handmade gifts

DIY Gift: Detective Kit

I think I’ve mentioned before that my girls are into detectives, spies, secret codes, and all things mysterious (not scary!). They are reading Nancy Drew Notebooks, Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, Encyclopedia Brown, Jigsaw Jones, and Cam Jansen book series like crazy! I’ve been gathering ideas for detective/spy kits for quite a while, so [...]

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Hobby Starter Gift Ideas (Part 1)

Themed-gifts are my favorite, so I have been gathering ideas for creating hobby starter kits. I love joining in with my girls as they try new things and explore their interests. Who knows where a childhood hobby might lead them as adults? Below you’ll find kid-friendly ideas for sewing, photography, and cooking. I’ve included links [...]

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Homemade Seasoning Blends

My girls are not the most adventurous eaters, but they do enjoy smelling all the different spices when I’m cooking. Earlier this summer, we spent a fun afternoon mixing up some special homemade seasoning blends for my dad. I printed two recipes for the girls to read and follow. This was pretty much a hands-off [...]

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T-Shirt Tote Bags

The girls loved making gifts for their friends and cousins for Christmas last year and I’m starting to collect ideas for this year’s holiday crafting. I shared Delaney’s mini clipboards last year, but I never shared Natalie’s project. She made T-shirt tote bags – adorable and practical! We ended up buying graphic tees (kids size [...]

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Picture Frame Calendar

Happy Monday evening! Hope you had a wonderful weekend. My family is finally healthy after coming down with a stomach bug one after the other – I was the only lucky one who didn’t get it (knock-on-wood….). My niece turned 12 over the weekend, and I made her this fun dry-erase calendar out of a [...]

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Wrap It Up!

The Christmas excitement is definitely building in our house – how about yours? My nieces are here for a pre-Christmas sleepover and it has been a nice distraction from “Is it Christmas yet?” for all the girls! I’ll be short on words this morning, but I wanted to share a few of the ways the [...]

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Mini Clipboard Gifts

Both of my girls wanted to make a handmade Christmas gift for their cousins and a few friends. Delaney settled on decorating mini clipboards with scrapbook paper, letter stickers, felt, and buttons. I’m sure you have seen decoupaged clipboards, journals, etc. before – so simple, with endless ways to personalize! I made a template of [...]

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Flowerpot Wind Chime

We celebrated my husband’s birthday last week. In addition to the veggie plants we bought him for the garden, the girls and I made him this fun flowerpot wind chime. I had seen pictures of wind chimes like this – they seemed pretty simple to make, so we gathered a few things and winged it! [...]

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Gift Ideas for Kids

I am always looking for simple birthday gift ideas for the girls’ friends. I love our gifts to have a handmade touch, and I like the gift to be useful and open-ended. We often do theme gifts, and the girls love gathering a few special things to tuck inside a bag or bucket for their [...]

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