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Boys· Celebrations· Projects

Boys Week—More PVC Projects

It seems that this summer may be the summer of my love affair with PVC pipe. Every time I think of something I want to make it involves using more PVC pipe. Like this target: It's made from a simple PVC frame, leftover canvas from another project, 2 pieces of ribbon, and some paint. The entire project took less than and hour from start to finish. (If anyone is interested I can post a tutorial with all the parts and measurements.) This easy to make target is super fun...Simon (my little man) ... View the Post

Boys· Projects

Start of Our Boys week–Peggies

Peg dolls are not just for girls anymore.....I have to brag about Liz for a minute.  She came up with this idea and gave these to Aaron for Christmas last year.  She knows that Aaron loves Harry Potter and Star Wars and let me tell you they are a favorite toy around here.So, if you need an airplane or car toy for vacation this summer, I highly suggest some painted peggies in your boy's favorite characters.  They are definitely going on vacation with us (we have a long car ride ahead of us ... View the Post

Projects· The Art of Homemaking

The Art of Homemaking—A Chart For All Specimens

Yesterday I posted a tutorial on how to make this: A "Cereal Specimen Chart" that I made for my husband for Father's Day. For my husband it's the perfect gift...he really like personalized gifts, we met in high school where we made our leaf specimen collection together, and he LOVE LOVE LOVES cereal. SO it really was a perfect gift.But as I was making it I thought how it could be made differently to fit what other Dad's might like. For instance what if you had a dad who loves candy? You could ... View the Post

Projects· sewing· Thrifted Thursdays

Thrifted Thursday: Gracie’s Summer Sun Suit

Hey! So, welcome to our second week of Thrifted Thursdays. Let's get started.Awhile back I bought a Strawberry Shortcake sewing pattern for a sun suit. (It cost $0.25 and came from the basement of someone selling off boxes her aunts old patterns. What a find!)Then a few weeks later I saw over on Kojo Designs a series on coloring your summer. For some reason that series got me to thinking about the summers of my childhood. All those memories were filled with warmth, and sunsets, and the smell of ... View the Post

Crafts for Kids· Miscellaneous· Projects· Tutorials

Summer Camp Chair Tutorial (That you can make yourself!)

When I was little my siblings and I had these little camp stools--and we used them ALL the time.  I remember carting them around to parades, fireworks, campouts, bonfires, and every other summer activity that we did.  Ahh, those were the days.... So, in my summer nostalgia, I was telling Liz about how I wanted to make some stools like I had when I was little for our kids.  And so we started talking....and we came up with these summer camp stools for our kids.  AND.  THEY.  ARE. AMAZING.  They ... View the Post