Tag: do it yourself

Ice Cream Cone Christmas Trees

Post author By vickybarone
Post date December 17, 2013
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We’ve seen this craft floating around Pinterest so we thought we’d give it a try! This is a super simple project for you and your kids to enjoy! Put on some Christmas music and try not to eat all the m&ms.

Materials: Ice cream cones, white icing, green food coloring, m&ms, red and green sprinkles, coconut, marshmallows, and any other treats you’d like to add!

Directions:
1. Mix 10-20 drops of green food coloring into the white icing until you get the shade of green you like (we used about 10).
2. Using a knife, spread the green icing on each of the ice cream cones and set down on a plate in the arrangement you like (this part is the messiest, so do this for your youngest kids!).
3. Add candies to decorate!
4. Spread coconut around the base of the trees to look like snow.

Tada! Now you have a tasty winter forest that goes great with a neighborhood of gingerbread houses!

P.S. You probably don’t want to eat these after they’ve been sitting out, but maybe Santa’s reindeer might be interested in them…

Tags art for kids, Arts and Crafts, Christmas, christmas trees, crafts, d.i.y., DIY, do it yourself, easy, Family, holidays, Kids

DIY Holidays Projects Things I Love

Things I Love: Popsicle Stick Ornaments

Post author By vickybarone
Post date December 13, 2013

How cute are these ornaments? All you need for these fun holiday crafts for kids are some Popsicle sticks, paint, glue, and a little imagination! Click on the sources above for full tutorials on each ornament.

Happy crafting!

Tags Arts and Crafts, Christmas, crafts, d.i.y., DIY, do it yourself, easy, Family, holidays, Kids, Ornaments, things i love

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DIY Felt Gift Card Holders

Post author By vickybarone
Post date December 11, 2013

Add a personal touch to those less-than-personal gift cards with these adorable felt gift card holders! They are perfect to hang on the Christmas tree or tuck into a card this holiday season!

Materials: Felt, scissors, all-purpose thread, a hot glue gun, and a sewing machine.

Directions:
1. For the main pocket and loop, cut felt into two 3.25″ x 2.25″ rectangles and one 4″ x 0.5″ strip.
2. To decorate the front of the gift card holder, cut different colored felt into different sizes and shapes to create the designs you like! See the pictures above and below for ideas.
3. Make a loop with the 4″ x 0.5″ strip and sew onto back rectangle.
4. Sew design onto front rectangle using different types of stitching (you can also hot glue any pieces to the front – like our red bow)
5. Sew front and back rectangles together, leaving the top open to insert a gift card.
6. Trim edges of felt to create clean lines and any excess thread.

Make sure you loosen the stitching on your sewing machine before starting this project, otherwise the felt will stretch and your rectangles will look a little lopsided. If you don’t have a sewing machine, no worries! These can also be hand stitched or simply hot glued. Felt is very versatile so be creative!

P.S. These gift card holders look great with our Wine Bottle Holiday Sweaters 😉

Tags crafts, d.i.y., DIY, do it yourself, easy, felt, Gift, Gift Ideas, holidays

DIY Holidays Lifestyle Projects

DIY Merry Christmas Garland

Post author By vickybarone
Post date December 6, 2013
23 Comments on DIY Merry Christmas Garland

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We made another garland for Christmas! Our Thanksgiving garland was so popular, we decided to make another for Christmas. This time we used red and green textured scrapbook paper and ivory scrap-booking letters. It was very easy to make and we are so happy with the end result!

Materials: Green and red scrapbook paper, adhesive chipboard alphabet letters (similar), a paper cutter and/or scissors, mini clothespins, and twine. You can find all of these materials in your local craft store!

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Directions:
1. Using a paper cutter, cut scrapbook paper into 2.5 x 5 inch rectangles.
2. Cut a triangle out of the bottom of each paper rectangle using scissors. We made a stencil out of scrap paper to make sure each triangle cut was the same.
3. Remove the backing from the letters and attach to each paper flag.
4. Cut one long piece of twine (or two medium length pieces) and attach each flag with two mini clothespins, leaving equal space between the flags and extra twine on each end for hanging.

As you can see by our extensive photo shoot, this garland goes great all over the house! Hang it from your mantle, on your Christmas tree, or on any wall for a festive touch to your home.

Happy Holidays!

Tags Arts and Crafts, bunting, Christmas, crafts, d.i.y., decor, DIY, do it yourself, easy, garland, holidays

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Thanksgiving Pumpkin Place Cards

Post author By vickybarone
Post date November 13, 2013
15 Comments on Thanksgiving Pumpkin Place Cards

Here’s our favorite detail from our Thanksgiving Table this year! We painted the tiniest pumpkins we could find at the farmer’s market, added our own kraft paper tags et voila! Everyone gets their own baby pumpkin on their plate!

Materials: Mini pumpkins, metallic acrylic paint, a paint brush, kraft paper, scissors, hole punch, white stamp pad, alphabet stamps, and twine.

Directions:
1. Clean pumpkins with a wet paper towel and dry off completely.
2. Paint pumpkins with acrylic paint and let dry completely (We used white pumpkins so we only needed one coat of paint to cover them! You might need two or three coats with an orange pumpkin).
3. Cut kraft paper into tags and hole punch a little hole in the top left corner for the twine.
4. Using the stamps and stamp pad, add names to each tag. Let dry.
5. Thread twine through the hole in the tag and tie around pumpkin stem loosely.

Don’t they look pretty on our multicolored napkins?
We hope everyone is having fun with their Thanksgiving plans! Check out our table set up for more ideas!

Tags Arts and Crafts, autumn, crafts, d.i.y., decor, DIY, do it yourself, fall, party decor, place cards, pumpkin, table setting, thanksgiving

DIY Holidays Lifestyle Parties and Events Projects

DIY Fall Flower Arrangement

Post author By vickybarone
Post date November 4, 2013

Fresh flowers are beautiful, but buying them from a flower shop in already-made arrangements can be pricey. Here’s a quick and simple way to make your own arrangement using a cheap bouquet from the grocery store. We used a 4 dollar bouquet and a simple glass vase from the dollar store and created this low arrangement that’s perfect for our Thanksgiving table!

Materials: A small bouquet of fresh flowers, a vase, tape, and scissors.

Directions:
1. Put water and flower food into your vase, making sure the outside of the vase is dry so the tape will stick.
2. Use tape to create a crisscross pattern on the top of the vase.
3. Cut each flower stem at a diagonal and place each into their own hole in the tape lattice.

Now you have a beautiful low flower arrangement to add to your Thanksgiving centerpiece.
Check out the flower arrangements we made for our Pizza and Champagne Party!

P.S. With the support of the tape and a few more bouquets, you can make an even bigger arrangement! Martha Stewart shows you how with this large bowl and some beautiful dahlias.

Tags d.i.y., DIY, do it yourself, easy, fall, flowers, fresh flowers, party decor, table settings, thanksgiving

DIY Holidays Kids

DIY Lollipop Ghosts

Post author By vickybarone
Post date October 31, 2013

We’ve been boo-ed! Have you?
When you’re stretched for time, it’s tempting to re-gift your “Boo” Bag, isn’t it? We fought that urge this morning when we were boo-ed and made a quick craft for our neighbors to enjoy (or maybe re-gift??).

If you’ve been boo-ed, try this cute five-minute craft with lollipops, felt, twine or ribbon, googly eyes, and glue!

Check out the You’ve Been Booed Website for more ideas! Happy Halloween!

Tags Arts and Crafts, been booed, boo-ed, crafts, d.i.y., DIY, do it yourself, easy, Gift Ideas, halloween, Kids, lollipop

Holidays Kids Recipes

Halloween Sprinkle Rimmed Glasses

Post author By vickybarone
Post date October 28, 2013
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For those of you who liked our sprinkle rimmed cocktail glasses, here are some Halloween sprinkle rimmed glasses* for kids! We used white chocolate and orange and black nonpareils for the rims, and filled the glasses with milk! You could even add a little food coloring to the milk to make it orange if you’d like! We also added some orange straws with glittery bat stickers to make them extra festive.

Click here to see a full how-to on the sprinkle rims!

Click here for even more last minute Halloween ideas!

*We suggest using plastic cups for your littlest ones, not glass!

Tags d.i.y., DIY, do it yourself, easy, halloween, Kids, party