Strawberry Shortcake Easy Homemade Costume
Me: Okay girls, Soledad needs help with Show n’ Tell. She needs to find an object that starts with the Letter “U”. It has to be able to fit into…
Handmade, Do-It Yourself, Homemade STICKER BOOKS!!!!!!
When I was a kid, I collected. I collected shells. I collected rocks. I collected leaves. I collected Garbage Pail Kids, Cabbage Patch Dolls, and fish (dead ones). There were…
Ribbon Flip Flops
I like to call my little lovelies, the flip floppers. Not to their face, of course. Just to their virtual face in my mind.They can wake up utterly happy, smiling and…
Tie Dying a T-Shirt and Almost Dying at the Hands of Your Cousin (Allegedly)
Shirt after it has been rinsed, washed in the washing machine and dried in the dryer!It’s morning, and I’m in the kitchen cooking.My mom, is stationed next to me, assisting…
Grimy Green Goop
WARNING : This post is not for the faint of heart. If you are opposed to bodily secretions of any kind do not read on. Again, DO NOT READ ON! Post will…
Black Crayon Scratch Art
Every six months, or so, my kids go to the dentist. Yesterday was that day. The gang went in; I sat down, opened a magazine, and relaxed. It was really…
Bath Tub Paint
You meet a boy. You really dig him. You date him, marry him, and have kids (or any variation, thereof, I’m not judging). You bring your babies home, you love…
Chore Chart
Magnetic Chore ChartAaaaaah this morning. I awoke to rain tapping on my window sill, the slow escape of the crescent moon as it tucked its weary face under the cover…
Gummy Candy
For a few years when I was a kid, my family lived in a tenement in Germany. The building sat on top of this really big hill that we used…