Category Archives: Holidays

DIY Fanta Costume

1st November 2019

Sort of last minute my daughter got asked to be soda themed costumes with a group in her school’s Halloween parade. Guess what my child chose? Grape Fanta. Guess what I couldn’t find on Amazon to be shipped to my house in enough time for Halloween? Yep, a grape Fanta shirt. Therefore, off to Hobby Lobby I went to get supplies to make her a Fanta shirt.

I TRULY believe that almost anything can be made from felt and hot glue. I have made almost all of my kid’s costumes from these two crafting materials. It’s all so cheap that it chokes me up with joy.

It took me about an hour total to make this shirt. I made my own stencil from copying it from the computer screen and cutting it out letter by letter. Here she is!

For the grapes, I used a Styrofoam snowman ornament kit that I got 50 percent off for just a a little over a dollar! I painted them, hot glued them together, added felt leaves, and the hot glued the whole thing on to a hair clip I took an old bow off of. Super easy. I ALMOST added a straw coming out of the grapes by painting a toilet paper roll, but I changed my mind. Does anyone drink from soda cans with a straw? I don’t know.

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DIY Halloween Treat: Frankenstein Tongue Depressor Craft

28th October 2019

 

Hey, hey, hey, Halloween is only 3 days away! Because of this I figured I would hand make a logo shirt for my child’s Halloween parade and make treat crafts AND put it all on a blog 72 hours before.

I am so stinkin’ tired. I just made my hubby take all four kids on a car ride so I could finish this little post, ha.

So this weekend we had my church fall festival and one of the women put together a little tongue depressor craft she found on Pinterest. I thought they were so cute just as the stick figures and then it gave me in inspiration:

“Turn them in to candy holders to give at a class party!,” the voice said to me. I had been trying to come up with something for my son’s class treats so I was super stoked. Thanks, voice.

All you will need is:

googly eyes (obsessed with them this season, apparently)
hot glue gun
pack of colored tongue depressors
pipe cleaners
Sharpie
Candy of your choice

I saw a picture of a mummy sticks wrapped in white pipe cleaners and if you wanted to do a spin on my idea of turning this craft into packaging, wrapping a piece of candy up in the pipe cleaners would also be cute!  You could do almost any theme or holiday with these tongue depressors and using them in this way is the cutest presentation!

Here are my Frankenstein tongue depressors with candy! Put their names on the back and hand these puppies out to be a Halloween diva princess….or a mom….or whatever.

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Googly Eye Halloween Hershey Kisses

23rd September 2019

Halloween Hershey Kisses, googly eyes of your choice, and a hot glue gun (the medium of the craft gods) and you can make some of the cutest treats around. Package them like I did in clear pretzel bags from Hobby Lobby or hand them out individually with the rest of your candy. If you don’t get some serious high fives for these, then….you hang out with people who are unfamiliar with the fiving of hands.

I saw a post from years ago by Somewhat Simple where she used black googly eyes on kisses and knew that I must run with it. I have to give her a shout out, because I hate it when people use my stuff and don’t give me a holler. I can’t find her post anymore, but I tried! It looks like it may not be there anymore?

I found googly eyes at Hobby Lobby that looked like real eyeball colors and thought that they gave these a spookier flare and they looked really cool mixed with the regular black googlies.

This is so fun and easy to do with your kid…..or by yourself….doing 75 by yourself. That too is fun….

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Witch Hat Hershey Kisses

22nd September 2019

I have had many problems with candy in my life. In the 4th grade, I ate two king size Butterfingers at once to make kids laugh and barfed them up. Fast forward to my adult years and I had a year long love affair with Oreos to the point I would hide them from my kids and eat them in the laundry room. This post is taking a weird turn….

Thankfully, I can’t eat gluten anymore so the Oreos have been laid to rest. However, welcome Hershey’s chocolate to the stage! I love it. Love it all. I NEVER ate plain chocolate until after my third baby so I blame her for whatever she did to my body chemistry.

It makes sense that I would want to use Hershey Kisses for a special Halloween treat. Here is what you will need:

Black glitter cardstock
Hot glue gun
Scissors
Black glitter ribbon
Halloween Kisses
And some patience with the ribbon part because it is a butthole

I used a lid to a bottle to trace and cut out the circles to be the hat brim and glued a kiss in the center of each of them. I use hot glue on chocolate candies quite regularly for parties and crafts and it never messes with the chocolate. It’s a question for God one day….

Then, I cut a small strip of ribbon and even cut it in half length wise. I wrapped it around the bottom of the kiss, securing it with a drop of hot glue. Once secured, I knotted the sucker and there you go! Witch hats!

I didn’t see these anywhere on Pinterest when I searched for them to see if they existed, so hopefully at the time I’m posting this, it’s an original idea for you!

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No Dye Easter Eggs

8th April 2019

If you are looking to make Easter egg decorating a little less painful….like always, look no further than Target! I grabbed three dozen of these craft eggs from the section around the party supplies and gift wrap and poof, Easter magic. Each dozen was only 4.99 and that was before my magic red card. And no, I’m not getting any kickback for endorsing a Red Card or anything Target, actually. I just have a problem with Target love and I will do anything for them for free because one, they are amazing and two, I’m not a celebrity so it works out for both of us.

I gave my kids some markers and let them go to town. Now we have eggs they can save (if they are careful) til kingdom come! I eventually gave them some paint for decorating a day later out of desperation for them to be busy. As the old saying goes, “Whatever it takes.” I don’t know if that’s old, but it’s sure as heck a dang cliche because no truer words have ever been spoken!

Happy almost less messy and no stinky vinegar Easter!

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You Blow Me Away DIY Balloon Valentine

15th February 2019

My oldest little girl came up with some of THE BEST Valentine ideas so I think she has some “her party pants” in her genes! Woo hoo! She wanted to do a “blow me away” Valentine with balloons so we made it happen. We found a “you blow me away” instant download printable in the Etsy shop TitaTipsPrintables that was meant for bubbles. She thought we could replace the bubbles with balloons and fill the balloons with candy, so we did! She picked two different color coordinating balloons and we stuffed them and tied them with black and white baker’s twine.

To fill the balloons, I put my fingers in the opening and stretched it open for dear life will I pleaded with my 8 year old to hurry up and stuff the dang candy in! #reallifebro

I glued each balloon on with a hot glue gun and, believe it or not, it doesn’t damage the latex at all and they peel off effortlessly! The candy empties easily and the balloon is ready to blow!

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Creative Valentines for Kids

10th February 2019

I struck the mother load of awesome and creative digital download Valentines on Etsy. The shop name is Kudzu Monster and the owner, Tiffany Everett, is a hero of Valentines and other printables! Because she is of heroic status, I’m adding her to my favorite suppliers category here on the site.

All images are from her Etsy shop and used by permission from her. Fall in love with me already! I know there are plenty of moms out there who don’t have their Valentine’s for their kids yet.

I know a lot of super fun mom and kids that are going to love these guys. I have a favorite. What’s yours?

All images and content from Kudzu Monster.

Follow her on Pinterest and Instagram (kudzumonster) to keep up with all of her great printables!

DIY Giant Gingerbread Man Kit

18th December 2018

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I have the world’s best, cheaper, less messy, collapse free store bought option to gingerbread houses:  Giant Gingerbread Man Kits for 7.99!

I bought mine from my local Kroger, but you can buy this one on Amazon for 14 and have it shipped to your door!  

It was the world’s EASIEST and SIMPLEST way to do a Christmas baking craft with zero frustration of the gingerbread houses!  

Package this up with the book The Gingerbread Man alone or with an apron and it is one cute gift idea, too!

You can tell how big these guys are by comparing it in size to my 6 year old above!  

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Reindeer Brownies

12th December 2018

Same story, different chapter!  First came the Hershey Bar Reindeer and then came along the Cosmic Brownie Reindeer!  I bought the poms, googly eyes and stick on antlers from Hobby Lobby for 50 percent off.  The foam adhesive antlers were actually part of a multi-pack foam reindeer craft and it was so cheap and so easy to use these pre-made antlers.  Mamma said, “All day long.” I also saw these on Pinterest and while I try to post purely my own ideas, I thought some other moms out there would appreciate 2 easy, Christmas appropriate class treats for all of those school parties out there!  

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Heirloom Vintage Jewelry Christmas Tree

10th December 2018


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If you don’t think this is beautiful, your eyeballs are broken. Do you know what this is??? My friend Emily’s husband has this from his grandmother and it’s made from all of her jewelry made by her! Oh my goodness! WHAT A KEEPSAKE/FAMILY HEIRLOOM! What an amazing way to pass on something personal and with so much character. This is so priceless! I wish I had one and now I plan to make them from my mom and mother in laws special things, fabrics and jewelry.  

You can make this easily by purchasing an unfinished Christmas tree wood piece from a craft store and painting the color of your choice. Then lay out your jewelry design and lift up edges and secure each piece by piece with hot glue or super glue. I prefer hot glue almost always for everything! Don’t feel crafty and don’t want to meet with painting a piece or finding an unfinished Christmas tree pattern? No problem! Buy a wooden Christmas tree from the home decor section at your store of choice and cover it in jewelry. Tis’ the season to find about a million tree options and hey, they are almost all about to be clearanced out! Another cute twist on this idea would be to get a large wood slice, wood wreath form or unfinished wood circle from your local craft store and make an ornate jewelry wreath!

Here are some options you could use to make a tree: 
unfinished one foot tall wooden tree
Above is available in larger sizes as well.  Just paint and remove star if desired.  Add wall hangers to make it wall decor!
unfinished wood tree in different style, available from 6 inches to 2 ft. tall
nested plank trees (Remove the stand if desired and paint.)
barnwood tree (Remove wreath and star)
large wood slice to make jewelry wreath 



Find someone who you know could start this project, whether it’s a parent, grandparent or a child who has old keepsake jewelry from a loved one.  What a gorgeous and special heirloom to pass on for generations of things your loved one once wore and loved! It beats sitting in a box! Thanks to my friend, Emily, for this beautiful picture and for letting me share this treasure!
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