{heart garland tutorial} With all the Valentine’s prints popping up here and there and everywhere I thought I’d do something a bit different and make prints from quotes about love for our fellow man. Clicking on each print will take you to the download page. Each is a high quality 8×10 jpeg file. Pin It […]
Young Women Personal Progress Book Holders
My cute little niece has been making these as gifts for all the girl cousins who are in the Young Women organization at church. They hold a Personal Progress booklet and journal, a pen or pencil, and a For the Strength of Youth pamphlet. I haven’t seen them before and thought they were a novel […]
Printable Perpetual Calendar – thankful scripture verses
Is January 6th to late to post a printable perpetual calendar? I didn’t think so. Perpetual calendars are great for just keeping track of birthdays, anniversaries, and other special dates without having to transfer those to a new calendar each year. While these can be used in the traditional way, I created these two perpetual […]
Christmas Traditions: Names of Christ {Ornament Tutorial}
Every year, no matter what we are doing for Christmas school, we always study the names of Christ as we countdown to Christmas. Did you know there are over 200 names that He is known by in the scriptures? 200! If you were to study a different name every day in December it would take […]
3D Art Projects
Pin It My kids LOVE art. Sometimes it is hard to find good projects that appeal to all of them because their age and skill levels vary. Here’s one art project that everyone enjoyed! Materials Needed:white paperblack marker (or black crayon)3-5 crayons or colored pencils that go well together Start by drawing a “hilly” line […]
Mini Patriotic Pinatas
Easy Patriotic Mini Pinatas to make with your kids for Independence Day!
Making Birds’ Nests
Friday we had a bit of fun making both edible and non-edible birds’ nests. The kids really got into it and let their little personalities shine through on their creations. String/Yarn Birds’ Nests Materials Needed:Liquid StarchVarious Yarn and String Bits(fabric strips would work well too)Bowls or jarsPlastic wrapOven Bake Clay (sculpey) Step 1: Cover the […]
Etching Glass Mugs {Tutorial}
I don’t know why it’s taken me eight children to finally think of permanently etching their names on individual cups. We’ve tried everything from assigning colors of plastic cups to names on pieces of masking tape. Now the proof cannot be washed away and has to be carefully used. Here’s the process we used to […]
Mini Ice Cream Cones
Take these ingredients: Bugles Snack Chips (they come in caramel flavor too!) and cream cheese And make a fun treat to eat! © 2007-2009 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved
Prettying Up Regular pens
I have a friend who just has a knack for making things pretty. She has a talent for decorating anything: her home, tablescapes, for a party, etc. She threw a baby shower for my SIL and while there we were required to write our names and addresses on envelopes so thank you notes could easily […]
Valentine Paper Dolls and others
All I can say is CUTE!!!! My girls have been having fun this week playing with paper dolls. You can download this set of Joan Walsh Anglund dolls, plus two other sets by clicking on the image above. Does anybody remember Betsy McCall Paper Dolls? If you click on the image below you will find […]
Creating Corner Bookmarks
Lookie what we made this afternoon! After a little thinking, I figured out how to make these corner bookmarks. They are easy but oh, so cute and useful. Cut a piece of scrapbook paper or cardstock 6×4 inches. You can make 6 corner bookmarks from one 12×12 inch sheet of paper or cardstock. On the […]
Paper Snowflakes
The weather, like a negligent parent, still threatens but doesn’t follow through. We decided to make our own snowflakes instead, albeit a little non-traditionally. Get some paper, any size. We used leftover packaging paper that came yesterday stuffed around a special treat I’ll post about later. (There was a bit of sunshine yesterday after all!) […]
Chenille Stick Snowflakes
The advent calendar activity for Thursday was to make these easy chenille stick snowflakes. Here’s the five year old, Cookie, demonstrating how to make them. Step 1: Cut 6 white or silver chenille sticks in half. Step 2: Gather all but one stick together in a bunch. Wrap the one around the middle of the […]
Printable Advent Calendar
I meant to post this earlier but a sweet little Hershey baby had other plans. She thought mother should hold her all morning. It was so nice to have an excuse to snuggle on the couch. 🙂 I fancy advent calendars of all types. We have a big one my father made from desk organizer […]