Tag Archives: crafts

Washi Tape Wonders

You know about washi tape, right? Leave it to the Japanese to make boring, utilitarian masking tape fun.  Punchy colors, preppy patterns, and quirky designs make it easy to snap these little babies up like candy. Etsy seller PrettyTape has quite the selection, like those shown above. I hadn’t seen the super skinny washi tape, [...]

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Art School for Toddlers

  This past weekend we attended Uptown Kids‘ first anniversary birthday bash, where they teamed up with Prevent Blindness Oklahoma. In addition to a crazy awesome carnival (complete with petting zoo!),  the kids also got to paint a canvas which will then be auctioned off in a couple of weeks to raise money for Prevent [...]

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A Pipe Cleaner Christmas

Only a few more days!!  I love this advent calendar “house” that my cousin’s family gave us a few years ago. Jude has been thrilled to wake up every morning and open the next door. Advent calendars were my favorite as a child. After the great snow tubing extravaganza on Tuesday, I kidnapped Matthew and [...]

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First Day of School

Somebody was just a little bit excited about starting “school” (mother’s day out) today. He wanted to put his shoes on last night in preparation for the new school year. It isn’t the first year he’s gone to MDO, but this year we’re at a different school, and I think I was nervous about how [...]

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