Tag: crafts

How-To Make Glow-in-the-Dark Blowing Bubbles

As you all know…our daughter got married last weekend and we have been babysitting our 5 year old grand daughter all week while the kids are on their honeymoon in Mexico. After the Princess gets home from school, eats dinner and does her homework…we have 

Homemade Sidewalk Chalk with Recipe and Instructions

Last month my grand daughter and I had an arts & crafts play date. During this particular date…we decided to make some homemade sidewalk chalk and here is how we made it. Homemade Sidewalk Chalk Recipe & Instructions * Two parts Plaster of Paris * 

Kid’s Craft Project: Plastic Water Bottle Flowers

Kid's Craft Project: Plastic Water Bottle FlowersAs you all know, I have a little 5 year old grand daughter who attends preschool. Well, she does for another 2 weeks and then she enters Kindergarten. We are so proud of her and excited that she will be entering the “big kid’s school” in a few weeks.

I am a big arts & crafts person and love various types of crafts. Since I love making crafts, I also love receiving them. Especially when it is something that our precious little sweetheart has made.

Recently at preschool the Princess made flowers & flower pots by recycling plastic water bottles. I think they are super cute! My daughter has the one Gia made for her sitting on her windowsill in her kitchen. Cute and very creative!

Do you love receiving kid’s art? I love it! I have several items that Gia has made for us over the years that I proudly display. When Jenelle was little she used to make all kinds of things too. Many of which I kept and have in storage in our attic and some I kept and already have given back to her now that she is a momma too.

 

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Spellbinders Celebrations Paper Craft Kits

I love crafting…matter of fact, I have another blog that is solely dedicated to crafts! I dabble in all kinds of different crafting mediums but my favorites are paper crafts, especially scrapbooking. Today I wanted to introduce you all to a fun collection of craft 

Craft Project – Decoupage Easter Dessert Plates

Easter is only a few short weeks away and if you haven’t already started your Easter craft projects, now is the time to do so! Last year I found a bunch of clear glass dessert plates at our local dollar store and I picked up 

Retractable Gel Pens from Zebra Pen

Retractable Gel Pens from Zebra PenThe Zebra Pen Corporation offers an extensive line of writing instruments including ball point pens, highlighters, mechanical pencils, gel rollers, rollerballs and correction pens. They stand behind their name and guarantee quality, satisfaction and an ultimate writing performance.

As a big crafter and scrapbooker, I am always on the hunt for some great pens for the paper crafts that I do. I was really excited to receive some new items to try out for all of you.

Retractable Gel Pens from Zebra Pen

For the review I received the Sarasa Retractable Gel Pen Set which contained 14 different gel pens. They are the new evolutionary rapid dry ink gel pens that do not smear or smudge. They dry in less than one second on most surfaces.

The pens are available in 14 vibrant ink colors and in 3 point sizes. I received the medium point (0.7 mm) which I think is fantastic for scrapbooking, card making and other paper crafts.

amusement park scrapbook page

I decided to try them out while working on a scrapbook page and used one to do the journaling on the page. I loved how comfortable the pens feel in your hands and the ultra glide ink performance provides smooth writing with no skipping. I was able to do precision writing with no ink globs or mess.

mothers day card

I then decided to work on some homemade greeting cards for the upcoming Mother’s Day holiday. After I completed the front of my cards, I wrote the sentiments in my own handwriting on the inside. Again, I had perfect precision control with no smearing, smudging, ink globs or skipping. I love that they are retractable too!

easter hershey kisses

Finally, We cut out some tiny 1/2″ circles to decorate the bottom of some HERSHEY’S kisses for a party we were hosting. We used all of the Zebra Pens to write and draw designs onto the circles. We then affixed them onto the bottom of the HERSHEY’S kisses, placed them into little goodie bags and our party favors were done. Super cute & very easy to do! The grand daughter had a lot of fun making these!

Overall, I LOVE my new set of retractable gel pens from Zebra Pen! I love them so much, that I want to get more so that I have plenty on hand for all of my paper crafting needs! They are the best gel pens I have ever used!

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Easter Party Favors with HERSHEY’S Candy #BunnyTrail

Easter Party Favors with HERSHEY’S Candy #BunnyTrail

Last week I shared with all of you a few home decorating ideas you could do using various HERSHEY’S Easter candies. Today, I am going to show you a different idea that you can use as Easter basket fillers or for elementary school parties. As 

Kid’s Crafts – Paper Hearts Window Decorations for Valentine’s Day

Last week the Princess came over for a visit. She is 4 1/2 years old and loves to sit down and craft with her Nanny. I keep a whole bunch of crafting supplies in a box for when she visits so we primarily use up