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How To: Leaf Mask
Depending on where you live, leaves may be approaching their peak color. Now is the time to plan a long walk to gather colorful leaves, but what to do with your find? How about making a leaf mask....
DIY: Travel Pillow
When you're a child it's always exciting and fun to travel but you still want a bit of home comfort with you wherever you go -- even if it's just down the block to your babysitter's home. We think th...
How To: Yardstick Art Ledge
Not every piece of artwork needs (or deserves!) to be framed and for kids' art especially we like the idea of having a rotating collection. These simple ledges made from vintage yardsticks can show...
How To: Make a Mobile from Vintage Illustrations
We love this idea from Kirsten at Kirsten*Can. Using vintage illustrations, baker's twine, and an embroidery hoop, she came up with this free-form mobile that looks just as fantastic in a playroom as ...
Look! Easy, Last-Minute Halloween Costume
So you can't figure out what your child should be for Halloween, eh? And you feel as though you're running out of options. Allow us to throw a simple solution your way -- keep it in the back of your...
Pumpkins Don't Have to be Orange
We love a traditional jack o' lantern as much as the next big kid, but this year we're longing for something different. Try something bold like black and white to stand out among a sea of orange this...
How To: Make Your Halloween Flashlights Brighter
(For Under $10)
As our little ones traipse about the neighborhoods on Halloween, it's always a good idea to have them carry a flashlight. Larger and brighter ones can be too heavy to carry, but watch the how-to vid...
How To: Modify Your Rug
Get out the cigars and pop the champagne because craft savant Katie Steuernagle has birthed a new craft! It's the granddaughter of traditional rug hooking and the way cooler cousin of those latch h...
How To: Crib Sheet
Not finding the crib linens that you want? Or maybe you've found something you like but the price is too steep? Consider sewing your own crib sheets like many Ohdeedohers have. Jaime of Prudent Baby...
How To: Make Your Own Spider Web
This idea we spotted at This Vintage Chica has shot to the top of our must-do list. Inspired by the plentiful spiderwebs around her home at this time of year, Eren and her children made simple nail bo...
How To: Mummy Dogs
Do we have words to describe the awesomeness of these hot dogs? No, we don't, but we'll try anyway. Using just franks, mustard, and store-bought biscuit dough (or you can make your own), you can whip ...
Make This: Boon Stash Storage System
We are often torn when it comes to buying new products. One side of us thinks, "Ooooh Shiny!" The other side says, "Find me two paper clips, some chewing gum and a can of spray paint and I can make...
How To: Make A Paper Bag Leaf Garland
We've been searching for the perfect way to string some Fall around our apartment, and we love the realistic colors created on these paper bag leaves. ...
Haunted Halloween House Project
Are you in the midst of decorating your home for Halloween? If you're looking for an easy project for this weekend, check out these haunted Halloween houses....
Reader Project: DIY Shadow Puppet Theater
Ohdeedoh reader, Amber, sent us an e-mail telling us about a great shadow puppet theater she worked on. What a classic toy -- and a beautiful creation, too... ...
How To: Texture Book
If your child is tired of (or disinterested in) Pat the Bunny, maybe it's time to take matters into your own hands and make them their own texture book. ...
Five Tips for Taking Great Halloween Pictures
It's October! Which means we can finally start talking openly about Halloween (one of our favorite holidays) without people looking at us like we're crazy. Having taken our share of blah Halloween pho...
How To: Make a Mini Framed Magnetic Board
Instead of your traditional bulletin board, you could make a bunch of these and hang them together for a unique display. You need a few old frames minus the glass, some magnet board, and some fabric....
How To: Make Mushroom Shelves
We have a sort-of suspicion that, up close, these shelves -- made out of actual shelf mushrooms -- might be a bit too reminiscent of those clocks made from overly lacquered slices of logs, but this ph...
Reader Project: Not-Your-Average Cardboard Skyscraper
You may remember Holly from such excellent projects as How to Make a Quillow and How to Make a Dinosaur Playmat. Holly recently launched Stitch/Craft, a site to feature her DIY creations, and we just ...
DIY Platform Bed with Storage
O.K., we don't know a lick of Swedish but we found this terrific DIY bed and storage unit over at Hus & Hem. We love the bold color choice and all of the details that come together to make this great...
5 Fine Swings
Maxwell's handmade indoor swing for Ursula was such an inspiring way to bring the outdoors in during cold months. Since his DIY we've seen other examples, great for yards, playrooms, or even as a su...
Door as Headboard
Martha Stewart Living
Now here's a great example of using your head(board). Who would have thought that a door could be spruced up in such a way to make this lovely little headboard for your child's room? ...
How To: PomPom Curtains
Some of our favorite decor projects are those born of frugality. Reader Jaime spied some beautiful pompom trimmed curtains in a magazine, but when she tracked them down she discovered they cost $25...
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