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10 Handmade Teacher Christmas Gifts With A Personal Touch

FAM, Featured, grow, kids, LIVE By Guest November 27, 2014 Tags: christmas, crafts, diy, gifts, handmade, holidays, teachers 1 Comment

Teachers do so much for our kids, each and every day. We spend so much time talking to our kids about how great their teachers are, but when was the last time you told your child’s teacher that you appreciate all that they do for your kiddo?

Here are 10 handmade teacher Christmas gifts that have a personal touch to help you express your appreciation.

1. Thank you for coloring our lives and making us Sharpies teacher gift from Design Wash Rinse Repeat

2. DIY fabric covered book (this would be so cute to do with a journal or notebook) from Two Twenty One

3. Homemade Tea Wreath from Kojo Designs

4. Thanks a Latte for all you do teacher gift from Longing For Home

5. Succulents planter from Shabby 2 Chic

6. DIY Tub Teas from Martha Stewart

7. Dum-Dum lollipop tree from Meet the Dubiens

8. DIY Oh Sew Easy 10 Minute Fabric Flower Brooch from Sew Creative

9. Teacher Scrabble tile coloured clothespins from Pen and Paint

10. DIY Chalkboard Coasters from Living Well Spending Less

10 DIY Advent Calendars You Can Make At Home From Pinterest

GEAR, LIVE, play, toys By Guest November 21, 2014 Tags: activity, advent calendars, christmas, colourful, craft, diy, forest, gifts, lego, muffin tin, pinterest, project, sewing, stockings, toilet paper tube 1 Comment

Don’t you just love Christmas? The excitement, the anticipation, the magic in your children’s eyes as they imagine what they’ll find under the Christmas tree on Christmas morning?

We decided to help you with your Christmas countdown fun by curating our favourite DIY Advent Calendars from Pinterest.

1. DIY Magnetic Tin Advent Calendar from Makoodle

2. Colourful Forest Advent Calendar from Love From Ginger

3. DIY Modern Advent Calendar from The Sweet Escape

4. No Sew Reusable Branches Advent Calendar from Design Mom

5. Muffin Tin Advent Calendar by Doodle Bug Blog

6. DIY Lego Advent Calendar from Frugal Fun 4 Boys

7. Mini Stocking Advent Calendar from Trillium Design

8. Bright and Colourful Advent Calendar from Love My Dress

9. Toilet Paper Tube Advent Calendar from Modern Creativity

10. DIY Wall Chart Advent Calendar from The Painted Hive

Natural Homemade Baby Wipe Recipe

baby, FAM By Jill Amery March 26, 2014 Tags: baby wipes, diapers and wipes, diy, featured, homemade, how to use baby wipes, natural, organic, recipe for homemade, Sarah Juliusson, slider, solution for cloth wipes, using cloth diapers, wipes, your diaper No Comments

There’s nothing as soft as baby skin. Especially if you are washing your diapers, throwing a few wipes into the laundry isn’t a big deal. When my kids were small I would fill a thermos coffee dispenser daily with warm water and always have cloths as baby wipes. This Natural Homemade Baby Wipe Recipe would have made things even easier!

Natural Homemade Baby Wipe Recipe

Take a handful of dates and a handful of almonds and whirl in a food processor until finely ground. Add in handfuls of coconut, seeds (pumpkin, sesame, flax), 3 T cocoa powder, plus 1 T honey or maple syrup. Then drizzle in 2 T water while blending until it forms a paste you can roll. Then roll into balls and roll these in coconut, flax meal, sesame seeds or cocoa powder!

You can also add nut butters, dried apricot or any other flavours you wish.

Recipe courtesy of Sarah Juliusson, Birth Your Business

Hemp cloth wipes (shown) available through Curly Monkey on Etsy.

DIY Tin Man Costume

FAM, kids By Jill Amery October 28, 2013 Tags: costume, diy, DIY Tin Man Costume, duct tape, face paint, featured, halloween, no-sew, silver, tin man, wizard of oz 4 Comments

I will admit – the DIY Tin man costume is not the easiest. But it’s warm, move-able and super fun! You also have the option of a no-sew version. Enter the duct tape.

Materials:

– 1 sheet Silver cardboard
– 1 silver hoop earring
– 2m industrial insulating fabric – silver on one side and white batting on the other
– scissors
– needle and thread
– silver duct tape
– silver face paint

The DIY Earth Goddess Costume

FAM, kids By Jill Amery October 28, 2013 Tags: costumes, diy, earth goddess, featured, halloween, sew, white dress 1 Comment

Once upon a time there was an earth goddess who blessed everyone with a love of nature and peace. Or maybe just a little girl who loves white dresses and crowns. This DIY earth goddess costume is easy, effective and warm!

Materials:

– grapevine wreath
– plastic leaf garland
– plastic white flowers
– 1 m silver ribbon for a belt
– 2 m while fabric
– plastic apple
– scissors
– needle and thread

How To Make a Peacock Costume

FAM, kids By Jill Amery October 23, 2013 Tags: diy, halloween, peacock costume, slider 2 Comments

At some time in every mom’s life she wonders how to make a peacock costume. Ok maybe. But if not you should try this (even for yourself as an alternative to the less than classy adult costumes that you can buy these days..). This isn’t meat to be a gown that lasts forever so we haven’t hemmed and tapered. If you sew well, you can adapt it!

How To Make a Peacock Costume

Materials:
peacock feathers from a craft store
2m sparkly aquamarine fabric
scissors
needle and thread
while leotard and tights to wear underneath
pins

The Easy DIY Mummy Costume

FAM, kids By Jill Amery October 23, 2013 Tags: costume, diy, halloween, mummy, muslin, slider 2 Comments

Our little mummy loved getting wrapped and tucked. This easy DIY mummy costume took about 30 minutes and packed a punch. You could stain the cloth with black tea, but chances are that it will get pretty dirty (and chocolate covered) all on its own Hallowe’en night…

The Easy DIY Mummy Costume

Materials:
– 3-4m tearable white muslin or other inexpensive fabric.
– a baselayer of white tights/pants and long-sleeved shirt for warmth and to use to tuck the cloth.
– white duct tape

The DIY Scarecrow Costume

FAM, kids By Jill Amery October 23, 2013 Tags: costume, diy, fast, featured, halloween, quick costume idea, scarecrow, simple No Comments

One of our simplest Hallowe’en ideas, the DIY Scarecrow costume takes only minutes and produces great effect. There’s also raffia for you to use later in wrapping presents!

The DIY Scarecrow Costume

Supplies:

– Duct Tape (but of course)
– Slightly too-short trousers
– plaid shirt with collar
– Vest (if you don’t have one you could make one out of a dark tea towel or piece of fabric. Simply cut in a life jacket shape.
– Hat
– Raffia

The DIY Starbucks Cup Costume

FAM, kids By Jill Amery October 23, 2013 Tags: costume, cup, diy, featured, halloween, starbucks, warm costume 1 Comment

Just in case you were worried that Starbucks was in need of more advertising and wanted to lend a hand… we have an easy DIY Starbucks cup costume idea for you. It’s warm, perfect for hiding tons of candy and is so cute that your kids might actually get an extra haul…

The DIY Starbucks Cup Costume

Materials:

– 1.5 metres of the thickest white fabric you can find. We went to the ‘industrial’ section in the fabric store.
– 1 package of quilting batten (use it to make a quilt later)
– 1 metre of green ribbon
– white thread
– a brown paper yard waste bag
– a colour printer
– duct tape
– safety pins

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