Apartment Therapy Tagged: crafts

Cooper's Tea Party Play Mat

If we had an applause-o-meter our hands would be red from clapping! Fallon made this tea party mat for her young friend, Cooper, and we think it's just delightful. The only negative thing we have ...

Jackie Kersh must have received some extra DIY genes because she's always making beautiful and useful things. This time she's created a set of wood photo flashcards for her son which he can use bot...

Soft Sculptures by Anu Tuominen

If you've ever wondered where your children's lost socks and mittens end up, perhaps they're here. Helsinki-based artist Anu Tuominen finds inspiration in the ordinary to create these extraordinary sc...

How To: ABC Book as Shower Activity

Rachel wrote in to share a fabulous project she oversaw for her friend's baby shower - an ABC book made by the attendees. Not only is it a great way to entertain guests and break the ice for people...

"We Are" Collaborative Coloring Book

This isn't your average coloring book. It's a collaboration of Etsy artists who interpret a different theme each month. August was "We are Happy." September: "We are Strong," and October..."We are ...

5 Uses For A Bite Size Brownie Pan

Last week over at The Kitchn, Emma Christensen gave us a great review of this bite sized brownie pan. Although we're unsure it would keep us from eating as many pieces, it does have a few great uses...

Meet Jill Green Of Homemade By Jill
Big Blog Family

Last week we kicked off our Big Blog Family feature and this week we're proud to introduce to you Jill Green from Handmade By Jill. Her blog is packed full of fabulous crafts and tutorials that she ...

Handmade Home by Amanda Blake Soule

We may not always have the time to make the crafts that Amanda Blake Soule (aka Soule Mama) documented in her first book, The Creative Family, but perusing its pages always soothes our spirit. Amanda,...

Space Origami

Most children will go through a long-lasting phase of fascination with all things space-related. If you know such a child, put this Space Origami kit on your list of go-to gifts....

Keeping It Simple With Paper Chains

We've been reading up on a ridiculous amount of party ideas lately. Birthday parties, baby showers, backyard barbecues and the one thing that's made the great one's well, great... is their ability t...

$1 Microfiber Car Wash Mit Turned Hedgehog

We're all for any craft that encourages our children to do household chores and although this isn't specifically intended for that purpose, it wouldn't be hard to do so! See how you can make one wit...

Top 5 Baby Shower Ideas
That You Gave Us!

After reading through the wealth of information everyone chimed in with, on our When Baby Showers Go Wrong post (there's currently 58 comments!), there were a few ideas that really stood out to us th...

How To: Tattered Book Turned Mirror

click thumbnails for larger pics While rummaging through the books at a local thrift store, we came across a copy of the Dr. Seuss story, There's a Wocket In My Pocket. After flipping through, we f...

Limited Edition Ribbon Jars

As a kid, one of the best things about visiting Grandma's house (other than the swimming pool and the homemade donuts... and, er, the love) was playing with her containers of craft supplies -- everyth...

Valentine’s Day Ideas, Crafts and Activities
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When it comes to Valentine's Day craft projects, the creative palette seems kind of limited. You've basically got hearts and, well, more hearts. Despite this, creative Valentine's Day how-tos abound a...

How To: Make a Pocket Tissue Holder

It's that time of year. Suddenly, our lives are filled with tissues, and we'd be foolish to leave the house without a little tissue pack in our pocket. But gosh, how those packages get mangled. Enter ...

How To: Make Canned Halloween Monstrosities

Disclaimer: This craft may not exactly be suitable for younger children (or even some older ones, for that matter), but it's so great we had to post it. These jarred specimens of evil scientist projec...

Stubby Pencil Studio

If there's anything that can trump our love of school supplies, it's our love of art supplies. And art supplies that are also environmentally friendly? And reasonably priced? We're there. From soy-b...

Skellie Bunnies

Many of you coveted these adorable bunnies after seeing them in Sonny's nursery tour. We've tracked down Theresa, their creator, and found out that not only is she selling them in her Etsy shop, but y...

Good Questions: Graphics for Woodburning

Robin wrote in with a question about a craft project: I just purchased this wooden toy box at a garage sale and I want to design a pattern to burn into the wood (I think it's called Pyrography, but I...

How To: Make a Changing Seasons Felt Set

Explaining the changing seasons to a young child can be tricky... say, when you're trying to convince them they can't wear their bathing suit outdoors, even though this was totally acceptable a month ...

Look! Oversized Cableknit Afghan

Perfect for cuddling under, reading in, and even making blanket forts with... this handknit afghan can do it all. We're not the only ones to be wooed by its charms. It caused quite a kerfuffle over at...

Morphadoodles

We love it when craft-loving entrepreneurial folks figure out fun new ways to turn children's art into lifelong keepsakes. With Morphadoodles, you can not only convert your child's drawing into an ado...

How To: Make Paper Fortune Cookies

We don't usually like to share our cookies, but we took one look at these paper fortune cookies made by Kimberly at For the Love of Paper and knew we had to pass them along....

Good Questions: Are There Safety Scissors That Actually Work?

Pam wrote in with a question we've been wondering ourselves: Are there safety scissors that don't suck? It seems like every type I buy either has a metal blade, which I'm told is a no-no, or else the...

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