Instead of reaching for a tube of Neosporin, whip up a batch of this great homemade healing salve to have on hand for cuts, scrapes, and scratches. It's a natural anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antifungal. Plus it helps soothe the skin so fewer tears from the little ones! It is no secret we love essential oils and their many uses. One of my favorites is that I can make ...
DIY & Crafts
Conversation Heart Play Dough
I love creating play dough that fits a homeschool theme or holiday too, so this Conversation Heart Play Dough is perfect for Valentine's Day and just plain fun all the way around. It's also a sneaky way to work in some handwriting practice! Hot Cocoa Playdough is also a big hit with the kids! Play dough is already an amazing tool for building up small hand muscles to strengthen ...
Vanilla Sugar Scrub with Orange Essential Oil
Prefer to make your own body products or looking for a handmade gift idea? Try this Vanilla Sugar Scrub with Orange Essential Oil! It's sure to please your senses and your skin! Making homemade beauty products is one of my favorite things to do and homemade sugar scrubs are a special favorite. They make your skin feel so soft by removing dead skin cells, add moisture to your skin, can smell ...
Reindeer Food Recipes
Everyone remembers to leave milk and cookies for Santa but what about the reindeer?!? The poor boys work so hard every Christmas yet they are often overlooked! Reindeer Food Recipes for Christmas Eve We used to leave a couple of carrots out but started making Reindeer food a few years ago. The boys love helping make it and playing with different recipes, like this Frozen Fractals ...
Cranberry Homemade Sugar Scrub
Making this Cranberry Homemade Sugar Scrub puts me in the mood for holiday everything. I love the smell of fresh cranberries, and the color and smell really make it perfect for getting in the mood for Thanksgiving or Christmas! Homemade sugar scrubs are so easy to make and very inexpensive, especially considering how much the store-bought ones cost! They are great for exfoliating your ...
Pumpkin Pie Spice Scented Homemade Slime
If your kids love sensory play like mine do, they will probably love this slimy changing pumpkin scented homemade slime. Scented with pumpkin pie spice and amazingly textured, the kids love to stir, scoop, dump, and mix it as it turns from liquid to solid over and over. Mix up a batch and make it even more fun by scooping out a pumpkin and pouring it inside- it really makes a super fun ...
21 Homemade Lip Scrubs
Most homemade lip scrubs have sugar to exfoliate, oil to moisturize, and scents and essential oils to brighten up your homemade beauty routine! These 21 homemade lip scrubs are super easy to make at home, with most using 5 ingredients or less. Whipping up your own lip scrubs takes about 10-15 minutes from start to done and tidied up, making this a quick DIY beauty project for any day of the week! ...
25 St. Patrick’s Day Crafts
St. Patrick's Day is a great time to get crafting! With all the beautiful, bright colors around - you'll surely be able to make something cute! This list features 25 great St. Patrick's Day crafts for children and adults! St. Patrick's Day (or St. Paddy's Day) is on March 17th each year. It's a celebration in honor of St. Patrick, of Ireland, but has been adopted by Americans as a fun day ...
50 Halloween Spooky Ideas
Halloween is such a fun time of year: spooky decor, fun and creepy recipes, lots of activities & games, and creative costumes! There are so many options for each, but when you aren't a naturally crafty or creative person, you may need to do a little Pinterest surfing to find the perfect DIY Halloween costumes for the kids (or yourself!), party favors, tablescapes & decorating ideas, spooky ...
Lemon Raspberry Homemade Lip Scrub
Lemon raspberry homemade lip scrub is the perfect choice for a great DIY summer beauty treatment. These flavors go together wonderfully, and it is so easy to throw together! I love making homemade beauty products like this for pampering myself or giving as gifts to friends. A homemade lip scrub is an ideal choice for a little at-home pampering. All you have to ...
