Making a Treasure Map
Pirates, wilderness survival and spies are the themes of the boys imaginary play these days. And they’ve gone wild creating their own maps for their play. I love it. They learn so much through hours of...
View ArticleSpring Activities for Kids
I love how kids remember things from year to year. Spring rolls around and my boys know we should be eating dinner in the backyard, that their Easter baskets will be discovered at the end of a long...
View ArticleDuct Tape Bow Tie
Aren’t these duct tape bow ties fabulous? I took the boys with me to a youth group event last evening and the girls entertained themselves making duct tape crafts – which included these fantastic bow...
View ArticleNail & String Art Project
This is, by far, my favorite of all the hand crafts my boys have made. My five year old made this nail string art horse head and it now proudly resides on our mantle. Both have been begging me to find...
View Article2014 Calendar Printable {free download}
The 2013 calendar printable turned out to be quite popular last year so I thought I would make another set for 2014. The pictures can be printed and displayed on a desk or wall. All pictures were...
View ArticleWooden Spoon People
::we first made these fun wooden spoon people four years ago, but we are going to make more this week so I dug up this old post:: I couldn’t like these quirky wooden spoon people any more! They were...
View ArticleCraft Kits for Kids :: homemade christmas gift idea
My mom use to put together craft kits for me each Christmas and they were one of my favorite things ever. I remember her craft kits as being a random assortment of craft items – some surplus from her...
View ArticleBeatitudes
A friend is speaking on a the Beatitudes and asked if I would make a printable for her to use at the conference using the verses from Matthew 5. The pictures will be printed via groovebook and...
View ArticleBible Trivia Questions (New Testament)
One simple and fun way to reinforce what is being learned in Sunday School or Children’s Church is Bible trivia questions. Paul and I teach the middle school age kids and they LOVE when we do games...
View ArticleWedding Countdown
My sister is getting married the end of May and I am SO hating the hundreds of miles between us right now. I won’t be able to share in any of the joyful events leading up to her big day celebrating HER...
View ArticleThe Moringa Plant | why you should add it to your garden plans
It is almost time to start planting and I wanted to share about an amazing plant, called Moringa, that we were introduced to in 2014. There are SO many amazing health benefits to this tree, so many...
View ArticlePlanting Moringa Seeds
March 2nd I planted my Moringa seeds – I planted my new PKM1 variety moringa seeds from A Healthy Leaf and then also planted some leftover seeds from last summer … not sure how well those old ones will...
View ArticleGrowing Peonies in the South | the beginning
Photo credit It has been forever since I have updated this little space – hello to any and all that are still reading. I didn’t think the line would be so blurred between what goes in this space and...
View ArticleDIY Minimalist Bed Frame
I am SO excited to share our latest DIY project – a minimalist bed frame that gets our matt off the floor and holds it perfectly and yet still maintains the clean and simple profile we like. The DIY...
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