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guest post by Wendy (former Mom Spark writer) www.Wesnlani.com I love looking for fun and creative ways to display my children’s artwork, writing, and funny things they say. Suzanne posted about a collage that she created with her son’s artwork using Snapfish. I often use these items in my scrapbooks. Here are a few examples. If you would like to see a larger version of the pages just click and you will be sent to my Flickr page. 1. Take a photo of your children…
I bought these curtains (pictured below)from Target. I loved the sheen, I loved the rich color. They look great, right? Once I hung them, I started to doubt my design choice. That is a lot of brown. 85 inches of brown faux silk panel times two, to be exact. It was too much and it looked too generic. Those curtains, that wall of brown could be anyone’s house. I wanted better. I wanted something that would better reflect our style. Instead of admitting to my…
guest post by Suzanne Winn The other day I realized that I needed a birthday gift for a 5 year old girl. We got her a few little things that little girls like, but I also felt like making her something! So…I pulled out the clipboard I bought a while back for 50 cents and went to town!! Here’s the list of what I used: Wooden Clipboard Scrapbook Paper Acrylic Paint MOD-PODGE Ribbon Foam Brushes **I ended up NOT using the sandpaper and ink**, more…
I have posted this project before, but I wanted to share it once again. It’s a fun, easy craft that you can help your kids with! Pre-heat oven to 275. Place, broken, unwrapped crayons in muffin tin.(coated with cooking spray) He made one “lemon-lime.” (to left) Oven at 275-waiting for crayons to melt.
What is a new use for a pencil eraser? How about using them to help level your picture frames! Here’s how: First, locate pencil erasers. It’s okay to use used erasers.(just make sure they are approximately the same size) Next, cut erasers off with scissors. Now you should have two eraser stubs.
guest by Suzanne Winn A few months ago Summer dida post on spin art, so I decided to break out my salad spinner that I rarely use because bagged salad is just easier! Here are a few pictures from our spin art experiment – it’s so easy, even a 3 year old can do it! Jaxon has a special art shirt that we don’t mind getting messy:
Amy Bellgardt is a wife and mom of two boys, as well as founder and lead blogger at Mom Spark. Amy also manages Mom Spark Media, a social media and marketing firm.
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