4th of July is one holiday that I actually like to make (or buy) shirts for. I like to be able to have them all in red, white and blue when we go to the parade and do fireworks. Well with the craziness of this summer, I was debating if I really wanted to make…
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Hound Dog Backpack [Melly Sews]
Hi Keeping It Simple readers! After a few girl projects, I’m here with a boy one. We’re doing some traveling this summer and I decided Bean needed his own little piece of luggage. I went into a local independent fabric store, and found this laminated cotton houndstooth, and the Nothing But a Hound Dog Backpack…
Train shirt
My three year old is obsessed with trains right now, he just loves them! He loves playing with them, reading about them, seeing them and most of all, riding them. He loves everything about them. So I had to make him a cute shirt for him to wear. He loves it and doesn’t want to…
Glow in the dark shirt
You know how much a I love heat transfer right? I especially LOVE it for my boys because it’s not as easy to make them a shirt as it is a girl. They love it when I put their name on something, or a fun design. I love the regular colors of heat transfer but…
Easy and Fun Olympics Birthday Party Ideas
A couple of weeks ago, we had my son’s 7th birthday party. I didn’t know what to do with a bunch of 7 years old, so I decided on doing an Olympic party since the 2012 Summer Olympics are this year. It was a lot of fun and the kids really seemed to like it….
Tot Thursday: Legos
We are HUGE fans of Legos at our house. There isn’t a day that my boys don’t play with them. They just love them. Because they love them soooo much, it seems like I am always picking up Legos. Is it like that at your house? I spend at least 30 minutes a day just…
Angry Birds Party!!!
At the very end of January we had an angry birds party for this little guy: It was a very low key birthday. We still don’t know many people here, so we just invited the cousins and played a few games. The boys seemed to enjoy themselves though and everything turned out as planned, so…
Tot Thursday: Angry Birds Pom Pom
I’m always looking for fun boy crafts, and it seems like Angry Birds are all over the place. When I saw this idea, I thought that my boys would love to make them. This is how I made it: 1) I took 10 yards of yarn and wrap it around a semi circle. I have…
Whatever Wednesday: Angry Birds Cans
For my son’s birthday party, the theme was angry birds!! I saw this idea on Pinterest and knew I wanted to do it for the party. It was perfect and so much fun for the kids. This is how I made it: 1) I got some regular cans, washed them and removed the label. 2)…
Easy Sucker Valentine: Angry Birds Valentine
Now that my 3 year old in preschool, I have three kids in school. That means that they each have to bring a valentine. It also means three parties to help out with… good thing they are at different times. Anyway, I had to make an angry bird one with all of my boys bring…
Fun Homemade Valentine : Star Wars Glow Stick Valentine {No candy}
Remember that I’m Scrooge when it comes to Valentine’s Day? Luckily I’m loving making these Valentines for my boys and I’m starting to enjoy the holiday a little more 🙂 One of my favorite things about having this blog is all of the other bloggers I have found and seeing the amazing talent you all have. I…
Easy Boys Valentine: Superhero Sucker Valentines
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching! All the other blogs seem to be on top of everything and have already posted Valentines. Remember when I said that my kids were on the mend? Well I was wrong!! My baby had to go to the doctor’s three days in a row over the weekend because her eye…
Tot Thursday: Paper Angry Bird
Angry Birds are huge right now and my boys love them!! So for our craft this week, we made paper angry birds. I cut out the pieces and they glued them together. Super easy!
Whatever Wednesday: Angry Birds Masks
For my son’s third birthday party, I wanted to make something that the kids could play with at the party but also be part of the party favors. Then I saw this idea and knew that I had to make it! This is how I made them: 1) Using felt, I cut all the pieces…
Tutorial Tuesday: THREE shirt
This past week my youngest son turned 3! I of course had to make him a special birthday shirt, so when I saw this simple idea, I knew that I wanted to make it for him. This is how I made it: 1) I took two different shirts. One I got at Walmart for $1…
Star Wars Birthday Shirt
Happy birthday to my son this week, he is the big 5!!!! I’ve decided that I want to let me kids open on gift on the morning on their birthday. It’s going to be a shirt that I made just for them. My son is obsessed with Star Wars. He could watch the movies every…
Star Wars Light Saber Pencils
My son’s Star Wars themed birthday party is today, so we made some awesome light saber pencils for the goody bag. These are super easy to make and look awesome. They are so easy to make that kids can help make them (my son is turning 5). Plus they do great when they are sharpened…
Scrapbook Thursday: Star Wars Invitations
My son’s birthday party is this weekend, so I of course had to make invitations for him. I used my CAMEO to cut out the light sabers and Star Wars. I used my Expressions vinyl (it’s just so much easier than paper!) and used the colors: black, yellow, red and gentian blue.
Silhouette CAMEO 101: Heat Transfer
You all know that I LOVE heat transfer! I love taking a plain shirt and transforming it. I especially love making something personal. For Christmas, we are doing a cousin exchange. My baby has her cousin that is only 4 months older then her. I wanted to make him a cute shirt. So this is…
Angry Birds Shirt
We are huge fans of Angry Birds at our house!!! I personally love the game and so do my boys. I find myself playing it all the time, when I should be cleaning or doing something more productive :). This is how I made it: 1) I found a photo online and opened it in…