With the new school year coming soon, here’s a fun apple hand-stitched card pattern helping you get ready to learn. Stitch one of these cards to give to your child’s teacher, as they would love to receive a personal card from their student telling them how excited they are for the coming year. Or these cards could be given [...] Continue Reading…

Kids Crafty Play Date

It’s time for another local Kids Crafty Play Date. With the new school year on it’s way, I thought it would be fun to get out to the park one more time before summers over. We’ll be keeping it in Make and Takes fashion again, by making crafts with the kids and letting them play on the slides.

If you [...] Continue Reading…

Color Theory for Toddlers

Today’s post is part of a Guest Post Swap. Jessica, from Zakka Life is guest posting here on Make and Takes and I’m lucky enough to be guest posting over at Zakka Life. Read here about introducing colors to children, then click over to read about The Magic of Music.
This project was inspired by a VBS (Vacation Bible [...] Continue Reading…

How to Eat Fried Worms

Don’t worry, this post is not a recipe for Fried Worms! It’s our next Make and Takes Storytime. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell was a delightfully tasty chapter book to read with my 5 year old. Actually it was gross, but he loved it.

Billy has made a bet with his friends that he can eat 15 [...] Continue Reading…

Now that “baby” is on the brain again, I’ve been enjoying all the great tutorials out there for handmade baby items. Every kind of baby gadget is available to make yourself and as my little princess is still sleeping quite a bit, I’ve been able to steal a few minutes here and there for some fun sewing projects.

Here are [...] Continue Reading…

Semi-Homemade Donuts

This recipe for semi-homemade donuts starts from a can, but comes out baked hot and fresh. Using ready-to-use biscuit dough, these donuts are easy and fast to make.

Supplies for Donuts:

biscuit dough - ready to use or from scratch
small circle cutter - I used a medicine cup that came from children’s Tylenol
1/4 - 1/2 cup cooking oil - vegetable [...] Continue Reading…

Blue Jean Pot Holders

Yeah for Guest Make and Takers! I love having others share their great ideas on Make and Takes. Like Kelsey from Vanilla Joy. She’s got a great blog with tips, tricks, and fun crafts. Today, she’s sharing a fun project recycling our old blue jeans into pot holders. Get out your sewing machines, even you beginners can give this [...] Continue Reading…

Feather Duster Puppets

Every few weeks or so, I walk down the Dollar Store isles looking for crafty magic. With the supplies only costing $1, I’m always able to find something we can make into a craft. You’ll be surprised by what you can think up for all kinds of household items. For today’s craft, we found these feather dusters and made [...] Continue Reading…

Storytime today is brought to us by Guest Make and Taker, Alison from This Wasn’t the Plan. As she’s a mother of boys, Alison knows life can get pretty silly, sort of like Dr. Seuss’s stories. So she’s sharing a classic book from Dr. Seuss with us today, along with a great activity.

My four year old son is [...] Continue Reading…

After getting lots of emails and comments about the crafts you all have been doing, I decided to start a Make and Takes Flickr Group. Now everyone can see what you’ve been making. Whether it’s projects from Make and Takes or crafty goodness of your own, come share it with our group. It can be kids crafts, crafts for [...] Continue Reading…


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