I've been shopping used this year for Christmas gifts for my kids. Our local thrift store always has bags of Hot Wheels cars for only $2.99. Our local consignment sale had books and collectible figures for sale this year too! I bought up some fun toys I knew my kids would love for their stocking stuffers. As I thought about how I'd like to wrap these little toys, I searched online, and found a great idea: toilet paper roll gift box. This gift box DIY is so easy. And I LOVE upcycled craft … [Read more...]
Toilet Paper Roll Pumpkin Craft
My Little Man was sick the last few days. Which means, with the hubby in Tacoma for work I was stuck inside with the kids. You'd think I would have gone crazy, but we kept busy. One thing we did was some crafting. We scoured Pinterest for some ideas and I found a few examples of toilet paper Halloween crafts. I didn't want to make a "scary" toilet paper craft but thought a pumpkin toilet paper craft was a fun idea for my Princess. Step 1: Measure width and length of orange construction paper … [Read more...]
Handprint Butterfly Craft
In January, my Princess made a toilet paper craft at church - a butterfly that you could place a secret message in. She wanted to make it again for our craft time this last week. So we decided to turn it into a handprint butterfly craft. We have been saving our empty toilet paper rolls for craft time. I pulled out her construction paper, tape, glue scissors and markers and we made a simple handprint craft. She carefully rolled her black construction paper around the toilet paper roll and … [Read more...]
