How to Make a Harry Potter Magic Wand Last year I got the awesome experience to, once again, teach several periods of Reading Enrichment at my middle school. I love teaching reading almost as much as I love teaching art....and this magic wand project let me combine both subjects! One of the books that we read together as a class was Harry Potter so after our daily fluency drills, comprehension work, and phonemic awareness practice we spent some time creating our own magic ... View the Post
72 Activities for Kids to do Indoors
72 Rainy Day Activities for Kids to do Indoors Today we have a list of 72 activities that kids can do indoors...with items that hopefully you already have around the house! Lego building contests (tallest building, only use red blocks, only use 4x4 pieces, strongest bridge, etc.)Invent new rules for an existing board or card gameMake a homemade tv commercials...each person needs to find an item in the house and then make a commercial for it. The best, most convincing commercial ... View the Post
Christmas in July 2019 Week #1: Using Fabric Scraps to Make Gift Wrap Ribbons
Welcome to Christmas in July! I have wanted to do a Christmas in July series FOREVER but I kept thinking can we do a Christmas in July series during Skirting the Issue? And last month, as I was thinking about this I thought...WHY NOT?!? (After all both are about giving.) So here we are and I couldn't be happier! Today we are starting with something I did last year for Christmas and am planning to do again this year...and that is.... Using my fabric scraps to create all the ... View the Post
How to Make an EASY Hanging Dish Towel
Today I am excited to show you how to make one of my kitchen essentials...an oven hanging dish towel. I use these all the time and they are super easy to make. All you need to put one of them together is: a dish towel, a hot pad, and.... a shank button. (There are three different buttons pictured here...all with shanks. Shanks are buttons with a "neck" on the back, usually centered on the back of the button with a hole in the middle of the neck that allows the thread to be passed ... View the Post
Kids Summer BBQ Apron Tutorial
Hello! Today we are excited to share a simple and inexpensive children's project with you...how to make a Kids BBQ Apron using a dish towel! All you need for this project is: *1 dish towel *2 yards double fold bias tape *pins *scisssors *sewing machine *a marking tool (even a pencil will do) Once you have your supplies rounded up it's time to get started! #1. Lay your dish towel out on your cutting mat (or countertop) vertically so that the short sides of the towel are along the ... View the Post
Hair Tie Bow Tutorial
Hello! Today I am excited to be sharing how to make one of my girls favorite hair accessories...hair tie bows! These hair tie bows are easy to make, are great gifts to put together for gifts, and are a perfect scrap busting project! Here is what you will need to make them: *The free downloadable pattern that you can get HERE *2 pieces of fabric each about 8"x 4" *A hair tie And here are the instructions: #1. Print out the free downloadable pattern (found HERE) and use it to cut out 2 pieces ... View the Post
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