My parental friends tell me that one of their ongoing sources of guilt is throwing away their children’s artwork. Not that they don’t want to keep it, but, you know… quantity + storage room + 835 drawings of Dora the Explorer = a secret garbage bag that only leaves the house after bedtime. A lot of these secret garbage bags are born at the end of the school year, so I thought it might be fun to come up with a way to use those art projects for a new and exciting purpose. Also, who doesn’t love garland?
To be honest here, I decided a couple months ago that I am going to steer away from doing craft projects geared toward kids (there are enough people doing a great job with that on the internet), however, sometimes, an idea will come and I need to starch the itch! When Cindy from Skip to My Lou asked me to guest post, I thought this would be a great project for her site which is kid and adult friendly. I think I started reading Skip to My Lou since before I even had a blog, which seems like it was when dinosaurs still roamed the earth, but really, it was just when Everyone Loves Raymond was still on the air. I know – it’s easy to confuse the two.
Anyway. Right. Garland. Want to make one on your own? Check it out for yourself!
I really like that you do craft projects mostly for adults, and once in a while stuff that could be for children as well.
Me too 🙂
So many of your crafts are suitable for kids, but I like that most of them are written for adults. Much as I like a good free kids crafts website, I really like to spend (online) time with adults too! That’s just one of the many things I love about your blog Aunt Peaches!!
Karen
Thanks Karen — that is exactly what I hope people take away 🙂
So fun and cute! Thanks for sharing 🙂
…sometimes we all need to starch the itch…thank you for sharing such great ideas. For kids and kids at heart. 🙂
My middle school librarian has purged out library of old books/dictionaries (She was sad – don’t hate…). We can do this craft with the students and decorate our library/classrooms/hallways. YAY!
It’s really awesome! Thanks for your Diy ! Check this out >> http://www.newdiydesign.eu/slipper-boots-free-crochet-pattern/
What a fun idea to incorporate kids’ art projects! It looks simple, and a great way to utilize these projects.
Lovely idea! My daughter loves garlands and this is a good way not to decorate her room and keep the old paintings.Thank you for sharing!