Food & Dessert Simple Create Your Own Pizza Looking for a way to change up your meals? Trying to come up with more ideas to entertain your kids? Why not solve both issues by having them make simple personal pizzas themselves?
Sewing Quick and Simple Fabric Napkins with Your Serger Are you looking for a simple way to replace paper towel at the table with something more reusable? I'd been meaning to sew up some napkins for a while and this year I finally hopped on it and made it simpler with my serger. Here's what I did to make my quick and simple napkins.
Food & Dessert Simple Lasagna-ish From Leftovers Do you want to combine supper with lasagna making? With cooking a bit more pasta and meat sauce and a bit more effort with the leftovers you get an awesome supper and a lasagna for later. Win win!
Craftiness Zoey's Shelter-In-Place Fourth Birthday Party Are you debating what to do for your birthday party but still trying to socially distance? Here's how we held my four-year-old daughter's birthday in case it helps you out.
Craftiness Family Covid-19 Handprint Sign Are you looking for some memento to remember your time during your shelter-in-place? I don't know if you're area is opened yet but I wanted to share what we made to remember our time together as a family in case you might want to make one too.
Sewing Me-Made-May 2020 Did you participate in Me-Made-May this year? I assembled all my outfits I've worn this month along with a brief description containing the pattern's website, the fabric source, and any other posts I've made about it.
Science & Sensory Play Ideas For When It's Hot Outside Are you worried about what you can do with your kids when it gets hot out? Are you looking for cool snacks and drinks? Are you currently experiencing a heat wave? Why not check out my ideas for when it gets hot outside?
Sewing Even More Peppermint Swirl Dresses Are you looking to sew an easy pattern? Are you looking for a dress that wows? Whether you want to make a skirt or a dress this Peppermint Swirl pattern from Candy Castle patterns blows you away with the gorgeousness and twirliness. Have fun sewing it up.
Science & Sensory Play Simple Water Play Are you looking for easy ways to entertain your kids? Why not use simple water? My girls love playing with water sensory bins as they grew. And you can keep it novel by changing out the toys, adding bubbles, or dying the water. For such a crazy time water play is a simple solution.
Craftiness Create Cardboard Shelving For Your Kitchen Set Create a quick and custom shelving using cardboard boxes for your kids play area. This shelf was the perfect extension to our kitchen set that lasted for quite awhile.
Science & Sensory Play Playdough Troubleshooting Have you attempted to make playdough and found it either too wet or much too dry? I have an awesome playdough recipe I make all the time and just added a video on how I recovered my playdough when it's crumbly dry or soppy wet.
Sewing Ragamuffin's Billie Shirt and Dress Are you looking for a new wrap top or dress? I really love the Billie wrap from Little Ragamuffin Patterns and it has so many different options with it.
Science & Sensory Play Random Things That May Make My Days Better I'm powering through this time with a bit too much Viola's Quest on my phone and a Costco-sized container of peanut M&Ms... or two so far. How are you doing? Hope these simple ideas that help me can also help you regardless of what you're going through.
Sewing Theater or Concert Play Curtain Does your child love putting on concerts or plays? Why not make a curtain that easily fits in their doorway! Works with the door open or closed, easily portable, and shouldn't leave marks if they grow out of it or you have to move out of your home.
Science & Sensory Play Practice 'Erasable' Sight Words Are you looking for a way to get your kids more interested in their sight words? Or do you want them to try to write letters or numbers? Do you have salt or sand? Why not make an erasable tray so they can write them again and again.
Sewing Simple and Washable Name Tags For Your Kitchen Table Are you worried about your kids drinking out of the wrong glass? Why not create name tags so they can tell their glasses apart and you can easily move them around at will? Love that the kids helped design their own so they’re super excited to use them!
Science & Sensory Play Ideas For When You're Home With Kids An umbrella post containing all the fun kid activities listed on my blog up to March 2020. I've also included some external resources available over March and April and maybe beyond.
Sewing The Stovetop Details On My Kids' Play Kitchen After last week's post I wanted to follow up and show you how I added the burner and sink details to the kitchen set cover. I love the added ribbon water coming out of the sink and the burner covers the most.
Exercise Free At Home Workouts To De-Stress Are you looking for a way to let off steam but you're stuck inside? Are you feeling antsy. Why not look into one of these free online workouts?
Hack Kids' Play Kitchen Do you have a small table you're looking to upcycle? Are you wishing you had a kitchen set for your kids? Why not make your own? Here's what I did to make my kids their play kitchen.
Sewing Quiet Book Page - Interactive Button Play Are you looking for a new quiet book page design? I used buttons and fabric markers to create an interactive button play page. I made some mistakes along the way but wanted to share this to give you inspiration and learn from my mistakes.
BreadIn5 Sausage in a Blanket (a.k.a. Hot Dogs) with BreadIn5 Dough Have you dabbled with bread dough and are looking for a new recipe? Are you wanting something simple to make with your dough?These taste incredible hot from the oven and amazing cold the next day for lunch.
Sewing Patching A Hole In Your Lightweight Woven Garment Have you burned or melted a hole in your lightweight fabric? Why not patch it up with a leftover scrap? Here's how I patched my lightweight chiffon camisole.
Science & Sensory Play Kids' Distraction Area in the Kitchen Do you have a toddler underfoot that always wants to play while you're making food or washing dishes? Why not create a space for them nearby? They can play while you cook or clean so you can hang out together.
Food & Dessert Leftover Mashed Potato Casserole - Tastes Like Perogies! Are you craving perogies and can't find them anywhere? Are you putting off figuring out how to make your own? Why not use some leftover mashed potatoes and satisfy that perogy feeling with a casserole. So delicious!
