Crafting Archives - Crafty Nester

Because I get bored, and we have been at home constantly for the past years, I have been changing things up around the house… I am working my way through the house, but first I wanted to update our boring living room. Change is good! Last year, our living room looked like this, during the…

What was going to be a short break to focus on my family turned into years! I have missed this space, and connecting with readers, and leaving memories here, and writing all the words I have been thinking. If you are new here, or if you just haven’t been in a while because there were…

We haven’t gotten back into regular crafts since we got back from China, but we did this, and we’ll count it! The kids were making egg burritos for dinner, so they cleaned all the eggshells, and spooned some soil and grass seed into them…less than a week later we had the cutest Spring centerpiece!

Sometimes momma is just not up for paint and glitter… So paper crafts it is. We still had glue, so that helped, haha.I laid out all the pieces, and asked the kids to tell the Christmas story.They turned out to be so so cute…

We’re getting Christmas ready! I’ve actually been ready for weeks, haha, but now our crafts are reflecting our readiness.This week, I got out the glue and the glitter (even though glitter strains my calm), and we added lights…they loved making their own luminaries. And glue and glitter are always a winner!

We did some Halloween string art, and then, because people need to paint, we painted some wood magnets…They all turned out super cute! We have quite the collection of Fall crafts going on in this house, haha.

Sometimes after the first week of school, the best we can do is lay out some pre-prepared crafts.But…there was painting, so everyone was pretty happy!

These kids LOVE them some painting! They will paint anything, haha.This week I gave them rocks, and a bunch of paint in Spring colors. Halfway through painting crafts, I always wonder why I didn’t put smocks on them…I guess we like to play it a little fast and loose with paint and clothes. So far…

Every Monday afternoon, the kids do a craft after school…sometimes it’s a kit that they put together, or something I plan out, but their very favorite crafts are when I lay out “creating invitations.”I usually tell them to make something with a theme, and then I sit back and watch them. I observe what they…

This turned out to be the very best craft…fun to do with a four year old, they turned out super cute, AND they are made from frappucino bottles, which I got to drink. Ha! We layered the paint on in patriotic colors, and let it drip down.This was riveting for tiny P, haha! Who knew…