Homemade Costume Idea: Bumblebee To create a cute homemade bumblebee costume, use tacky glue to affix 1 1/2 inch black strips of glue to a yellow onesie, sleeper, or shirt with the arms cut … [Read more...]
Homemade Costume Idea: Dalmatian
Homemade Costume Idea: Dalmatian Purchase white sweatpants and white hooded sweatshirt or plain white sweatshirt without a hood. Buy black felt and cut out dalmatian spots. Sew spots loosely onto … [Read more...]
Create a Custom-Made Collage from Thrift Store Frames
Like most moms, I have a deluge of artwork that comes home from school with the kids. I hate throwing it away and often wonder what I can do with it to display it or preserve it. One solution is to … [Read more...]
DIY Frugal Halloween Face Paint
DIY Halloween Face Paint: 3 Tbsp. cornstarch 1 Tbsp. flour together 3/4 C. light corn syrup 1/4 C. water For an easy, homemade Halloween face paint to go with any costume simply follow these … [Read more...]
DIY: Square Foot Garden
When I was growing up, my parents were avid gardeners. They grew tomatoes, rows of sweet corn, radishes, rhubarb, and all sorts of other things which would get frozen, canned or simply eaten up at the … [Read more...]
Homemade Christmas Decorations: This (Christmas) Tree is for the Birds!
When purchasing a real Christmas tree to display inside your home this year, consider asking the salespeople at the tree lot if they'll give you a second smaller tree at a bargain price. That's what … [Read more...]