Very Hungry Caterpillar Cake
This Very Hungry Caterpillar cake from Coco Cake Cupcakes is so very clever. Click over to check out more photos and to learn how they make the caterpillar’s “furry bits!” (via Craftzine)
Homemade Hand Sanitizer
Hand sanitizer is great to have handy when you’re out and about with the kiddos. Pepper Paints shares how to make your own from scratch!
Cheap and Easy Fairytale Crowns
Mommy Blessings recently made several of these crowns using flexible chopping mats! They’re straight out of a fairy tail and fit for a princess. Click here for the tut!
Repurposed Coffee Table to Child’s Drawing Table
Have a spare coffee table laying around? With just a few adjustments you can turn it into a kid-sized art table! Mini Cuties tells how she and her husband transformed this: into this! Some…
Spring Wall Hanging
Roots and Wings shares how to make fun Spring decorations using paper plates! Choose among a chicky, a bunny, or a flower…or make all three and string together!
How to Make a Cardboard Camera
Our Green Earth shares a tutorial for making this cardboard camera. My little girl is *always* asking to take pictures and would totally dig this! Click here for the tut!
Homemade Nutella
Oh, Nutella…you make me swoon with all of your sweet chocolatey-hazelnuty goodness…my, how you tempt me so. Ahem…sorry about that. Got a bit carried away with a little love fest I was having with…
Felt Peeps Free Pattern
Love Peeps but want to cut back on the sweets? Check out these felt Peeps from Dusty Bottom Acres! All the cute but none of the mess of the real thing, plus they’d make…
Toddler Name Game
My two-year-old has been obsessed with learning how to spell her name for a while now. But, with 9 letters in all, she has quite a task in front of her. I think this…
Fun Sensory Activity
Take a look at this treasure hunt activity posted at No Time For Flashcards. I know my kids would love doing this…repeatedly! And now that the weather is warming up, this would be a…
Basic Knitted Bib
Here’s a great pattern for someone just learning to knit or who just needs a quick baby gift! Kris Knits tells how to make an easy knitted baby bib here!
Recycling for Crafts
Ramblings of a Crazy Woman has shared some great ideas for using recyclables in your children’s arts and crafts. I love all of her ideas, especially refilling a glue bottle with paint! Great for…
Make Your Own Paper Dollhouse
See The Woods and the Trees shows how to make a doll house using pages from a magazine or catalog. What a clever way to make use of your catalogs before you discard them!…
Hammer Activity
I’m always on the look-out for homemade Montessori inspired activities. They’re usually very simple and inexpensive to recreate, and this hammering activity from Chasing Cheerios is no exception. Love it!
Quilted Doll Basket Tutorial
Geta (Geta’s Quilting Studio) is an amaaazing quilter. Totally wowza. Can you see the details in the background of this photo? That’s an example of the crazy detailing she’s able to create in her…