Valentine’s Day – Even Fish Need Love

Valentine’s Day – Even Fish Need Love

Feb 14

Happy Valentine’s Day to you all! For those of you celebrating Anti-Valentine’s Day, I hope you have a fun time tonight too! As for our home, we plan a fun day out and quiet night in. So that our fish doesn’t feel left out, we made a simple kirigami heart. He seems to like it *^_^*To make your own Valentine’s Day kirigami, check out my post for a kirigami heart...

How-to Guest Post: Jellyfish in a Bottle

How-to Guest Post: Jellyfish in a Bottle

Nov 07

Great simple project for preschool and older. Love the simplisity and beauty of the end result. This post is from Neltje Maynez showing us how to make Jellyfish in a Bottle: It was a rainy day last week, and my kids were going absolutely crazy. They had the day off from school, but they couldn’t go outside. They were stuck in the constraints of the house. I was going out of my mind as well....

Animal Adventure Book for Children

Animal Adventure Book for Children

Jun 06

I’m VERY excited about this one! I found a fantiastic illustrator for one of my books and I just can’t wait to put it together.  (Click to see main Animal Adventure Book Page) I wrote and illustrated this story several years ago but wanted new (and more professional) images before trying to publish them….. and so far…. they look great!I’m trying to raise some...

Decorative Frames

Decorative Frames

Dec 12

As I mentioned yesterday, there are many uses for cardboard boxes from dry foods and toiletries. Another interesting project is to make decorative frames from a small cardboard box and flyers or brochures.  If you have any random materials that you can use, try the same method or e-mail me if you would like some ideas. For this project, I have the following items:One small cardboard box (from...