Bella Dia has a new blog called The Crafty Crow, a children’s craft collective. The site features craft projects from all over the web. Check it out.
Mother’s Day Crafts
Who can appreciate something handcrafted by you or your children more than Mom? I’ve started a new page with craft ideas for Mother’s Day. This fabric silhouette plaque is from Thompson Family-Life.
I’ll be adding to this list over the next few weeks. Please send me your ideas!
The Creative Family
The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections by Amanda Soule.
It’s been a busy week around here with Spring Break and no vacation. But I did manage to actually buy this book and browse through it. Full of projects and inspiration, I’d recommend it for any family who wants to raise creative children. Really, the subtitle pretty much expresses my two main goals for our family. Check out Amanda Soule’s blog for more inspiration.
A few project ideas
A few quick projects from my blog surfing:
Butterfly Collage from Ali Edwards.
Framed dresses collage from old baby clothes at Alexa Lett.
Basket Pincushion from Zakka Life.
Cute and quirky pillow from Loobylu.
Pipe cleaner rings from Glitter Goods.
Speckled Eggs
Made these blue speckled eggs inspired by this post on craftster. I hollowed out the eggs so they will last until next year, dyed them blue and used an old toothbrush to splatter brown acrylic paint on them. The only change I would have to the instructions posted is to dye your eggs before you blow them out as it is difficult to get enough water inside for them to sink to the bottom of the dye bath bowl.
I also made a quick bird’s nest with some ivy vines tied with monofilament. I think this will dry well and I can pull the leaves off and save for next year. Would make a nice little centerpiece. Enjoy your weekend!