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You don't need to break the bank this Christmas by spending lots of money on decorations - so here's 28 brilliant DIY Christmas decor ideas using supplies you either have around your house already or supplies you can buy very cheaply online!

Christmas crafts for kids: yarn ornaments that are easy to make and fun to give and pack a big dose of fine motor practice!

Look what these children made with just sticks and leaves! What a great way to take creativity outdoors.

Finished the supposed vessel - it somehow turned into a suspended art textile piece! Crochet and hand dyed yarn. Blogged about here: la-belle-helene-journal.blogspot.com/2010/10/sun-and-shad...

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Looking for an easy Christmas craft for kids? These twig and raffia star ornaments are gorgeous. All you need is a glue gun, raffia and twigs!

A couple weeks ago, we were stuck inside the house for 4 days during an ice storm. It was fun for the first 48 hours. After that, we were in desperate need of things to do! I pulled out our craft box and found a ton of popsicle sticks that we bought for something and […]

Homemade ornaments are fun, personal and the sky is the limit for your creative juices. This year I opened up an Etsy store called House 129 and have ma...

Continuing our Get Outdoors theme with 20 inspiring ideas for getting creative outdoors.

Easy Modern DIY Wall Art This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. Click here to read my full disclosure policy. Geometric Easily create your own geometric decor using your favo…

Handcrafted, wire-wrapped and beaded star ornament is made with a combination of dark colored annealed steel and bright steel wire and a pretty blue and green mix of glass, resin, lucite and crystals. I create each star individually including the frame and all wrapping, and begin with my pliers, three coils of wire (in different gauges and material) and my fabulous collection of colorful beads! Each unique star makes a pretty ornament, gift decoration or lightcatcher. With a bright ribbon…

Here are some super-quick holiday craft ideas from around the web. Added bonus — these use items most households already have on-hand! Yay for no-hassle crafts!! I love these festive, yet simple handmade ornaments! See the full tutorial at The Crafty Crow. Use some leftover wrapping paper scraps to make holiday cards like these ones …

This week we also continued to study transportation. We have been taking a closer look at force and motion for all sources of transportation have a force, which creates the motion for it to move. We began looking at the invisible force called gravity. The students realized that gravity is the force that keeps things on the ground, is what pulls us back down when we jump, and much more. We watched a short clip of astronauts in space floating and saw how they eat and transport themselves…

We made these this weekend and I love how they turned out. My vision of sitting with my girls by the fire, joyously wrapping pipe cleaners with yarn, was interrupted by reality. It snowed! So while the kids built sled ramps and threw snowballs at each other, I sat by the fire alone and made …

weaving with weeds - using the branches of two trees to create a loom, and sticks and greenery to create this amazing woven piece of art has inspired us!