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What’s Curing Your Dry Rough Cracked Hands?

by Marie

My poor hands. Living in Utah is great, but with the dry Winter weather here, my hands suffer. I’ve been applying all kinds of moisturizer and thought I’d share what’s been working for me.

Cetaphil Moisturizing Cream: I like this, but really only for everyday use. It’s not as hard core as I want it to [...]

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Donuts and Chocolate at the Winter Olympic Medal Ceremony

by Marie

Yay for the Olympics! It’s been a fun week of Winter Olympic Crafts, and now it’s time to award medals to our winners! We’re awarding tasty medals to the athletes for their efforts in this week’s games!

For one event, I placed a donut Gold medal on the winner! I looped a piece of yard through [...]

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Who Will Win the Downhill Bobsled Race?

by Marie

This is our last Winter Olympic Game before the medal’s ceremony. We’re going to see who will win the Downhill Bobsled Race. The objective: to get your “bobsled” down the track first!

Supplies for the Downhill Bobsled Race:

empty wrapping paper tube
scissors and tape
2 toy cars
paper and marker

First, cut your empty wrapping paper tube in half lengthwise. [...]

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Dude, We’re Shredding Down the Half Pipe

by Marie

I love to snowboard. It’s my winter sport of choice (love these Utah mountains)! So today’s Winter Olympic Game is throwing a few tricks on the Half Pipe!

Supplies for Snowboarding on the Half Pipe:

paper tube – empty paper towel roll or wrapping paper tube
white paper
tape
pipe cleaner

To make the half pipe, cut your paper tube [...]

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Kids Bedroom Decor: A Thrifty Little Birdcage

by Kami

This little birdcage was found at my local thrift store. I knew it would be darling in my little niece’s bedroom, who’s nickname is “birdie”.
Here’s the Before & After. I always love a good before and after (don’t you?!)

To make the little paper birds, I used a Quickutz die cut along with American Crafts’ Blue [...]

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We’ve Got Your M&T Buttons!

by Marie

Along with the redesign of our site, we’ve come up with a few fun Make and Takes buttons you can add to your blog. So grab a button and show the love for M&T! And make sure to add the “featured at make and takes” button if you’ve been featured here!

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Creating Art with Stenciled Brownies

by Jane

My 5-year-old daughter Cate loves cooking. She also loves eating chocolate. And, more than anything, she loves doing art projects! Coloring, cutting, painting, pasting…if there’s paper involved, she’s there. So I decided to combine all these favorites into a fun school vacation-week activity…stenciling designs with powdered sugar on brownies!

The day before we made the brownies, [...]

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Winter Olympic Snowball Ring Toss

by Marie

Today’s Winter Olympic event is the Snowball Ring Toss. We’re trying to get 5 snowballs (or marshmallows) into each of the 5 Olympic rings! It may look like a simple task, but it’s harder than it looks! We had to go around a few times and practice as this event takes some skill!

Supplies for Snowball [...]

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Quick and Easy Sewn Paper Garlands

by Little Birdies

Paper garlands are a beautiful accent for any party or home decor. They are really easy to make and can match any theme.
First, you will need to start with cardstock punched out in your desired shape. You can use punches, die cut machines, a Cricut, or just plain scissors.

Next, you will need to use your [...]

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Miniature Figure Skating with the Stars

by Marie

As part of our Winter Olympic Games for Kids series, we’ve come up with a fun Miniature Ice Skating Rink. Our pair figure skaters are warming up on the ice as we speak!

Supplies for Mini Ice Skating Rink:

cardboard box top – or 9×13 cake pan
tinfoil
pipe cleaners, aka chenille stems
tape
snow stickers, optional

Cover your entire cardboard [...]

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