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Christmas Place Settings- 2×2 Wood Santa and Reindeer

December 3, 2015 by Kaysi Leave a Comment

I have found that my kids LOVE when I make something just for them, with their names on it!  It’s not very often that we do big fancy dinners, only on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Easter.  I love to do some kind of place settings for those dinners, just for fun.  I made some turkey…

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Filed Under: bakers twine, Christmas, glue gun, home decor, kids, kids craft, paint, silhouette, Uncategorized, vinyl, washi tape, wood

DIY Star Wars Glowing Light Sabers

December 3, 2015 by Kaysi 2 Comments

Star Wars is coming!!!  Are you excited about it??  With a house full of boys, we are definitely excited about it!  We LOVE the Star Wars movies.  My sister is throwing her son a Star Wars birthday party this weekend and we were talking about party ideas and favors. So to get my kids even…

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Filed Under: boys, glue gun, kids craft, star wars, toys, tutorial, Uncategorized, vinyl

Fun Christmas Treat- Christmas Snack Pack Pudding Cups with School Jokes Printable

November 18, 2015 by Kaysi 2 Comments

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SnackPackMixins #CollectiveBias Christmas is my favorite time of the year.  It’s so fun to get out the fun and festive decorations and feel like a kid again.  I love eating sweet treats, drinking hot chocolate and having Christmas music blaring…

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Easy Disney Frozen Tote Bags- Elsa, Anna and Olaf. Perfect for Treat or Trick Bags

October 30, 2015 by Kaysi 1 Comment

Easy Disney Frozen Tote Bags- Elsa, Anna and Olaf. Perfect for Treat or Trick Bags Halloween is just around this weekend and instead of going and buying a few Halloween buckets, I decided to whip up a few Frozen tote bags for trick or treating, since we are going with a Frozen theme this year….

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Filed Under: Disney, fabric, girls, glue gun, Halloween, Halloween costume, sewing, tutorial, Uncategorized

DIY Minecraft Costumes- Creeper, Steve and Zombie Costume

October 28, 2015 by Kaysi 10 Comments

DIY Minecraft Costumes- Creeper, Steve and Zombie Costume For the past three years my kids have been asking to be Minecraft for Halloween.  We usually have a family theme each year, so I usually can convince them to do something else.  Well this year we aren’t doing a family theme, so I let them have…

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Filed Under: glue gun, Halloween, Halloween costume, minecraft, paint, shirt, silhouette, tutorial, Uncategorized, vinyl

Disney Frozen Halloween Costume: DIY Anna Frozen Adult Costume for Under $20

October 15, 2015 by Kaysi 8 Comments

Disney Frozen Halloween Costume: DIY Anna Frozen Adult Costume for Under $20 Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.  I love the creativity that goes into dressing up and of course the candy! Every year since my oldest son was 1 (he’s 10 1/2 now) we had a family theme for Halloween.  I knew that…

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Filed Under: Disney, fabric, fashion, girls, glue gun, Halloween costume, paint, refashion, sewing, shirt, silhouette, skirt, tutorial, Uncategorized, vinyl

Halloween Porch Decor Idea- Witch’s Broom and Witch Parking Sign

October 8, 2015 by Kaysi Leave a Comment

Halloween  Porch Decor Idea- Witch’s Broom and Witch Parking Sign Every season I like to change up my decor and for every holiday I like to change things up.  I got all of my decorations out from the past couple years and I felt like a few of the things that I made in the…

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Wholesome Halloween Snack Idea- Bat Yogurt with Printable

October 7, 2015 by Kaysi Leave a Comment

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of General Mills. The opinions and text are all mine. The first thing that my kids do when they walk in the door after school (besides throw their backpacks onto the ground) is ask for a snack. Most days are hectic for me and I…

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Filed Under: food, free printable, glue gun, Halloween, kids, silhouette, Uncategorized, vinyl

SNICKERS(R) Apple Salad Recipe and Halloween Candy Wrappers with Printable Jokes

October 2, 2015 by Kaysi 3 Comments

  This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BooItForward #CollectiveBias Halloween is getting closer and closer and I’m getting more and more excited about it!  Now that it’s October I feel like I can do Halloween related things and people don’t think I’m a crazy person…

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Filed Under: dessert, food, free printable, glue gun, Halloween, kids, kids craft, paper, paper straws, recipe, silhouette, tutorial, Uncategorized, washi tape

Halloween Decor Idea- Paper Straw Wreath

October 1, 2015 by Kaysi Leave a Comment

It’s October!!!  Time to start decorating for Halloween, woohoo!  This year I actually waited until October (well yesterday, but that’s close enough) to decorate.  I have seen these paper straw wreaths quite a bit and I have always wanted to make one.  When I found these super cute Halloween straws at the dollar store, I…

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Filed Under: glue gun, Halloween, home decor, paper straws, silhouette, tutorial, Uncategorized, vinyl, wreath

Don’t be Hangry! Monster SNICKERS(R) Candy Bars with Printable

September 25, 2015 by Kaysi 1 Comment

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #EatASNICKERS #CollectiveBias I love food.  I love eating.  There is no denying it :).  It is so funny to me when people say that they forgot to eat lunch or breakfast because they were too busy.  That has never…

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Filed Under: food, free printable, glue gun, Halloween, kids, kids craft, paper, tutorial, Uncategorized

School Themed Snack Idea- Striped Delight Cups with Printable

September 21, 2015 by Kaysi 1 Comment

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SnackAndGo #CollectiveBias I love a good, yummy treat.  I mean, who doesn’t love it?!  Every once in awhile I love to surprise my kids with something super yummy and sweet.  Now that school has been going for a few weeks,…

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Filed Under: bakers twine, dessert, food, free printable, glue gun, Halloween, recipe, school, Uncategorized

LDS Scattergories Game Printable- Perfect for Church Activity or FHE

September 17, 2015 by Kaysi 11 Comments

Most of you know that I am LDS (aka Mormon).  Well recently I got a new calling (it’s like a job in our church) and I’m the new chairman for the Relief Society meetings.  We have an activity monthly and so I get to come up with ideas to do each month.  Well recently we…

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Filed Under: free printable, games, glue gun, kids, LDS, tutorial, Uncategorized

Box Tops Holder Using Recycled Fiber One Box

September 8, 2015 by Kaysi Leave a Comment

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of General Mills®. The opinions and text are all mine. School has started and it’s time to start collecting those Box Tops for your kids! Every year we do this for our kids. It’s an easy way to help out the school without really having…

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Filed Under: fabric, glue gun, heat transfer, kids, organizing, school, silhouette, tutorial, Uncategorized

Yarn Wrapped Vase and Hobby Holster Glue Gun Holder

August 21, 2015 by Kaysi Leave a Comment

Disclosure: I was given product in exchange for this post, all opinions, ideas and content are 100% my own. I love my glue gun, it one of my favorite crafting tools.  There are so much things that you can do with it.  One thing I don’t love about my glue gun is I actually don’t…

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Filed Under: glue gun, home decor, Uncategorized

DIY Disney Princesses Notebooks

July 28, 2015 by Kaysi 8 Comments

This post contains affiliate links.  School is coming soon (yay!!!) and the stores have all of their school supplies out (another yay!).  I love to get stocked up on school supplies this time of year because they are so cheap!  I love to buy regular supplies and then turn them into fun designs and characters….

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Filed Under: Disney, girls, glue gun, kids, kids craft, paper, school, tutorial, Uncategorized, video tutorial.

Easy Sports Team Treat- Sports Balls Candy Pouches with Free Printable

June 2, 2015 by Kaysi 1 Comment

This spring we have been enjoying baseball with my three older boys.  It has been so much fun to watch my boys improve as the season goes on.  My youngest is in T-ball and he loves to get run people down with the ball and get them out.  They play where everyone gets to bat…

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Filed Under: bakers twine, food, free printable, glue gun, kids, paper, silhouette, sports, Uncategorized

4th of July Decor Idea- Flag Decor Ball #MakeItFunCrafts

May 29, 2015 by Kaysi 4 Comments

Disclosure: I was given product and compensated for this post, all opinions, ideas and content are 100% my own. I love foam balls, they are so very versatile, there are so much you can do with them.  Never again will I buy a decor ball from the store because you can make them so easily…

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Filed Under: 4th of July, glue gun, home decor, silhouette, tutorial, Uncategorized

Screen Time Tickets with DIY Sign {Free Printable}

May 27, 2015 by Kaysi 3 Comments

Summer time is almost here and that means that the kids are going to be home all day.  My kids get pretty bored easily and immediately turn to the computer or to their devices.  As they get older, they have a little more freedom on the computer, but I have to be careful with them…

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Filed Under: cleaning, free printable, glue gun, kids, paint, silhouette, spray paint, tutorial, Uncategorized, vinyl, wood

Easy Easter School Lunch Food Idea- Bunny String Cheese with Printable

March 26, 2015 by Kaysi Leave a Comment

Last year I made these fun bunny string cheeses and they were a huge hit!  So I thought this year I would make them for my kids’ school lunches and then make a fun little printable note to go with them.  They are so fun to make and so easy.  Plus I know that my…

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Filed Under: Easter, food, free printable, glue gun, kids, kids craft, school, Spring, Uncategorized

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