I had a hard time coming up with an idea for gifts for my little step-brothers (8 and 13 years old), but when someone suggested that I make marshmallow guns, I figured it was the perfect idea.
You can find the instructions for making them here.
Sean made them and spray painted them black, and we’re including [...]

Okay, this may just be my favorite Christmas craft ever! I think it turned out SO cute (although the flesh-color isn’t showing up that great in this picture), and it really wasn’t difficult at all.
To make, I cut the basic shapes from potato halves – a circle for the heads, a triangle for the bodies, [...]

To me, the most stressful part of a “homemade Christmas” has been coming up with something for our little sisters (17 and 18 years old) and my little step-brothers (8 and 13 years old…more on their gift later).
I never want anyone to feel shorted because of our limited gift budget or decision to do a [...]

Look! I finished the girls’ babydoll diaper bags, and I think they turned out so cute! Trust me when I say they’re not perfect by any means, but I’m pretty proud of myself. I haven’t pressed the seams yet, and I’m not sure I’m going to, but I’m sure they would look nicer if I [...]

I absolutely love how these footprint/handprint reindeer turned out. They were fun to make and so cute.
It’s a pretty self-explantory project, but just a few notes:
I had the girls sit on the table and put their foot down on top of the paper, and then I put my hand under the paper to lift it [...]

Okay, I admit it. I actually made the tree pictured above. I think this project requires a little more patience than my girls have, and so we’re doing just one color at a time over several days, but I wanted to see how they’ll turn out (okay, and I like simple crafts so that I [...]

I finished my first set of baby doll accessories for the girls on Sunday, and I’m fairly happy with how they turned out. I forgot to clip the curves in the bib, though – oops!

To make the babydoll bib, I literally just drew a bib shape on a piece of cardstock and cut it out [...]

Just in case any of you get the bright idea to use two of your children’s handprints to make “kissing turkeys”, let me save you from making an extremely dumb mistake. It’s important that you remember that turkeys actually have beaks sticking out from the front of their faces, and you’ll want to leave room [...]

I originally saw these in Family Fun magazine, and I just finished making a bunch for our Operation Christmas Child boxes. My girls LOVE them, and Pumpkin Doodle was more than happy to model one this morning. I think they’ll be excited to find some in their stockings on Christmas morning since they know these [...]

I made these super easy Christmas cards this morning, and I’m really happy with how cute they turned out! If I’d known they would be as easy as they were, I probably would have just made our Christmas cards instead of buying them!

To make, cut simple Christmas tree, star and present shapes from construction [...]