Dinosaur Birthday Party
A dinosaur birthday party with DIY dinosaur fossils, a volcano cake, a scavenger hunt, and lots more prehistoric fun for your future paleontologist
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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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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...
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...
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.
I've teamed up ...
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...
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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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...
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...
Fixing Up an Old Toy Wheel Barrow
Fix up and refinish that old, worn out toy instead of throwing it away. A trip to the hardware store and a little paint made this wheel barrow look like new.
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4 Ways to Refinish a Music Stand
Anything can be refinished, including music stands. Here’s four ways to refinish and update a standard black music stand into something more artistic.
My d...
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...
Nerf Steampunk Gun
Turn a plastic Nerf dart gun into a steampunk blaster. It’s easy to make a steampunk gun with just a little paints and some details.
For my birthday this y...
Fairy Garden Fun
We've created lots of fun fairy houses and accessories for our backyard fairy garden, including a campsite with a teepee, campfire, and even a cave to explore ...
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...
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.
For the final piece from my dau...
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.
For my...
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...
Little Tikes Toddler Batmobile
We transformed a Little Tikes play car into a toddler Batmobile for my son's 2nd birthday. His sisters even updated their Barbie car into a Batmobile too, so ...
How to Make a Sorting Hat
I made a Sorting Hat out of a thrift store leather jacket for my daughter's Harry Potter party after searching the internet to find a decent one. I wasn't very...
Star Wars Nursery Mobile & Rug
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…we planned a Star Wars themed nursery. Now, two years later, it’s finally coming together. Today, I have two part...