or invitation. You can find and download the fonts at the links below. All of them are available for free on dafont.com. Odstemplik ~ Janda Stylish Script ~ Indenture English Penman ~ Voluptate ~ Suilly la Tour ~ Jellyka Delicious Cake ~ Some Weatz ~

I love die-cutting, but I don’t love spending ages dotting glue on the back of my delicate die cut shapes! In this tutorial I'll show you how to use double sided adhesive Sticky Roll, to stick down your die cuts easily and mess free!