Let’s do a craft, mama

My 2-year-old gets really excited about crafts. And I mean REALLY excited. Lately, she greets me every morning and says, “ Let’s do a craft in the office .” So – after eating breakfast and getting dressed and checking e-mail – we begin crafting. I try to be creative and think up new crafts: spiders out of pipe cleaners, puppets out of paper plates and popsicle sticks, houses out of cardboard boxes, collages with magazine cut-outs, etc. But sometimes I could use a little extra inspi

25 ways to use cardboard boxes

We had some fun making things with cardboard lately so I thought I would work on doing a round-up of various ways to use old boxes and cardboard. In my opinion the more stuff we can recycle ourselves the better it is for the environment and our wallet. Make a doll/barbie house . This was a huge hit at our house. It was fun to make and our children, as well as visiting children, have had fun playing with it. After you make the house, then you can use all sorts of smaller boxes to make the