I love dinnertime with my family. Sometimes life gets so crazy with after school activities and I crave this time with my family. I know my kids love it just as much as I do. I'm sharing today our Dinner Time Conversation Tree Centerpiece with you. We have just started doing it and my family loves it. It is so easy and simple to pull together...and it makes for a pretty table centerpiece. Also, this is a lovely idea for Holiday entertaining at Thanksgiving or Christmas time. To make … [Read more...] about Dinner Time Conversation Tree
Build Your Own Drink Stand
Hi guys! Its Ali from Dream Crafter and I want to tell you a little story. Once upon a time a girl (me) saved all her money and bought her self a miter saw. Then her mother came to visit and brought a bunch of other tools. Then said girl decided to build stuff. Her mother knew she had no idea what she was doing so she taught her all she knew. And this beast was born. Today I'm going to show you how to build your own drink stand. I used the plans from THIS puppet theater and they … [Read more...] about Build Your Own Drink Stand
2015 Family Motto
This post is sponsored by American Crafts and may contain affiliate links. We're about a week into the new school year. After a few days we noticed that one of our kids was really grumpy about school. As I was talking to him he mentioned how he only liked to do fun things, and that school is not fun. He is a really smart kid, but school is hard for him. After my rant of "life isn't fun" I came up with our family motto for the school year. Because, while we don't expect him to have the … [Read more...] about 2015 Family Motto
Garden and Plants Books for Kids
We are ready for In The Garden week here on Crafting Chicks and are happy to kick it off once again with our books picks! Getting in the garden and showing kids how it works is so important. These books are a great start to help the kids and you learn what to do and how to get started. Garden and Plants Books for Kids Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert Flower Garden by Eve Bunting From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons From the Garden by Michael Dahl Garden to … [Read more...] about Garden and Plants Books for Kids
Summer Cloud Paintings
Hey! It's liZ, one of the two Elizabeth's, from over at Simple Simon and Company and we are happy to be here at the Crafting Chicks today!!! Today we get to share a project that I've done about 2.8 billion times with students in my art classes and with my kids at home. It's a favorite because it's fun, they always turn out interesting, and this project lends it self nicely to so many different teaching topics....from the weather, to types of clouds, to color resist, to mixing colors, to … [Read more...] about Summer Cloud Paintings