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Saturday, December 1, 2012

christmas craft round-up {crafts, gifts, & recipes}

Seriously? December is here? Didn't August just get over? I am still up to my eyeballs in boxes in my craft room, so there's not much going on by way of Christmas crafts over here. Which kind of gets me down, so I did a round-up of some of our Crafts from Christmases Past for you. These are some of our most popular (and my favorite) handmade Christmas crafts, gift ideas, and recipes to get you in the holiday spirit! Enjoy!

Handmade Holidays Tutorials from the Little Birdies

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

pipe cleaner christmas tree

The Studio is a new site from Kiwi Crate that lets you browse hundreds of children's projects to make yourself, or if you're not feeling up to dragging the kids to three stores to gather the materials, you can buy them right there! There are currently three craft kits, with many more coming soon!

There is a Tissue Paper Wreath

 A Crafty Christmas Elf
 
 And a Pipe Cleaner Christmas Tree which I made with my boys.

It is always fun this time of year to do crafts with my kids for the holidays and when I received this Pipe Cleaner Christmas tree craft kit from The Studio, we had so much fun putting it together.

I love that the kit comes with everything you need to make the craft. It required no effort on my part to do the shopping, but the kids were able to enjoy a fun activity.

You put the wooden dowel into the wooden wheel and have an instant frame to start creating with! Then, starting at the base, wrap pipe cleaners around the base to create "branches." (The more times you wrap a pipe cleaner around the dowel, the shorter the branches will be.)


Once the entire dowel is wrapped up with fuzzy pine "needles," it's time to trim the tree.
 You can:
  • -adorn the branches with wooden bead ornaments
  • -top the tree with a pipe cleaner star
  • -cut up the pipe cleaners to create a festive garland
  • -wrap up the branches with sparkly pipe cleaners

It was fun to see the kids come up with their own ideas of how they wanted to decorate the tree and they got really creative!


 My boys have the tree displayed in their room as a Christmas decoration and they love it!

Check out The Studio to see the instructions for the other crafts and to order your own fun holiday craft kits. Your kids will love it!

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

10 free holiday cards promo code {tiny prints}

I'm madly working on a blanket tutorial, painting my thrift store finds for my new craft room, and blowing this joint for a quick girls' trip with my sisters-in-law and mother-in-law, but I had to mention this awesome free holiday offer from Tiny Prints (I use them every year for my cards!). Click below and use the code to get 10 free holiday cards--hurry, ends 11/13/12! I also included a few of my favorite cards they offer below--it was seriously hard to choose though. Love, love, love their designs. The back of the cards are super cute, too. See you soon!


Custom Holiday Cards Custom Collection: Chalkboard HoorayChristmas Cards Happy Highlights - Front : MeadowFlat Holiday Photo Cards Cheery Chart - Front : Khaki
Flat Holiday Photo Cards It’s the Season - Front : Firecracker


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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

4th of july mantel display {decor ideas}

I barely got a picture of this before it all got packed up to be shipped to Utah! One more holiday mantel display with these basic pieces (I've used them for my Christmas, Valentine's, and Easter mantel displays, too!). This has really made decorating for various holidays super easy. Here are some simple 4th of July decor ideas using the same pieces and some stuff I had around the house (see the links to past tutorials!).

I started with this framed sheet music (it's first incarnation was as a Christmas card holder). I draped an old, faded American flag on it and propped a wooden star from my boys' room in front of it. 

Then I moved my coffee filter flowers to a milk jar filled with red marbles, and tied a metal star (from Hobby Lobby) to the empty frame used here, here, and here for other holidays.
 

I found this darling Fourth of July subway art free printable from HMH Designs and put it in my painted thrift store frame (used with other printables here, here, and here).

With the big frame turned on its side, I felt like the display needed some height. So I made a few of these accordion folded pinwheels (tutorial here, video tutorial here) above the frame.

Voila! I would've loved to have added a paper bunting to the mix, but all those empty boxes (and a screeching 6-month-old) were calling me! ;)

We hope our American readers enjoy a safe and happy Independence Day! We are so thankful for all the men and women (and their families) who have served our country in war and in peace. Happy Fourth of July!!

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