Coffee Corner — crafts

A new way to paint to keep the kids occupied

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A new way to paint to keep the kids occupied

My kids love to paint.   It is messy, it is time consuming, and have I mentioned messy?   But they love it.   They also get tired of just painting. So we are always painting new things, or the same things but with a twist. Instead of painting on paper, we paint rocks, we make sidewalk chalk paint instead of just chalk. We paint on paper, canvas, paper bags, anything we can think of, and we try to make a theme of it to make it seem different.  This time, we painted on canvas, but made a canvas with...

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Moms, crafts, and empty bottles. A great weekend project

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Moms, crafts, and empty bottles. A great weekend project

If you are like me, I hardly have time to sit and read articles for projects. I scroll on Pinterest when my kids are in bed, and if I there was something that I wanted to see, it would either need photos or a quick write up. I don't have time for much with kids, work, family, laundry, cooking, lunches, and the list goes on!! That is why when I find these cute, quick easy projects, I want to make reading about them as easy as possible!   Moms, are you like me, and during this pandemic, have any empty...

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Moms, we need a win don't we?

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Moms, we need a win don't we?

I need a win. What about you?   Sometimes the day to day gets so overwhelming and the noise gets in my head. There is a schedule for everything. Every moment has been penciled in. There are kid drop offs, pick ups, meals, play time, outdoor time, homework, and well the list goes on.   Sometimes it gets really hard pushing the things that we, as moms, know we need to make our kids do, when you know they only want to have some fun, and hang out with mom. Sometimes that is all that we want to do as...

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It's Spring, and you need time to drink your coffee hot

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It's Spring, and you need time to drink your coffee hot

Hello Spring!   It’s that time of year again where the weather gets warmer, the sun starts shining, the snow melts, you start hearing the birds in the morning, and there starts to be a trickle of kids playing outside.  We have  all been cooped up inside for so long, but now that we all can go outside again, without having to deal with your kids hands being cold because they won’t wear the mitts you brought them. But what can we do?    Depending where you are, the world looks a little different for us all. What our comfort...

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Our House Smelt Like French Toast With This Craft

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Our House Smelt Like French Toast With This Craft

We are in full Valentine's Day crafting mode over here in our house We have been working on kid approved crafts, decor ideas, and gifts for classmates. This one is a great idea that can check each one of these categories off your list. Whole wheat cinnamon salt dough ornaments. The wholewheat and cinnamon adds a bit of a rustic look, that I think adds a special touch. Now I know, you are probably wondering how this one craft can check every item off the list.  Well here a few ideas that you can use these for:   The craft...

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