Make sure you have a party to go to the night you make these…you won’t want them hanging around, promise! {photo from BettyCrocker.com} Cookie Base 1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix 1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened 1 egg Filling 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1/2 … Read more
A while ago when I talked about scrapbooking with smaller pictures, I had some questions about Picasa and how to create a photo collage, so here is a little tutorial on how to do it! Click on each picture to view it larger and see in closer detail the parts I highlighted in red. 1. … Read more
I took tons of pictures on our summer vacation to visit family this year, and I wanted to include most of my pictures but not have tons of pages (and work). I decided to make 5×7 collages in Picasa with 6 picture each, using all horizontal or vertical pics for each collage – each picture … Read more
This weekend we were at Lowe’s picking up some paint and I grabbed a bunch of extra paint chips to see if they couldn’t help me come up with some new color schemes for my scrapbooking pages. I tend to get in a rut with colors, and paint chips are a great way to experiment … Read more
We had just enough broken crayon pieces to make one crazy pumpkin crayon with our Wilton silicone pumpkin mold! Put your broken crayon pieces into a well greased muffin tin and bake in the oven at 400 degrees until the wax has melted. Let new crayon completely cool before removing from the muffin tin and … Read more
Step2 is currently running a national contest for a new dream kitchen from Frigidaire (complete with refrigerator, dishwasher, over the counter microwave, and oven) and a new Step2 toy kitchen! To enter the Step2 Creative Kids in the Kitchen Contest, submit an essay of 250 words or less on how your family fosters creativity when … Read more
I thought of yet another great use for the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge that I love so much! This cartridge has lots of awesome Halloween stuff, so I decided to make some custom coloring pages for Elliot. You’ll need a Cricut marker to insert in place of the blade to draw the design on … Read more
My good friend Bethany started a craft blog called The Paper Pony, and this week she posted some beautiful Halloween paper bag projects. She did a broomstick, haunted house, and pumpkin – so cute and easy!! She also did this fun Halloween fabric wreath. She has tons of great crafts on The Paper Pony, so … Read more
Glue and tiny pieces of paper are a great combination for a toddler, so this craft from The Arts & Crafts Busy Book by Trish Kuffner was lots of fun! And it’s Halloween-ish too…Here’s what you’ll need to make your tissue paper cat: glue stick scissors tissue paper cat printable (or you could trace a … Read more
I have been collecting fun Halloween ideas for a while now – here are 7 of my favorite Halloween treats! Cobweb cookies Ghost cookies Witches’ brooms Haunted gingerbread houses Forked eyeballs Creepy Cupcakes Halloween cookie pizza Happy Haunting!