Take a plastic children’s table and turn it into a fancy spot for kids who dine
Caroline scored a plastic kid’s table at a yard sale a few months ago. She kept it in her kitchen for her son’s snack time, but recently decided she was tired of the faded red, yellow, and teal and wanted to chic the table up a bit.
Heuristic play: here’s what’s in my infant-friendly treasure basket
Take a minute and think about the toys that we provide for our infants, they are mostly plastic and feel/taste the same. Boring! The Treasure basket allows you to create a base basket full of 20-30 multi-textured, multifaceted, objects for your baby to explore daily for about half an hour to an hour. Eventually the basket can contain up to 60-80 objects as you slowly build more items to keep the baby interested.
I used garbage, spray paint, and felt to make my kid a jet pack
I originally got this idea from a pin on Pinterest — and immediately knew my son would need his own jet pack. Gathering the supplies was super easy (we already had almost everything in our house), and the end result is a costume prop he’s THRILLED with.
How to make your own glittery soap
I was inspired by This Halloween-themed soap tutorial from Cap Creations, and I had a great time making these! Each soap has a fun little surprise in the center, which my kids go nuts over.
Build a seesaw and put it in your yard for less than $30
The very inspirational Mallory over at Classy Clutter recently rocked my world with this hand-built wooden seesaw — which they put together for less than $30. Mallory (a self-described novice wood worker) put together the entire thing in under two hours.
8 tips for straight-haired mamas with curly haired kids
I have rampantly curly hair. And my daughter’s hair is increasingly a frickin’ clone of my own, in terms of structure, colour, texture, frizziness and pigheaded stubbornness. I thought that, for the benefit of any mama out there bringing up a little Taylor Swift, a little Adrian Grenier, or, god forbid, perhaps even a little Kenny G, I’d share some wisdom based on 31 years of personal experience.
How I failed at making rainbow slime and ended up with ’80s-themed goop instead
I recently found what I believed would be a SUPER simple tutorial for making your own rainbow slime with glue, liquid starch, and food coloring. You may recall that I’m somewhat DIY challenged, so I must have still been riding the high I achieved last month with my shiny leaf art on Offbeat Home. I was all, “Rainbow slime? I’VE GOT THIS.”
ZOOM! Make your own paper rockets in four super easy steps
Paper rockets are the best — they will zooom in front of your nose, chase you around the house and ultimately get lost behind furniture. They’re also really easy to make, since you only need four items and the patience for four steps to complete.