by Virginia | Feb 21, 2014 | activities with kids, kids craftings, school, tutorial
I made these Valentine’s day monster crafts for my daughter’s Valentine’s Day party at school. Every time I go in for a class party, I am so grateful and amazed at the job that elementary school teachers accomplish everyday. When you do the craft...
by Virginia | Feb 12, 2013 | activities with kids, Holiday, kids craftings
Here is the flower craft preschool I am doing with Cal’s preschool tomorrow morning. I admit I was a bit of a grumpy baby coming up with this. First, I waited until this morning to make my plan. Second, I kept waffling about my plan. Third, I had to haul Cal...
by Virginia | Sep 17, 2012 | activities with kids, kids craftings, sewing
A week or so before school started I asked on the Gingercake Facebook page about ideas for sewing with my 8 year old. Thank you so much for the good advice! She decided on making a tote bag together with a pocket on the front to hold some...
by Virginia | Feb 7, 2012 | Holiday, kids craftings
My oldest daughter has basketball early on Saturday mornings in January and February and I used this time alone with Anne (it is hard to separate those 2) to make some February crafts that I saw on Pinterest. For awhile the kids were into building card houses and...
by Virginia | Jan 25, 2012 | embroidery, Holiday, kids craftings, sewing, sewing for boys, tutorial
Whenever I see embroidery hoops at the thrift store, i gather them up in my basket. They are addictive! I have too many now and it is time to start using them up. I thought Valentine's day would be the perfect time to get started! These are on...
by Virginia | Jan 19, 2012 | kids craftings, toys
True to my plan from last week, I did a little more crafting with Cal today. I have discovered that boy crafting is much less complicated than girl crafting- at least in my house! Cal wants to keep it simple and I am liking that. A LOT. We decided to do more with...
