Oh, what fun it is to… Craft! With less than a month until Christmas Meebs and I decided it was time to start making Christmas cards and ornaments. Over the next few weeks we’ll be taking on a variety of …

Gluing buttons. So much fun to a 3yr old. We started with some hard, thin “canvas”, purchased from the local dollar store. I scrolled the letter “A” onto one canvas and “E” on the other. I squeezed glue along the …

What a whirlwind! Crafty Wednesday was put on hold for three weeks while both Grandmas and Pa came to visit back to back. I had hoped we’d have time to craft while they were here but time seemed to get …

With both sets of grandparents arriving on the weekend and our cleaning lady falling ill, I switched around the days Meebs is at daycare so I could get some things done. So with that, Crafty Wednesday moved to Monday. Despite …

Autumn is on its way with this Fall-inspired reverse stenciling project. Using canvas and painters tape I placed the tape in such a way as to create a forest. Meebs then painted over and around the tape. Once the paint …

This Wednesday I took a few craft ideas I found online and came up with this idea for tissue paper mâché butterflies. I started by cutting coloured tissue paper into shapes and shards. I then cut two toilet paper rolls …

With a mid-morning appointment, Crafty Wednesday was a little simpler today. Meebs coloured and decorated muffin cups that we pressed flat. Once dry we glued the cups to Popsicle sticks. Voila…pretty flowers that Meebs is incredibly proud of. But… I …

Meebs’ grandparents are all coming to visit at the end of September: “Pa” and Grandma V, and Grandma M. This is the first time we will be all together. I think this will clear up some confusion about which Grandma …

This was by far one of my favourite craft projects. Meebs made clothespin magnets. I purchased extra large clothespins and we made a butterfly, a bird and a bumblebee, as well as a variety of caterpillars. We used fuzzy pom-poms …

It doesn’t take much to create the ultimate crafting tool-kit. The key is not to get carried away and spend a fortune. Aside from the waterproof Crayola paints, which I’ve bought from both Walmart and Michael’s, everything in our kit …