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Krista Rao blogs about crafty adventures with her kids

I hijacked the kidʼs valentines this year. I have been wanting to make this style since last February and come hell or high water, this year, it was getting done. While it should have been as easy as 1-2-3-4 (take a photo of each child with an outstretched fist, overlay some font in Photoshop, print them off and cut a little slit above and below the outstretched fist to fit the sucker through), it just didnʼt work out that way.

I really complicated things with my over the top ideas. Since Anthony is really into super heros I thought I would make his card look like a comic strip. Avaʼs was a lot simpler because all she wanted was PINK. Despite my constant battles with Photoshop, I think that the cards ended up looking super adorable.

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Krista Rao blogs about crafty adventures with her kids

I save bottle caps. There, I said it. I save them for a variety of projects that I never really get around to… until now.

This weekend we used a very small portion of my caps to make watercolour cakes. As with my other tutorials, this is a very easy craft that you can make along side your kids and provides a lot of fun for everyone.

What you need:  Read more...

• 1 tbsp clear vinegar
• 1 tbsp baking soda
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• 1/2 tsp corn syrup
• food colouring
• bottle caps

An easy and pretty DIY project from Spearmint Baby

Do you have a jar of old, mismatched buttons? Any old picture frames lying around the house? A glue gun? Then you’re all set! We saw this project on Spearmint Baby and had to share it. And, provided a grownup sketches out the letter (or not) and handles the glue gun, this is a great project for kids to work on too.

Here’s how.

Catherine Romano blogs about crafty projects for kids and parents

This New Year’s Day, my family will mark the end of 2010 and the start of 2011 by creating a time capsule. A time capsule is a fun, simple, and kid-friendly way to celebrate (and reflect on) the past year.

Since we recently made the move from NYC to T.O., we want to include things that reflect our life (and times) in both cities.

These are a few items we will include:  Read more...

• NYC MTA subway map and metrocard (we never owned a car in NYC, so the MTA was our ride to daily adventures – and my son’s favourite thing to do!)
• TTC subway map and metropass (not quite as elaborate as the NYC transit system, but still my son’s favourite thing to do in Toronto)