Artsy Fartsy Family

I’ve had this habit, over the years, of collecting curriculum. At a certain point, it was manageable. We’re radical unschoolers, so there’s no way i’d force my kids to use the textbooks, I just felt, for a while, that we “should” have them in the house in case the kids WANTED to use them.
We’re preparing [...]

Ideas for Turkey Decorations and Thanksgiving Craft Resources
Find easy Thanksgiving activities for homemade turkey decorations and turkey arts and crafts projects. Make a turkey template pattern and turkey ideas for gifts and more.
It’s time for Thanksgiving arts and crafts. Turkey projects are fun for kids of all ages. Gone are the days of the construction [...]

Decorating a pillowcase is a great idea for a birthday party craft or for a girl scout meeting or even just for fun. You can decorate plain white pillowcases that you already have, or purchase a Crayola Create Your Own Pillowcase Kit
I want to point out that the last two are by the amazing Kathy [...]

July 10th, 2008

Steampunk: a fanmade subculture that emphasizes on Neo-Victorian aesthetic. A world of steam engines, clockworks, polished brass, and unpolished leather. Every fandom has its signature tchotchke. Ravers have their glowsticks, furries have their pointy ears, Renaissance festers have Styrofoam swords. What does that leave steampunkers?

Yep. Fashioned after antique goggles [...]

Popsicle stick crafts and activities with popsicle sticks. Craft sticks is another name for these. You can save them all summer long or just buy them by the bag. Either way, craft stick activities are fun, and inspire imagination. My preference is just to put out a bunch of ideas and the supplies, then let [...]

Wooden skewers are so cheap, and so much fun. Whenever I buy them (for kabobs) we end up using the rest in art projects because they spill, or sit in the drawer forever. they’re usually bamboo. I get mine from the dollar store or amazon.
1- Button Flower Bouquets, aren’t these cute, they have felt flowers [...]

1.  Use fancy beads for making Jewelry like bracelets, earrings or even decorative phone chains
2. Design T shirt graphics to sell on cafe press, like the girls at KremeCheezeShirtz
3. Sharpen chopsticks with a pencil sharpener, then paint or lacquer them for homemade hair sticks
4. Make denim purses out of old blue jeans
5. Braid strips of [...]

Make a felt cell phone cover or make a fleece cell phone cover
The artsy fartsy kids have had quite a few cell phones over the years, usually the prepaid kind because they haven’t mastered the art of sending less than a thousand text messages per day.  I know some parents equate them with privelege, but [...]

So- are they a tropical thing or a Pacific Northwest thing?  Why would native people from so far away each use totem poles?
I don’t know but I do know that a family totem pole is a great project.  Everyone has their own personal totem, or animal, that represents them.  In native cultures, if you are [...]

Learn how to make a Pop Bottle Bowling game for the school carnival using recycled materials and find cheap carnival games you can make.