Crafting with Kids

Love. This print marks the beginning of what is shaping up to be a fantastic creative adventure. It all started when my 7-year-old…

Here’s a preview of the fun projects, stories and recipes featured in this issue: Crochet wrist warmers by Lisa Gutierrez from goodknits.com. A stylin’…

I’ve been wanting to try dyeing eggs with silk ties for a couple years now, so I thought it was time to cut…

Ok, I’m back with Part 2 of the instructions for today’s “Take Five” craft segment projects. My 6-year-old daughter, Amelia, asked for construction…

The latest issue of Petite Purls is up and ready to inspire you. My daughters and I collaborated on the Sew Petite feature,…

Father’s Day is coming up and my daughters are very excited. Abby has been squirreling away little handmade gifts for weeks and Amelia…

My little Amelia was my special guest at last month’s Craft Club meeting at the Y. She was having a rough day and…

It’s been very busy here at the CraftSanity headquarters. Between family illness, loom-making, writing deadlines, and travel and prep work for a series…

I teamed up with Abby, CraftSanity’s V.P. of Fun, to show people how to make stuffed toys out of kids’ drawings Friday on…

I’ve been spool knitting up a storm this week. I love it because it’s an easy way to make knitted cording to coil…

Dog Rice Pack: This rice pack can be heated in the microwave to warm up a sore muscle or chilled in the freezer…

We rounded up all the broken crayons in the house and melted them down last night to make some jumbo rainbow crayons. This…

Apparently I’m not the only one reading Martha Stewart Living in West Michigan. As I mentioned in a previous post, the feature about…