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How To: King Max Christmas Stocking

Over at the ever crafty weblog, Meet Me at Mikes, we came across this bang up Where The Wild Things are Christmas Stocking. King Max is sure to rule your mantle with this fabulous (and quite funny)...

How To: Make Pretty Party Bunting

Bunting is a great way to add a splash of color to your party for next to nothing (especially if you squirrel away tissue paper and string like we do!). It just requires a little patience, or rathe...

Roundup: 10 Repurposed Kids Room Finds

Repurposing and diy seem to fall into the same category a great deal recently as we attempt to reduce the amount of waste we generate. In honor of the reusable crafters out there, we've rounded up 1...

Meet Heather Mann Of Dollar Store Crafts
Big Blog Family

Just over a year ago, a new blog came to our attention and we've been hooked ever since. Dollar Store Crafts is packed full of inexpensive ideas and tutorials on how to make all sorts of wild creat...

How To: Pom Pom Vines!

Just like Julia, we're big fans of pom pom making! They're just so gosh darn bright and cheerful you can't help but love them! So we were happy little campers when we ran across a new twist on th...

Decoupaged Comic Lack Table
Flickr Find

You might recall a few weeks back when Vonnie wrote to us asking for a decorating starting point for a shared bedroom for her two sons. She's caught the creative bug and has started a great repurpos...

Reader Project: Origami Map Mobile

Ohdeedoh reader, Annalea, sent us a picture of a great project she worked on. We love how this mobile is lovely enough to stay and be admired in the room way beyond the nursery years... ...

Roundup: 25 Ways To DIY With Kids

If you hadn't guessed by now, we're big fans of doing things ourselves. Not just to save a few dollars, but also for the enjoyment it brings and the memories it makes for your kids as they work alon...

The Art Of Making Breast Milk Soap

Making milk soap isn't a new concept by any stretch of the imagination, but using breast milk in the mix was a first for us, even though we consider ourselves well versed in all things "crafty." Cli...

Papercraft Owls from Mibo

These great little paper owls have been floating around the internet all week, but just in case you missed them, we wanted to bring them to your attention. They're super easy to assemble and best of...

How To: Huggable & Loveable Dog Pillow

When company comes to visit, the favorite toy (and we have a lot of toys) is always our patchwork dog pillow. It’s been ridden, had tea parties, napped with and much, much more. It’s a simple c...

Lil-Traveler Activity Packs: In Flight Entertainment

14 hours in the air with a 2yr old and a 7mo old... sounds like a horror story right? Wrong! Ohdeedoh reader, Maegan Boyle, sent us word about her recent extended flight time which happened smoothly...

Week Night Project: Watercolor Initials

Letters to adorn your kid's spaces are all the rage, no matter if they are handmade, reclaimed, or store bought. Well, Megan over at Plum Pudding has been busy with a great summer watercolor craft t...

How To: Pull Top Party Favors

We love repurposing items and we love giving gifts, so when we came across this party favor idea, our little creative hearts went wild! It's a simple (we promise) process that anyone can tackle and ...

How To: Make A Portable Growth Chart

One of our favorite ideas we picked up from an old Martha Stewart Baby magazine was a quick how to for making a portable growth chart. It's quite simple, sturdy and affordable, plus has the ability ...

Look! Found Polystyrene Wall Art

High winds blew packaging material from a building site all around the home town of the Barker family. They pitched in and helped to clean up many of the pieces that became lodged in trees and shrub...

Try This! Toddler Sewing Card

When craft vixen and mom extraordinaire, Heather Mann isn't running two blogs and a zine (click through to see which ones!), she's busy entertaining and inspiring her two toddlers with great kid frie...

Look!: Craft Store Paper Lanterns

Lanterns add a playful element to any nursery, and we love how they look when clustered together. So imagine how excited we were to find plain, inexpensive paper lanterns to decorate any way we choos...

How To: Dye Eggs Naturally

Some people are brave. We are not. Kristy of Craftastica is. On a mission to dye eggs naturally, she attempted 10 colors for her first try! And - the results are stunning. ...