• Home
  • Create
    • Cookbook
      • Recipes
    • Crafts
    • Grateful Hearts Giving Hands
    • Holidays
      • Christmas
      • Easter
      • Independence Day
      • Thanksgiving
      • Valentine’s Day
    • Ingenious Ideas
    • Printables
    • Sewing
  • Family Life
    • Farming
    • Genealogy
  • Homeschool
    • Art
    • History
    • Homeschool Encouragement
    • Language Arts
    • Learning Styles
    • Library
    • Math
    • Science
    • Unit Studies
  • Motherhood
    • Home Making
      • Establish a House
    • Me
  • My Faith
    • Celebrate the Family Proclamation
      • Family Proclamation Articles
    • Family Home Evening Lessons
    • Flannel Board Stories
    • General Conference
    • Memorize the Family Proclamation
    • The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown
      • Living Christ Lessons
    • Young Women
  • Contact
  • About Me

Cranial Hiccups

Every once in a while and totally unintentionally my brain spews out a good idea.

You are here: Home / Archives for Create

Anne of Green Gables Pearl Bracelet Tutorial

October 23, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 5 Comments

Anne of Green Gables Pearl Bracelet

Throughout the Anne of Green Gables series pearls make an appearance here and there. When Anne is dressing for her recitation at the White Sands Hotel she asks Diana, “Shall I put my pearl beads on?” asked Anne. “Matthew brought me a string from town last week, and I know he’d like to see them […]

Filed Under: Crafts Tagged With: Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables Cameo Brooch Tutorial

October 22, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 2 Comments

Anne of Green Gables Cameo Brooch

Marilla has a prized amethyst brooch which becomes lost. As Anne was the last one to handle the brooch she is accused of stealing it. Poor, poor Anne! Marilla doesn’t believe her when she tells the truth so Anne is confined to her room until she confesses. And what a confession Anne thinks up! “I […]

Filed Under: Crafts Tagged With: Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables Printables & a Journal Craft

October 21, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 16 Comments

Anne of Green Gables quote

All this week I’m sharing all things Anne. It started when I decided to get a birthday package together to send to Bon Bon at college. It has been so much fun creating crafts and gathering ideas for her and her roommates to do…all while having an Anne of Green Gables movie marathon of course! […]

Filed Under: Crafts, Ingenious Ideas, Printables Tagged With: Anne of Green Gables

The Family Proclamation | free printable by Lolly Jane

September 18, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 3 Comments

Hi new friends! Identical twin sisters Kelli and Krisi here from Lolly Jane and we are thrilled to be visiting Chocolate on my Cranium as part of the wonderful celebration of The Family Proclamation. Having served in YW program for many years (both of us) we are able to bear witness to each of our […]

Filed Under: Family Proclamation Articles, Printables

Here Is Hope

March 30, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 4 Comments

Easter Sunday will soon be here. Our Calvary’s Hill, Empty Tomb Garden has been growing for the last three weeks. A subtle reminder of what we are celebrating resting right there on the kitchen counter. Amid the chaos of dirty dishes and cooking messes tender green shoots skyward searching for the light that gives it […]

Filed Under: Easter Tagged With: Easter

Easter Ideas from Around the Web

March 26, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 1 Comment

Just a roundup of ideas from around the web to celebrate Easter. Personal Study Easter Scripture Study – Gethsemane Scripture Chain from That Good PartEaster Scripture Study – Last Week of Christ’s Life from That Good Part The Last Hours of Christ’s Life Study Packet from The Red Headed Hostess Countdowns 8 Day Walk With […]

Filed Under: Easter, Establish a House Tagged With: Easter

Easter Resurrection Puzzle {Giveaway}

March 10, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 42 Comments

One of our favorite Easter decorations is this Resurrection puzzle I bought a couple of years ago.I love how it is simple, focused on Christ, and tells the story of that miraculous Easter morning through the figures. Can you tell who they are? Though they weren’t all there at the same time each was at […]

Filed Under: Easter Tagged With: Contests and Giveaways, Easter

Easter Activities that focus on the Savior

March 4, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 3 Comments

Easter is the last day of March this year. I LOVE Easter! I love celebrating the life of Jesus Christ, reflecting on the Atonement and glorious Resurrection, and teaching my children all about it. Here’s a peek at activities, crafts, and printables we do leading up to Easter all focused on the Savior.     […]

Filed Under: Crafts, Easter Tagged With: Easter

Heart Animal Valentines

February 13, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 4 Comments

Have you ever read the book My Heart Is Like a Zoo? The artwork is so much fun! All of the animals are created with hearts of various colors and sizes. My children have been busy this week creating Valentine’s for their cousins, friends, and mom & dad using the illustrations in the book as […]

Filed Under: Crafts, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Valentine's Day

Boredom Buster List

January 30, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 7 Comments

The other day my daughter was complaining that she was bored. No, wait, BORED – all in capitals. Hmm…must be pretty bad if she put it that way, right? She even wrote an e-mail to Grandma explaining complaining how bored she was. Now, I don’t know about you, but I think grandmas are a certain […]

Filed Under: Ingenious Ideas

Waldorf Wooden Acorn Sorting Game

January 21, 2013 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 3 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Crafts Tagged With: Preschool

Keeping Christmas

December 26, 2012 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 6 Comments

When the wrappings have been opened wide,gifts given and received,And songs of praise haveraised the roofin jubilee. It does not have toshould notend.This spirit of Christmas,joy heartfelt. We can have it all year long,every day,even on the hard stamped days,the snowy cold-in-the-heart days. As our lives move onwardpuzzled togetherwith bits of this and that,we can […]

Filed Under: Christmas Tagged With: Christmas, Cranial Hiccups

A Dozen Beloved Christmas Books

December 18, 2012 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 6 Comments

We love books. We love Christmas. We love books about Christmas! Here are a dozen of our favorite. 1. The Miracle of the Wooden Shoes by Deborah Pace Rowley is a moving story about love, anonymous service, and the gift we receive from the Savior. As is tradition in his German town, Walter puts out […]

Filed Under: Christmas, Library Tagged With: Christmas

Heart Maps

December 13, 2012 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 3 Comments

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! […]

Filed Under: Art, Crafts

Christmas With the Prophets

December 9, 2012 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 4 Comments

This is a repost from one I wrote last year for Latter-day Homeschooling. David O. McKay giving a sleigh ride to family members  Every year we forego all the scholarly studies for December and focus our attention on Christmas instead. We have what we call “Christmas School.” Last year we had Christmas with the Prophets. […]

Filed Under: Christmas, Unit Studies Tagged With: Christmas

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • …
  • 34
  • Next Page »

Hello, I'm Montserrat. I'm a farmer's wife, mother of eleven, homeschooler, chocoholic, music lover, and like to play a good game of Scrabble. You can read more about me here. . .

You'll find a little bit of everything on this blog. It's my place to share all the ideas, activities, crafts, and resources that I have gathered and tried over a number of years. Feel free to browse around using the menu up top or doing a search in the box below.

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Archives

May 2025
S M T W T F S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
« Dec    

Return to top of page

COPYRIGHT © 2025 Montserrat Wadsworth at Cranial Hiccups • Lifestyle Pro Theme on Genesis Framework

[ Placeholder content for popup link ] WordPress Download Manager - Best Download Management Plugin

 

Loading Comments...