Arts and Crafts

Cue the Christmas music and hang up your stockings, it is finally Christmas time y’all! With only weeks away from Santa’s arrival, we wanted to do something to inspire you to keep the little ones occupied. So, we bring you “12 Days of Christmas Crafts”. Much like the popular Christmas song, we will give to you a new Christmas craft idea for 12 consecutive days. The posts will include everything you need to know from ingredients to instructions to little tips. Let’s get right into it! On the third day of Christmas, Red Stick Mom gave to me … salt dough Santa handprint ornaments, DIY Christmas play dough bins, and a contact paper Christmas tree activity. If you are looking for an inexpensive...

Cue the Christmas music and hang up your stockings, it is finally Christmas time y’all! With only weeks away from Santa’s arrival, we wanted to do something to inspire you to keep the little ones occupied. So, we bring you “12 Days of Christmas Crafts.” Much like the popular Christmas song, we will give to you a new Christmas craft idea for 12 consecutive days. The posts will include everything you need to know from ingredients to instructions to little tips. Let’s get right into it! On the first day of Christmas, Red Stick Mom gave to me … Contact Paper Christmas Tree. This activity is perfect for repeated pretend play and for color recognition for those younger ones at home....

Teaching kids to be thankful for their many blessings is important year-round, but especially during the month of November when we celebrate Thanksgiving. As my kids are getting older, I hope to teach them the importance of practicing gratitude. This cute turkey craft is a great way to help kids think about and express things they are thankful for. Older kids will love completing this on their own, and younger kids will have just as much fun putting it together will a little assistance from an adult. To make a thankful turkey, you need the following supplies: Free thankful turkey printable Construction paper Wobbly eyes glue scissors To make the thankful turkey follow these steps: Download and print this thankful turkey template....

We all know there are those Christmas gifts that your grandma or great aunt gives you every year... like an old school picture of Mary and Baby Jesus, a Rosary from the mail (cher maw maw and her mail Rosaries), or another devotional book that will be stacked with your other unread devotional books. Thanks to social media and the lovely people creating unique and desirable items that are fun and fashionable, but also Christian centered, we can say goodbye to the 70s devotionals (no hard feelings, most are filled with good nuggets of truth) and hello to authentic Christmas items that we will love to give and receive! I wanted to share a few awesome artisans and shops with...

Last summer I agreed to chair the Father / Daughter Dance at our kid's school. I have a background in wedding / party planning and coordinating so it kind of fits. I didn't realize what I had gotten myself into, but it ended up being a lot of fun. So, I would like to share some tricks and tips I learned to save you money and still have a theme filled event. 1.  The first thing I did was research past themes used so I could make sure I was not duplicating. Once I eliminated previous themes, I wanted to have something that I could easily decorate a room with. I wanted to have a theme that I could easily...