Category: Arts & Crafts
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10 Free Sites For Pumpkin Carving Templates and Patterns
Here are 10 free sites for pumpkin carving templates and patterns! Okay. The time has finally come to carve our pumpkin! We are running a bit late but as you can see, but the girls have been having fun playing around in pumpkin patches! This one above was at the White Post Farms Fall…
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The Easiest Painted Rocks Ever
Painted Rocks seem to be the rage these days in craft circles and with kids and I can see why. And we have had so much interest in our painted rock posts, here and here and so many questions on exactly how to paint rocks etc. that I was thrilled to find the EASIEST…
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DIY Clay Stamped Magnets
These wonderful DIY clay magnets are next on our crafting agenda. So effective with the beautiful inked stamps and not too difficult. No more difficult than making Christmas cookies! I’m thinking you could also make buttons out of these if you just poke two holes in the middle of each. Go to Gathering…
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Vintage Paper Butterflies
These paper butterflies have me obsessed. We have been making various types of paper butterflies for a while now and are creating a theme wall with them but these are so interesting! Made from layers of books pages, vintage sheet music, silk paper, and various other papers, the first series has the Seven Capital Sins…
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Puzzle Wall Art
What a novel idea. So simple and effective and easy to make. This Puzzle Wall Art is something neat that anyone can do! Finally a use for puzzles with missing pieces. If you try this one, please send us a photo. We will feature them on the Bellissima Kids Facebook page! And have a…
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Colored Beans for Learning and Crafts
We finally finished our Colored Beans, project! And the girls are having a ball playing with them. These sensory objects for play are very prevalent in the Waldorf schooling method. We are using these for sensory play and also to make art with. I will definitely post the artwork that we make from these…
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Incredible Crocheted Toys and Fruits
I have to admit that I really appreciate wonderful crocheted toys and not the average art of crocheting but more specifically, Amigurumi which is the Japanese art of crocheting cuter than cute, little toys. And I love crocheted pieces of fruit. Don’t know why but I find them completely adorable. Check out the lovely Hipotastitch to…
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DIY Pinatas and Miniature Pinatas
These DIY Pinatas are all wonderful. Definitely too nice to take a whack at! And the teeny weeny miniature pinatas above are even sweeter. You can use the same exact DIY and just scale it down. To find out exactly how to make these, head over to The Journals of Giddy Giddy.
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NY NOW Gift Fair, 2014
The girls just loved these simple, natural wooden toys made right in the US from Tree Hopper Toys. The bots that stack in so many ways were the real winners. Call me crazy but I took the girls to their very first trade show with me. Yep. We hit the NY NOW gift fair…