For Christmas Truffle (12) made a peg doll matching game for Hershey (3). While ordering the supplies from Craft Parts I couldn’t help but notice the cute apples and acorns also for sale. My wheels started turning and I remembered something I had seen a long time ago in a catalog full of Waldorf inspired […]
Heart Maps
Heart maps. These are so much fun to create! I did this idea with my seminary students and had such a good time seeing their creations I thought I’d do it with my kids too. Draw a heart and divide it into sections. In each section draw or write something you love. Make it colorful! […]
A Thanks & Giving Countdown
Sometimes children just need a little help in thinking of what they are thankful for and what they can do to serve others around them. This Thanks & Giving Countdown helps even the littlest ones! There is something to be thankful for and a small act of service involving that “thing” on each slip of […]
Thanks & Giving Lists
For over a dozen years our family has had the tradition of doing Thanks and Giving Trees counting down to Thanksgiving. Sunlight filtering through the blinds Every day in November we write something we are thankful for and also some service we have performed for others. This focus on blessings received and giving has helped […]
Thanksgiving Blessing Mix
Tis the season for for a little giving! This Thanksgiving Blessing Mix is something we love to give to family and friends every year. Each item in the mix represents part of the Thanksgiving story. Bugles – Shaped like a cornucopia, a Horn of Plenty, a symbol of our abundance. Pretzels – Arms folded in […]
Indian Corn Bead Craft
With Thanksgiving and other Autumn festivities coming soon I thought I’d share this very simple craft for youngsters to make. It can be used to help decorate the kids’ table at your next Thanksgiving dinner! Supplies: Tri-beads in red, orange, brown, yellow, purples, and greens Green Chenille Sticks Dried corn husk or raffia Fold one […]
Family Proclamation Lapbook {Craft or FHE Blog Hop}
I am so grateful for all the hard work that went into creating today’s post! LeeAnn creates lapbooks to go along with the sharing time themes in Primary. She graciously agreed to create a lapbook about The Family: A Proclamation to the World for our celebration. We like to do lapbooks in our homeschool so […]
Watercolor Autumn Art
Autumn is in the air! I can’t wait for it to officially start. It is my favorite season of the year. Friday, for part of school, the kids and I created some simple watercolor Autumn art. Start by painting splotches of red, yellow, orange, brown, and purple all over your paper. Let it dry. Using […]
On Your Mark {Put Your “Shiny” On} Homemade Chapstick
I was asked again to do “sharing time” for Young Women Girls Camp this year. At the end of the first three days the youth camp leaders (YCL), who are 16-17 years of age, go to every group of girls to discuss what they learned that day and what their favorite parts of the day […]
Dandelion Crowns {or other Flower Chains}: A tutorial
When dandelions and other flowers, but dandelions especially, grow abundantly where you live making flower chains or flower crowns is a skill you must learn! Princesses and fair maidens need these to complete their outfits. Or even to add a special touch to a tea party.Step 1: Gather your flowers. We are using dandelions here […]
Fishing Tackle Barrel Swivel Bracelets
Did you know fishing tackle can be used to make some of the easiest bracelets ever?We used barrel swivels with interlocking snaps and added seed beads for color. Barrel swivels come in different sizes – the smaller the number the larger the size. No matter what size you get all of the packages contain the […]
Sugar Cube Temples
About 8 years ago when I served as Primary President of our ward we put on an activity about the early pioneers and Nauvoo. As part of the activity we talked about temples, how those who enter must be clean and worthy. The kids then built their own sugar cubes temples.Realizing only my three oldest […]
Palm Sunday Donkey Craft
“Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And […]
Handprint Lilies
Make a pretty bouquet of lilies using your children’s hand prints. Trace their hands on white paper and cut out. Curl each finger out using a pencil to wrap the finger around. Wrap the hand around the top of a green plastic straw and secure it with tape. Add a yellow strip of paper, folded […]
Homemade Clay Oil Lamps
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. {Matthew 25:1-4} […]