Years ago, when I first saw this idea on SouleMama, I filed it away knowing that someday, somehow, a Banging Wall would be mine. Now that my kiddos are two and five, and spring is around the corner, t...
We've featured the amazing reverse-engineered building plans of self-taught woodworker Ana White before. Since then, Ana has updated her site with dozens more plans and ideas. We were particularly str...
This is brilliant. Are you loving this rainbow colored table and chairs set? It's a basic children's table and chairs set with the volume turned up. Check out how this was done after the jump....
When Neva Brasher found herself with a cracked iPhone case, she did what any thrifty mom and at-heart crafter would do — save it. One day inspiration struck and she now has a fabulous felted i...
If Food Face plates made you smile, these DIY versions will put a huge grin on your face. Not to mention the laughs and giggles coming out of your kids. Kalleen made these herself based on family ...
In a recent email chat with Joel, we mentioned that we feel like we're blog-stalking him (see our previous posts here and here), but it's his own darned fault for posting so many amazing projects. Som...
We've been featuring a great deal of modern dollhouses lately. They're such pretty eye candy and it can be easy to think you could never tackle anything of the sorts. But reader, Adrienne Brown-Da...
I recently visited Denyse Schmidt's website looking for some quilting inspiration. I was so delighted to see that she's made a pattern of these adorable vintage-style patchwork Scottie Dog toys availa...
Covering a photo mat with fabric is a simple way to add color and interest to a photo display. You can easily cover the mat that came with your frame or, if you'd like to have some extras to swap ...
When we wrote about creating word cloud art with Wordle recently Chelsie left a link in the comments that she had done just that for her daughter Daphne. And look how great it is! Not to mention af...
When Ruthie posed a Good Question recently about repurposing an old laptop into a toy many of you related stories of letting your kids pound away on your old or broken computers as well as some atte...
Our favorite kinds of projects to do with the kids are ones where we already have the materials at hand. We just spotted this lovely and simple project over at Mondo Cherry using cupcake liners....
We love growth charts and this is one of the most unique we've seen. Who doesn't love a good vintage measuring tape - it somehow manages to be retro and modern at the same time. Best of all - you ...
Ikea's Kura loft bed lends itself to creative hacking (see previously featured transformations here, here and here). This wonderful project sent in by Ohdeedoh reader Anna is no exception....
Leaving your child with a sitter can be stressful; make sure you remember all the details by keeping all the pertinent info for your babysitter on a reusable dry-erase info board that you can make y...
We have yet to meet a child who isn't into slime. Icky, sticky and awesome is where fun is had and this version keeps kids and surfaces both, clean along the way. It only takes pennies to create ...
Kate Hunt in Ann Arbor, Michigan put together this amazing Learning Tower out of scraps of wood they had lying around the garage. It's a great, safe way for tiny tots to get some hands-on time in t...
Nikole was determined to make a play kitchen for her daughter Thea and with a brief lesson from her mother-in-law on using a jigsaw she was on her way. Inspired by many of the play kitchens you've ...
If "go to graphic design school" hasn't been checked off your list yet, but you enjoy playing with fonts and color, Wordle is a really fun online tool for creating "word clouds" that you can print a...
While we were cruising around Readymade (because it's normal to stalk your favorite magazine online as well as off... and um... Twitter as well) this super cute toy snow globe caught our attention. ...
In honor of Home Hacks month, we thought it would be fun to go through our archive of "Big Blog Family" interviews and roundup some of the amazingly resourceful DIY-spirited bloggers we've featured ov...
Ohdeedoh is all about creating happy, healthy homes for families, but for some families with very sick children, "home" is a long-term stay in a hospital room. Project Linus is a national organization...
Linds from British Columbia took inspiration from some of the previous DIY play kitchens we've featured here on Ohdeedoh and set out to make one for her daughter Ashtyn. There's all sorts of specia...
We were wholly charmed by the use of fabric to transform a child-sized table and chairs that a reader sent us last week and thought we would round up some other inspirational makeovers using a varie...
We're a big fan of chalkboard paint. Not only does it change a regular wall into a fun, useful space, it also adds great visual impact to a room. But why just go with regular chalkboard paint? What...
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