As the old joke goes, what is black and white and read all over? The newspaper! Not as many people read the paper these days and many papers are losing money and shutting down. But I still like holding a paper in my hands once in a while, even if I cannot find one I [...]
It has been just over 9 months since Celebrating Family was born. During that time there have been over 150 posts and almost 3000 comments. As 2011 draws to a close, I thought it would be fun to look back and see what the most popular posts of the year were. It also gives you, the reader, a chance [...]
I am so excited that Thanksgiving is almost here. Hopefully you are planning to spend some quality time celebrating your family and giving thanks for your blessings. I wanted to share these fun place card holders my children and I made. These are an easy and fun craft that a child could do independently. They [...]
My children made paper bag trees on a recent visit to the Children’s Museum of Phoenix. This is a fun and easy craft that children of varied ages can make. The trees turn out awesome even though this is such an easy craft. These trees are easy to customize and can either be scary Halloween trees or pretty fall trees. Younger children need [...]
Most of the crafts we do around here come from whatever is laying around. We probably would never do any crafts if I had to run to the craft store for supplies. I was about to throw away some cardboard rolls when I realized they could be the beginnings of a fun and frugal craft project. I thought [...]
On a recent trip to the movies my children were squabbling over the popcorn. I generally buy one large popcorn and divide it up into the cardboard drink carriers our local theater hands out. My children were arguing over who got which carrier and how much popcorn they had. That’s when another mom told me [...]
I love art. Ever since I first starting learning about art, I have been hooked. I especially appreciate paintings. One of my daydreams is that I will someday have a vast amount of painting supplies and will spend hours on end painting. But back in reality the only painting that occurs in our home is [...]
Like most children, my kiddos love craft-time. Like most moms, I love finding craft ideas that are fun, keep the kiddos engaged, and are inexpensive. This is a craft I came up with on a day when the children were going stir-crazy at home. This craft activity includes design, coloring, searching for and evaluating items, [...]
