Kids Crafts

Leaf-Print Cookies

Jean at The Artful Parent posted a cool idea. Especially timely, as the leaves turn fall colors – leaf-print cookies! She used food coloring to get a bright red, but I bet you could use beet juice to get an equally intense red! Using pecan sandies dough as her canvas, she found that pressing the […]

How-To: Knee Sock Tights

It seems like kids tights are are always in need of replacement. Between runs, holes, and stains, they tend to make it through about one wear—two if you’re lucky—and then they’re so unsightly that they’re relegated to the bottom of the drawer. It seems like the knees, heals, and toes are always the first to […]

Altoids Tin Learning Boxes

Laura, the blogger and educator behind Smallgood Hearth, is doing some pretty fantastic things with empty Altoids tins. The latest additions to her altered Altoids tins project include a mini solar system and a disabilities awareness tin. The solar system box comes complete with a mnemonic device for remembering the order of the planets and […]