Make and TakesIdeas and Crafty Tidbits for Home, Family, and Fun

I cannot believe that I have been Making and Taking with this blog for a year now. I have loved being crafty and sharing fun ideas with you. Here are a few of my favorite Make and Takes from the past year. Click on the pictures to learn how to join the fun.

Kids Crafts

Home Crafts

Recipes

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Being “with child” as I am (5 months) I will often visit a few of my favorite pregnancy websites and see what this thing inside me looks like, what it’s doing, and why I am now experiencing the dreaded heart burn. I go through at least half a bottle each day!! Luckily, I remember that with both my other [...] Continue Reading…

Here are some great books for children to read and learn about Black History, which is celebrated during this month of February.

Martin’s Big Words - a book about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The Story of Ruby Bridges - the story of a 6 year old girl who walks into an all white elementary school after the [...] Continue Reading…

This is a great treat that my mom would make us kids whenever she would frost a cake. There was always leftover frosting that got slapped on yummy graham crackers, making instant cookies.

So whenever I have left over frosting, like from last weeks fun Valentine cookies, I make Graham Cracker Cookies. My kids love them, but I am eating [...] Continue Reading…

It’s finished! I am done with the quilt that I started almost a month ago. Here were the quilt colors from a previous post. Now they are put all together in a fun pattern that was easy and fun. I love it and think it turned out great, all vintage looking. I am naming it “Here Comes the Sun” [...] Continue Reading…

Every year growing up in school, we learned about 2 former Presidents. We celebrate them on our country’s holiday, President’s Day. Good old Abe Lincoln and our very first President, George Washington. Well I want to test your knowledge now that most of us are out of school and see if we remember any of those important historical facts.

George [...] Continue Reading…

Animals are always amazing to look at. How they eat, how they sleep, how they poop. My kids love to look at books about animals and learn new facts about them. Another great place for learning about animals is Magazines. Ranger Rick and Zoobooks are two great magazines that engage children in learning fascinating things about Lions, Tigers and [...] Continue Reading…

I love all things peanut butter. And when peanut butter is joined with chocolate, watch out! So when I saw this great recipe for Nutter Butter Balls, crushed Nutter Butters with cream cheese, I had to make them. This delicious idea is from Bakerella, a fabulous baking blog with delicious things to make and eat.

Bakerella also came up [...] Continue Reading…

We love this Simpson’s episode where Ralph Wiggin gives Lisa this train Valentine. Jordan, can do Ralph’s voice so well, actually he can do so many voices well! I love you, Pookie Bear!
I Choo Choo Choose You.

I Pick You to Be My Valentine!!

Our family loves pancakes! So this is what I will be making for my lovely family on Valentines.

I love these heart shaped molds I purchased from Martha Stewart. Or you can shape out some heart pancakes yourself by filling up a zip bag with batter and forming a heart on the griddle. Here is a post I did last [...] Continue Reading…