How to Build a Tiered Chessboard
Build a 3 dimensional chessboard with this beginner woodworking tutorial to DIY your own fantasy chess game
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Steampunk Bubble Gun: How to Make Plastic Look Like Tarnished Brass
Our family loves the Pixar movie "Inside Out". so we dressed up as the emotion characters for Halloween, but with a twist. We made them steampunk: our favorit...
How to Make a Hexagon Gift Box with a Bee Theme
Make a hexagon gift box using a piece of poster board, then add some bee details and your gift box will look like it's from a beehive. Fill it full of goodies ...
Avatar the Last Airbender Family Cosplay
Avatar the Last Airbender family costume for Halloween, including character costume ideas for Aang, Katara, Zuko, Sokka, and Toph.
DIY Fingerless Leather Gloves
How to make fingerless gloves for a women’s steampunk outfit or any DIY costume with leather wrist guards.
Make a Pattern with Plastic Wrap and Tape
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Paper Lanterns Inspired by Aladdin
Make simple paper lanterns with construction paper for party decorations or fun room decor inspired by Disney’s Aladdin.
My teenage daughter and I just saw...
How to Make a Captain America Shield
Make Captain America’s shield from Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame movie using floor mat and spray paint.
We just saw Avengers: Endgame, and it was the perfec...
How to Steampunk a Costume
What is steampunk? How to make a steampunk costume inspired by your favorite character. In other words, how to steampunk something.
How to Take a Character and...
Tardis and Dalek Costume: Simplicity Pattern 1095 Review
Use Simplicity’s 1095 pattern to make a TARDIS or Dalek costume for Halloween or your next cosplay, but alter it a little by adding your own details and touch...
How to Make a Fez Hat for Doctor Who
How to Make a Fez Hat for you Doctor Who costume or cosplay, specifically for the 11th doctor played by Matt Smith.
My son was the eleventh Doctor for Hallow...
How to Make Foam Armor for Arms and Legs
How to Make Foam Armor that looks like hammered metal for a Roman Centurion costume, including the forearm armor called bracers and the leg armor.
As part of...
Doctor Who Family Costume
Cosplay as Doctor Who this Halloween with costumes for the 11th Doctor, Amy Pond, the Last Centurion, a Dalek, and the Tardis.
We are a family of geeks. I wa...
Coiled Paper Picture Frame
Decorate a wood craft frame with coiled paper to make quilling designs from paper strips. Perfect for a DIY Instax photo frame.
May Pinterest Challenge Blog Ho...
Avengers T-shirt
How to make your own Avengers t-shirt, like this DIY Captain America shirt with the shield symbol on it. Learn how to use foil transfer without a cutting machin...
Make a Basket with Living Grass
Grow wheat grass in a basket for a beautiful addition to your Easter decor. The living grass basket can be used as an Easter basket, a centerpiece, and so much ...
How to Make a Mini Book Necklace
Make a miniature book charm for your necklace. A photo tutorial on how to make perfect little mini journal to wear as jewelry. Or just make a functional mini bo...
February Pinterest Challenge: DIY Journal Necklace
Welcome to the February Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop! The purpose of this hop is to motivate us to not just hoard pins, but to make it happen!
I just love lo...
Cute Paper Fruit Embellishments
Learn how to make these adorable cut paper fruit characters with an easy-to-follow video tutorial. They make the perfect embellishment for cards, scrapbooking, ...
How to Make a Pop-up Card Inspired by Paddington 2
How to make a pop-up card with a paper bouquet of flowers, video tutorial, inspired by the pop-up book from the movie Paddington 2. Give a pop-up card for a bir...
Top 10 DIY Projects in 2017
Check out Simple Practical Beautiful’s most popular DIY Projects in 2017. A year of Do-it-yourself furniture, crafts, cleaning, succulents, and lots of projec...
25 Gifts for Girls that Encourage Creativity
Gifts ideas for girls that will promote creativity and ingenuity for girls that are ages 8-12, including art gifts, science gifts, building gifts, and fairy gar...
Coco Guitar
How to make the Disney Pixar’s Coco Guitar into a miniature or key chain. Use foam to make Ernesto’s guitar from the movie Coco.
My daughter and I saw Di...
Herb Butter Spread
A recipe for delicious whipped herb butter with rosemary that makes a perfect gift with fresh bread. I’m excited to be joining the Handmade Holidays Bl...
DIY Bread Set Foodie Gift
Give a fresh bread gift basket with a cutting board and bread bag. Use a wood burning tool to decorate and customize the cutting board and the linen bread bag.
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DIY Spa Gift Set
How to make a DIY spa gift set with handmade lavender soap and bath salt that will make a perfect Mother’s Day, Christmas, or birthday gift.
Handmade Lavende...
Make a Jean Purse from an Old Pair of Jeans Pants
Make a stylish jean purse or bag by upcycling an old pair of jeans and an old belt. A great way to repurpose old jeans, plus you can make a cute gift by persona...
Ringwraith or Nazgul Costume
Create a Nazgul costume so you can become one of Sauron’s Ringwraiths this Halloween or at your next cosplay, including the distressed cloak, large sword, and...
How to Make a Sword from Wood
How to build a sword out of wood, then make it look metal and battle-worn. This sword was made for a Nazgul costume for a Lord of the Rings Halloween.
My hus...
The Lord of the Rings Costumes
How to make costumes for The Lord of the Rings characters, including Frodo the hobbit, Galadriel the elf queen, Arwen the elf warrior, Eowyn of Rohan, and a Naz...
It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
Make a Charlie Brown shirt out of yellow polo shirt with easy instructions for how to make the zig zag pattern.
This post contains links to some of the produ...
How to Make Galadriel’s Crown
Make an elegant DIY crown for your Galadriel costume using a glue gun and a few simple craft supplies. Easy to make and great for any elf costume or cosplay.
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Toddler Frodo Costume for Halloween
How to make a Frodo costume, including Frodo’s sword and magic ring. A toddler hobbit Halloween costume from The Lord of the Rings.
Our family all dressed as...
How to Make Foam Gauntlets
Make costume gauntlets out of foam and paint them to look like solid metal, including a free pattern for these Lord of the Rings Nazgul or Ring Wraith gauntlets...
How to make a shield
It's easy to make a shield out of a pizza pan and a few simple supplies. Watch the video tutorial for all the details.
We made 10 of these shields for our Pe...
How to Make a Friendship Bracelet
Friendship bracelets are a fun, inexpensive, and easy summer project for kids to make. They can make them to wear or make them to share with friends.
My 9 ye...
Cars 3 Felt Race Track
The Disney Pixar Cars 3 movie inspired this easy DIY felt race track and city with roads and a dirt track. It's perfect for your Mattel Cars toys to drive on.
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A Carved Wood Journal
Make a custom carved notebook or wood journal out of plywood. It makes the perfect personalized gift or treasured keepsake.
Last year, I saw Serena from Thri...
How to Make a Kite: Inspired by Born in China
Make a kite by reusing an old magazine and watch Disney’s “Born in China” to celebrate Earth Day.
Our family went to see DisneyNature’s Born in China...
Beauty and the Beast Rose and Glass Cloche
Make a miniature version of the floating rose and glass cloche from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast using an old wine glass and an etching tool.
My oldest daug...
How to Make a LEGO Batman Helmet
Make a DIY LEGO Batman helmet out of foam from The LEGO Batman Movie. This detailed tutorial includes a printable template.
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Love Bug Recycle Craft for Cub Scouts
This love bug is an easy recycle craft for Cub Scouts to make for Valentine’s Day or for the Blue and Gold Dinner. It’s also a fun craft for any kid to make...
Personalized Photography Note cards
Create beautiful personalized note cards that look professional with this Microsoft Word template.
I am so lucky to have an amazing graphic designer as my hu...
Deathly Hallows Shirt
Use craft inks to make a deathly hallows t-shirt or design your own customized t-shirt.
Remember in my post about the Personalized Water Bottle Holders, I sa...
Gifts for the Tech Lover
12 innovative, unique, and affordable gift ideas for the tech lover this Christmas, including speakers, disposable flash drives, and a way to connect to your ca...
14 Gift Ideas to Make for Teens and Tweens
A round-up of DIY gift ideas for teens and tweens that you can make and they will love.
Now that my kids are getting older, the things they want for Christma...
Moana’s necklace
Learn how to make Moana's necklace with hemp, and how to make a charm that looks like Moana's locket. A great DIY jewelry and gift idea.
My daughter and I just...
Artist Gift Set
Put together a set of quality art supplies to create the perfect gift for any artist or creative friend.
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Make a DIY Portable Art Easel Out of an Old Wood Case
Make a portable artist’s easel that will store painting supplies from an old wood suitcase.
An Old Art Case
My daughter had this old case that she was going...
Give a Jewelry Making Kit
Create a jewelry-making kit to give to your favorite teen or tween this year. Include a good how-to book and lots of fun supplies.
My kids have lots of stuff...
A Personalized Water Bottle Holder and a Blog Hop
A personalized water bottle holder makes a great gift for a fitness enthusiast, health-conscious friend, or anyone who carries around a water bottle.
I’ve ...