My Oldest Girl and her friends have a business called Natural Bob Soaps. They have been crafting away stocking their supplies for Valentine’s Day. They had a sleepover recently to make bath salts, perfume, essential oil roller bottles, heart soaps and more. I took a few photos of them in action. The three friends started […]
Valentine’s Day 2015
Valentine’s Day is meant for handmade love. Sometimes we run out of time and sometimes we plan well. This year was a little bit of both – with one girl outgrowing homemade Valentine’s and one looking for an alternative to signing her name 43 times on her Valentine’s for classmates (I kind of can’t blame […]
Homemade Valentine’s Day
I’m a sucker for Valentine’s Day. I really am. I don’t love all the comercializaion of it. But it’s a fun a way to break up the doldrums of February – a hard, cold month with not much excitement going for it otherwise. Unless you count snow of course. Once you have children, Valentine’s Day […]
Montessori crafting for Valentine’s Day
My idea of crafting with children has become more and more simple. They enjoy creating best when they do it on their own terms, indpendently, and with proud results. Since setting up our Montessori craft shelf, cards have been made for teachers and friends, we have found love notes hanging off the chandler, our bed […]
Winter crafts keeping the little ones busy
Crafts are keeping my pre-school aged daughter the most busy right now on cold winter days. And with a constant crowd of girls at home (mine and others), more are always sure to join her. What was our Montessori shelf of lessons, has become our winter craft shelf. First it was decked out with Christmas crafts, […]
Eucalyptus Bath Salts for wintertime colds and flu
Homemade eucalyptus bath salts is our family’s go to comfort item for wintertime colds and flu. It makes great gifts as well, especially for teachers. Once you have the ingredients on hand, the supplies make a lot of bath salts. Just mix all the ingredients together and store in mason jars. Eucalyptus Bath Salts for […]
Valentine’s Day is for kids now
Happy Valentine’s everyone! To me, Valentine’s is about the kids and homemade craftiness. It’s silly, it’s fun and they’ll take any reason to celebrate. On the fly last night, at about 11:30, I decided to set the table for a surprise Valentine’s breakfast, with tulips, heart doily’s, a tablecloth, red placemats and lots of stuff reused […]
85 homemade Valentine cards are ready for school!
You read that right – 85! Between three classes, my kids are handing out (with teachers included) a total of 85 Valentine’s Day cards. At their Montisorri school they have “communities” versus classes. My oldest is in a mixed age setting with first through third graders. There are 46 children and five teachers. So – […]
A quick, make-the-night-before Valentine shirt
It was the night before Friday’s Valentine Bake Sale at my childrens’ school. I was going to be there most of the day volunteering for the event, with my two-year-old on my hip. So naturally, I thought she should have a festive mama-made shirt to wear. Thankfully making this Heart Doily Shirt worked out well and […]
The yummy joys of a Valentine Bake Sale at school
Nothing gets my mouth watering for Valentine’s Day like a good old fashioned bake sale. After organizing the bake sale at my daughters’ school on Friday, I was inspired to share some bits about it. I hope you enjoy the stories and photos. And that perhaps it will get your juices going to start the […]