Storybook Pages as Placemats Here’s a fun way to add your child’s favorite stories into their mealtime! You can take storybook pages and laminate them – voila! Want to make them even more personal? Let your little one use a glue stick and cutouts or a marker to personalize their storybook placemats before you laminate them! You can pick up a good deal on a laminator from Amazon – I use mine all of the [...]

I am super excited about this FREE class from Craftsy! I have already started the FREE Quilt Square class to learn how to quilt and now they are offering a FREE chocolate making class as well! I have always wanted to learn how to make chocolate at home, so I am excited about this one – I am going to be taking this free online class with my 13 year old daughter as part of [...]

The first thing I thought when I saw that video below? “I’ve GOTTA have one!” I love how it comes with all of the extra goodies too – this is really a great tool to spark up some creativity! What a unique way to save memories or keep a journal! I did something similar to this for my husband while he was stationed in Iraq and gave it to him when he came back home [...]

The Craftsy Block of the Month is a completely free, year-long online class instructed by expert quilter, Amy Gibson. There are 12 installments, each one posted on the first day of every month. The first 10 months/installments teach students two new exciting blocks (brand new designs or funky spins on traditional blocks). The last two months are dedicated to finishing the quilt. At the end of the class,  students will have full-size and one-of-a-kind quilts. [...]

With over 500,000 monthly unique visitors, Craftsy is the fastest growing online community for crafters! I love crafting and all things DIY – it’s just another part of how I live a frugal lifestyle! Craftsy features HUNDREDS of patterns for all kinds of unique items, Online Classes for beginning, intermediate, and advanced quilting, knitting, sewing, jewelry making, crocheting, and MORE, plus, there are some incredible deals on crafting supplies that you won’t want to miss [...]

We have all been rushing around looking for the best deal on gifts for Christmas this year, but sometimes the best gift is one that you make yourself! I love creating gifts and these cupcake mugs are always a great hit! The Dollar Tree always has a nice variety of holiday mugs – but you don’t even have to have a Christmas theme, you could do any type of mug to fit the recipient’s personality [...]

  Have yourself a Manah Manah Christmas with this FREE Muppets Christmas Activity Pack! You’ll find it is packed with 14 pages full of fun activities and crafts for the kiddos, including coloring sheets, ornaments, cutouts, and so much more! The kids are going to have so much fun decorating our home for all of our Christmas guests!! Print your FREE 14 page Muppets Christmas Activity Pack!   “Like” The Muppets on Facebook! The Muppets [...]

Beauty and the Beast 3D is coming to theaters on January 13th, 2012! I cannot wait to take my kids to see this movie, as it was a favorite of mine when I was younger! To help celebrate the release of this movie, I have some fun and free coloring pages for the kiddos! My kids like to use coloring pages as wrapping paper for Christmas gifts, so they color their favorite pages and then [...]

Hi-Ho!! Kermit, Fozzie and of course Swedish Chef wanted to make sure you were ready for Thanksgiving with some fun printables and a Kermit cupcake recipe! I love doing crafts with the kids, especially around a holiday theme! If you make any of these crafts or cupcakes, post a picture of them to share with everyone – I’d love to see them! Click on each picture for complete instructions! ‘Like’ THE MUPPETS on Facebook at: [...]

Check out Crayola.com and print out some Free Thanksgiving Coloring Pages! You will also find some great Thanksgiving activity ideas on this page such as Thanksgiving Bingo, a Turkey Card, and more. I love doing themed crafts with my toddler for holidays – sometimes I can even talk my teenager into crafting along with us! It looks like there is plenty on this site to keep us busy too! Free Thanksgiving Coloring Pages and MORE [...]