I don’t know why I get so excited when I have a new printable to share on the blog. I just love holidays – and anytime I can publish something super useful for an upcoming holiday, it makes me happy. Today I’m focusing on St. Patrick’s Day. I’ve created a few different sets of four leaf clover templates you can print out and use for all sorts of St. Patrick’s Day projects and shamrock themed crafts. Free Printable Four Leaf Clover Patterns My sister and I have an ongoing joke. Ever since we were little, I always had the hardest time finding four leaf Keep Reading
Free Printable Valentine’s Day Card to Color – Heart Pattern
I'm pretty frugal. I don't like paying for something that I can make myself. I especially don't like paying for something that would be more meaningful if I made it myself! Enter: Printable Homemade Valentine's Day Cards For Mother's Day last year, I forgot to get my mom, mother-in-law, and Nana Mother's Day cards in time to mail them for receipt on Mother's Day. So I quickly created a set of printable heart patterned fold-in-half cards for the kids to color. We printed them out, colored them, and put them in the mail just in the nick of time! I realized later that Keep Reading
Extra Large Rainbow Templates with Clouds {Blank – Ready to Color!}
I love rainbows. I love everything about them! I love the weather that produces rainbows, and I love anything that's rainbow colored! I've passed this love of rainbows onto my children, and they are constantly asking me to do rainbow crafts. I created an extra large rainbow printable for use in all sorts of crafts. This outline prints out on a full sheet of paper. It's perfect for anytime you need a large template or cut out for a craft project. You can use this for tracing, stenciling, cutting out or coloring (I'm getting this set of watercolors for this), and Keep Reading
Tall & Pointy Heart Outlines {Free Printable}
In keeping with adding to my heart collection on WhatMommyDoes, this year I'm adding a new format! I'm partial to the more puffy looking rounded hearts like these super size heart templates, but sometimes you need a different style. Depending on what project you're working on, you might need a taller or pointier looking heart, so that's what I have for you today - TALL HEART OUTLINES! These files print out on a single sheet of paper, landscape format. There are 3 different sizes based on your needs. To grab any of these heart cutouts, click on the links or Keep Reading
Simple Flower Coloring Page {Easy for Kids!}
My kids love coloring pages. Like more than life itself. For our summer vacation, I'm making some cute coloring pages for them (and the blog!). These flowers are perfect for little ones to color - simple as they come! If you like these sheets, then make sure to bookmark this page to come back every once in a while because I plan on adding more designs over time. ALSO, if your kids are like mine and just can't get enough of coloring pages, I have several more kinds on the blog: RAINBOW COLORING PAGES BURSTING BLOSSOMS (PAGE FULL OF FLOWERS) TO Keep Reading
10 Cool Craft Projects for Kids {Easy & Fun Things to Make at Home!}
I find that anytime the kids are at home with me for extended periods of time, I am dying for some cool craft projects for them to do so they're not bored. I'm not the most "plan in advance" type of mom, but at the very least I like to think I know how to put together an easy craft station from time to time! LOL Even though my kids are 12, 9, and 7, they still love doing simple crafts with supplies we have on hand. 10 Creative & Fun Kids Craft Projects If you're looking for creative arts & crafts ideas for your kids to do on break Keep Reading
How to Make a Bird Seed Ornament
Ya'll know what? I've been searching high and low for the perfect bird seed ornament tutorial for the past two years. I've tried to make these darned things with the kids twice with no luck - I can't remember our first recipe, but I do remember last year we had a sticky peanut butter mess on our hands! Aren't these owl ornaments so cute? I found them on Amazon but they are pricey!! They got me inspired to go out and find a tutorial to share on the blog. Read on to grab the tutorial if you want to give this a shot. Here is the bird seed I used for Keep Reading
$3 Pencil / Marker / Crayon Craft Storage Hack That Won’t Spill!
Today we went to our local Harbor Freight store to purchase something for my husband. So, of course, I browsed around for some cool things to showcase on the blog. :) I wasn't sure what I was going to get, but I knew I'd recognize it when I saw it. And there it was - this glorious container that I knew would solve all our art supplies issues! $3 Storage Container = Sanity-Saving Storage Hack for Moms I don't know about your house, but ours is being run over. With art supplies, that is. Everywhere I turn, there's a random crayon, marker, highlighter, colored pencil, you name Keep Reading
10 Free Rainbow Printables – Cute Gift Toppers, Worksheets, Wall Art
Today I have something special to share with you. It's a collection of some of the cutest rainbow printables available. I found everything from printable rainbow coloring pages to colorful wall art, and I can't wait for you to check them out. I also have plain rainbow templates in large, medium, and small sizes if you need them for your own RAINBOW PROJECTS!! Free Rainbow Printables for St. Patrick's Day I always equate rainbows with springtime. We start with rainbows and pots of gold for St. Patrick's Day, then move onto the significance of God's promises in the rainbows we Keep Reading
Christmas Themed Crafts, Games & Activities for Kids
I love Christmas for so many reasons. One of them is it gives me a reason to do Christmas-themed crafts and activities with my kids. I not only love themed playdates, I adore all holiday themed activities in general! I asked some blogging friends to show me some of their best Christmas themed games, crafts, and activities, and they came up with some awesome stuff! See below for some ideas for family fun over the holidays. Christmas Themed Games & Activities Now that my two oldest kids are getting old enough to sit still long enough to play games, I'm on the hunt for Christmas Keep Reading
Free Printable Butterfly Stencils, Four Leaf Clover Patterns & Rainbow Templates
Even though it's only mid-January, today I really got into the mood to plan some spring projects for our household. Nevermind all the laundry waiting for me right now in the laundry room...I have crafts to plan! LOL I started today's mission with spring flower crafts in mind, but now that I think better about it, I realize I should include some butterfly and rainbow crafts because my girls LOVE those two themes. I think my 6-year-old draws at least 5 rainbows every week! Free Printable Stencils for Spring Crafts As always I'm putting my finds in a roundup post in case any other moms Keep Reading