DIY you’re gonna want to try: an ocean-themed sensory bin
If you’re into sensory activities (or looking for ideas to make with your kiddo), this ocean-themed sensory bin will be right up your alley.
This handcrafted heirloom Star Wars bassinet is perfect for your snoozing Padawan
Rebel Belle Wedding clients Dorian and Lynn are super deluxe Star Wars fans — the pair had a dinosaur/Star Wars-themed wedding that featured a real-life Millennium Falcon cake. Now they’re at it again, and this time they’ve got a baby on the way.
How to DIY a marble run with PVC pipe and not much else
I recently I picked up Do-It-Yourself Early Learning: Easy and Fun Activities and Toys from Everyday Home Center Materials at my local library and realized I had found my new favorite kid-related book. I turned one of the projects into a marble run… and here’s how I did it.
You could recycle those leftover diaper boxes… or you could make your own AT-AT out of them
I have a dozen nappies boxes sitting around, and recently decided (whether out of a fit of stay-at-home-mum induced anxiety or just total creativity) to put together an AT-AT out of them. My son naturally destroyed it three days later, but once he did I was able to snap a few shots of how I set up the structure in the first place.
7 ways you can entertain your kid with nothing but a few pieces of cardboard
Cardboard is kind of the greatest toy-you-might-not-realize-is-a-toy EVER: there are endless possibilities! It’s so easy to come by! I can almost promise you that at least one grocery store in your town or city has a few boxes just LYING around, waiting for a family to come along and swoop up to turn into beautiful creations. You can also craft your own cardboard furniture if you ever get a hankering… the stuff is practically magic!
What’s the best way to make your own cloth diapers?
We’re currently expecting our first, and on a bit of a tight budget. My wonderful Mum has offered to make cloth diapers for us, but my diaper pattern research has been confusing as hell! I don’t know the difference between pre-fold and fitted, I don’t know if one-size is best, and I don’t know what to make them from or how to hold them shut.
Whether your kid has lazy eye or wants to be a pirate, this DIY eye patch is rad
My son has inherited lazy eye from his dad and I. I created this snazzy eye patch for him so he can rock it instead of feeling self-conscious, and it’s totally doing the trick.
Want to make photo books from your Facebook and Instagram photos? Now you can!
You guys already know how I love Blurb books, but what you may NOT know is that now I love them EVEN SUPER DUPER MORE. A friend recently brought it to my attention that you can make books from your Facebook and Instagram photos — an idea that had me shrieking from glee a little bit. Between those two apps I have hundreds of photos just sitting in albums online, and they’re not all saved somewhere else. In fact, the photos I’d most want to put into an album are the ones that are straight from my phone — the same ones I’d never think to print otherwise.