Santa's candy cane sleigh is a fun homemade gift, stocking stuffer, and edible holiday decoration. Easy to make and super cute for Christmas! Many of the tutorials I have seen use hot glue guns to put candy sleighs together. I set out to see if it could be done using double-sided and clear tape. Spoiler alert! IT CAN BE DONE. Using tape instead of hot glue makes this holiday craft even easier for beginners, including kids. How To Make ...
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Advent Calendar Ideas | DIY Magnetic Matchboxes Christmas Calendar
The Advent Calendar is a popular holiday tradition to help you celebrate the days leading up to Christmas. This DIY advent calendar uses numbered matchboxes, which can be filled with small candies, notes, pictures or trinkets. I made a chocolate Advent calendar by putting a mini candy bar inside each one of the boxes. Making your own Advent Calendar like this one is really easy to do, and doesn't take much time at all. I spray painted the ...
Halloween Crafts | Easy Melt and Pour Spider Soap
Double dare your Trick or Treaters to wash with this spooky spider soap! A melt and pour soap base makes it easy to make Halloween soap. Put fake spider toys in soap or whatever creepy creatures can fit inside the soap mold. I have been looking for fun Halloween crafts to make for my kids and their friends. A neat idea I saw on the Oriental Trading website had a toy encased in a bar of soap. I thought it was funny that kids would have to ...
Wood Slices Craft Idea: How To Make Mini Pumpkins
This post may contain affiliate links for your convenience in finding items to create DIY wood slices crafts. Have you ever ordered something online and had it turn out to be not quite what you expected in person? I did that recently with wood slices. It was totally my fault for not reading the product description. I thought these Small Unfinished Wood Slices would be perfect to use as coasters. Turns out, each one is about 1.5 inches. I had ...
DIY Fall Decor: Wooden Box Centerpiece with Pumpkins and Eucalyptus
This post may contain affiliate links for your convenience in finding products to create this DIY Fall Decor centerpiece. Pumpkins are one of my favorite things about Fall. They are also one of the easiest ways to add a touch of Fall flavor to your home's decor. I found some of the cutest little white pumpkins at the grocery store. They are the inspiration behind my Fall and Thanksgiving centerpiece this year. Instead of traditional autumn ...
Halloween Countdown Chalkboard Pumpkin Craft
A Halloween Countdown Chalkboard Pumpkin is a fun way to help the kids count down the days til Trick or Treat night! Magically turn any color of craft pumpkin into a black chalkboard pumpkin with chalkboard spray paint. My kids love to countdown the days to all sorts of special events and occasions from birthdays to Christmas to vacations. This year, we will be counting down the days to Halloween with a ...
Easy DIY Halloween Wreaths | Spider Wreath
This DIY Halloween wreath idea is a fun way to decorate your door for Trick or Treaters. All it takes is a grapevine wreath spray painted black and black glitter spiders attached with hot glue. Check out my creeptastic tutorial below for step-by-step directions. [Tweet "Check out this #DIY #Halloween Wreath Idea by @momfindsout!"] DIY Halloween Wreath Ideas | Black Spider Wreath ...
DIY Mopping Solution (Works great on tile and laminate floors!)
It can be a pain to figure out how to clean tile floors. My house has tile flooring and laminate flooring, so I mop quite a bit to keep the floors clean. You know how I love to make homemade cleaners - you could probably say it's a hobby of mine - and I have finally found an awesome DIY mopping solution recipe! It is easy to make with common household ingredients, including my favorite natural cleaner: vinegar! You can use this mop solution ...
Camp Craft Ideas & Camping Party Decor: Campfire Craft
This mini campfire craft is fun to make with a variety of natural materials like sticks and rocks. Just add a few bits of colored crepe paper for the flames. Upcycle cardboard boxes cut into circles, CDs, or DVDs as the campfire base. If you really want to make it realistic-looking, set a flameless tea candle in the middle. Your campfire will flicker and glow. It looks great in dimly lit settings. ...
