Showing posts with label 25. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 25. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

25 FUN, fabulous & inexpensive DIY projects for kids this march break!



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well it's march break here in my little part of the world: a week when the kiddies are off school and i'm always looking for fabulous & fun things to do and make and learn about with little rikrak, while keeping our budget low!

so i thought i'd gather a few fabulous handmaking with kids projects from around the blogosphere so all those parents & care-givers can have lotsa fun with these DIY-filled handmaking projects!

i've included some for little hands and some for older kids, too! we all need a little handmaking on the march break!

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* for the tech-savvy young artist: start off with this fabulous DIY animated flipbook (seen below!) on benetton play (they have LOTS of fun animation activities for kids of all ages in their *toy box*

* moss terrarium project by artmind via poppytalk
 
* my very own how-to-make a kids custom stenciled tshirt tutorial, featuring your own child's art!
* and maya*made's blow art monsters look superfun!
* make any one of these bright & beautiful rainbow baking recipes (just in time for st. patrick's day!) on canadianfamily.



* any of the kid concoctions ideas (they're ALL under $1 to make! BUY the books!) like this fun treasure stone recipe!
* bananasaurus rex's fun newspaper flower DIY 

* maya*made suggests this great kite tutorial
* karen meyer's superfun recycled kids hat tutorial



* try this great trashion recycled mini notebooks tutorial
 
* paisley baby's fun DIY tiedye socks.
* cool DIY duct tape wallet

* fun soaps for kids to make on whipup

* get those kiddies organized with this fun cereal box storage unit from ecoetsy
 
* apartment therapy's charming DIY silhouettes

* make your own finger paint from martha stewart


* or maybe learn some basic weaving with martha

*  how about these gorgeous paper wigs to add a little fantastical fun to the week!

* and finally: once again for the tech-loving artists: remember wordle.net? we just rediscovered it & little rikrak's loving the wordy fun! & how about scribblertoo (so addictively fun!) 
happy handmaking!

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

my children are turning 25 today!

isn't this the most amazing collection of cabbage patch kids? wow!!
pegasus57's amazing "nursery."

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happy september, lovelies!
i adore adore adore this month! it's my very fave.
filled with the promise of greaty things, crisp air, back to school fun,
and lovely lovely colours!
last night i was thinking aloud with mr. rikrak about a funny thing that september 1st always brings to mind.

long before i was mommy to our darling little rikrak,
i was mommy to two other little sweeties.
yes, my first foray into mommying was to my dear
little cabbage patch kids, katie & kourtney.


september 1st was, as i recall, all classic cabbage patch kids' birthdays.
so happy birthday, katie & kourtney and all of your classic 80's friends! ah... today my little ones turn 25! that's right, i've been mommying for 25 years! so hard to believe they've grown up so fast! it seems like just yesterday i was dressing them in great neon fashions from 1985 and decorating their yarny hair!

and doesn't it seem like just yesterday that north american parents were seemingly clamouring for a doll for their child! remember the bedlum?
(i read that originally, cabbage patch kids were all handmade
and
made entirely of cloth and sold @ craft fairs! fun! )

so cheers to all the cabbage patch mommies & daddies out there!
happy birthday to your little one.
did you have a cabbage patch kid?
i'd love to hear all about them!

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vintage butterick cabbage patch kids clothing pattern via brighterfusion's shop!
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