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...
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Dinosaur Terrariums Inspired by Prehistoric Planet
After watching Prehistoric Planet on Apple TV+, we created these dinosaur-themed fairy gardens to study the different habitats that dinosaurs inhabited during ...
A Pill Bug Trap Made from a Potato
Pill bugs, or rollie polies, can eat crop plants in a vegetable or fruit garden. Learn how to make a trap out of a potato to stop them from eating your tender p...
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...
A Christopher Robin Tea Party
Celebrate like Winnie the Pooh with a Christopher Robin tea party and invite all your friends and their favorite stuffed animals. Just don't forget the honey.
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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.
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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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Percy Jackson Party
Celebrate your birthday Percy Jackson style at a Camp Half-Blood party right in your own backyard. Invite all your demigod friends and go on a quest.
My daug...
Monster Truck Birthday Party
Host a monster truck party that any truck-loving boy or girls will love. With monster truck fun and games, it’s easy to keep your guests happy and having a go...
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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Star Wars Room: Finishing Touches and more Ideas
Design a Star Wars Room with space colors, a Darth Vader light switch, a Death Star light, a LEGO mobile, a wampa rug, and other fun details.
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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...
A Star Gazing Birthday Party
Throw a star gazing birthday party with fun constellation activities and exploring the night sky. Star gazing is a fun party idea for teens and tweens and older...
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...
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...
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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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.
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Lego Friends Outfits
Make a LEGO Friends outfit for your LEGO-loving girl. A perfect gift for tweens or any girl who loves to build with LEGO Friend sets.
My daughters are maste...
Family Costumes for Halloween
Make Halloween a family holiday by dressing up together with themed family costumes. Here’s some ideas that our family has used.
Our family loves to have a...
How to Alter a Pattern
Love making costumes but can’t find the right pattern? It’s easy to alter a pattern to create any costume you can imagine.
Last year our family dressed u...
Building a Sandbox and The U.S. Sand Sculpting Challenge
Inspired by the upcoming U.S. Sand Sculpting Challenge, we built a kids’ sandbox in our backyard. Read about the Sand Sculpting event and how to build your ow...
Closet Curtains Made from Sheets
We made simple closet curtains from bed sheets for my kids' closet so they can easily get into their closet and easily close it up again. Either way, it looks n...
How to Make a Fairy Garden Fence
Make a simple DIY fairy garden fence with popsicle sticks and wire. It adds the perfect miniature detail to any fairy garden.
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Create a Fairy Garden in a Flower Pot
Create your own personal fairy garden in a flower-pot. Fairy gardens don’t need to be big, after all, fairies are small. You just need a flower-pot.
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A Fairy House Made from an Old Bottle
Building a fairy house doesn’t need to cost a lot, or even anything. It just needs some imagination. Fairies love creativity. They also love nature. An...
DIY Soccer Goal
Make your own DIY soccer goal with some PVC pipe and joints and some netting. It’s an easy DIY project, and a great gift for a soccer-loving kid.
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Easter Magic
The Easter Bunny adds a little fun to our family’s holiday every year by sending us magic powder that brings toys to life.
We don’t have an elf on the sh...
How to Choose and Lay Sod
The final part of putting in our lawn is installing the sod. Most of the work now is preparing for the ground for the sod.
If you haven't already, take a lo...
How to Make a Terrarium: for Kids
Making a terrarium is a fun project for kids. It’s fun, creative, messy, and it teaches about taking care of something living. Once you've gathered the necess...