apples

Apple Crafts, Flower Arranging, and Phone Apps for Crafters

by Marie September 14, 2011

Here’s what I’ve been up to over at Babble’s New Home Ec. Look at dem’ apples: 15 Inspired Apple Crafts Get pretty looking flower arrangements: Quick and Easy Flower Vase Hack Stitching up some cards: 15 Free Stitched Card Patterns Get your techy craft on: 20+ Phone Apps for the Crafty Folk

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Apple Cupcakes, Cute As Ever

by Marie September 9, 2011

It’s September, so apples are on the brain, can you tell? With apple cards, candy apples, yarn apples, I can’t seem to get enough. Well, as I was browsing Pinterest, which I’m addicted to, I came across this post from Muses of Megret on baking your cupcakes into Valentine hearts. It’s such a cute and [...]

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Saturday Spotlight: Back to School

by Marie September 3, 2011

Here are some back to school crafts and recipes that caught my eye from over at the M&T Spotlight. Have your kids started school yet? Seems like almost everyone starts right about now. **Next week I’ll be featuring your projects for fall, one of my favorite seasons of all. So link up your crafts and [...]

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Apple-Shaped Stamped Cards for Back to School

by Marie September 1, 2011

Thanks to the folks at Martha Stewart and Plaid, who’ve teamed up to create a power pack of decorative paint and supplies, I received a fun box full of supplies. Right away I headed for these circle sponge stamps, endless possiblitites with these sponges, I’m sure you’ll be seeing more crafts from these. Today I [...]

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Apple Apple Round and Red

by Marie September 13, 2010

I’m sharing a fun way to create a little red apple softie. It’s a super easy project, using fabric, stuffing, and a pipe cleaner. For the complete instruction, head on over to BabyCenter’s Life and Home. Play a game of “duck duck goose” with this soft fabric apple. Here are the words to chant as [...]

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Give Your Teacher a Bouquet of Apples

by Marie September 6, 2010

What two things immediately say “school”? Pencils and apples! Here we’ve put them together into a fun bouquet perfect for teacher. This is a great gift to give for back to school, for teacher appreciation towards the end of the year, or even during the holidays. Supplies for Apple Pencil Bouquets: apples pencils vase ribbon [...]

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Gobbling Turkey Apples

by Marie November 6, 2009

This is a fun classic craft, perfect for Thanksgiving Day. These Turkey Apples can be “gobbled” up as a snack while they wait for the turkey to be done or saved as part of Thanksgiving dinner. Supplies for Turkey Apples: whole apples, any color, washed and dried toothpicks stick pretzels marshmallows raisins, craisins popcorn Set [...]

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Apple Playtime Activity

by Marie October 2, 2009

I’m guest posting over at Dresses and Messes with a fun Apple activity for fall. Come see how we’re putting a fun twist on the childhood game of Duck, Duck, Goose.

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Apple Treats & Crafts for Fall

by Marie September 23, 2009

Apple season is upon us and that means lots of tasty treats and creative crafts to be had. Here’s a few past activities from Make and Takes showcasing ripe juicy apples. Apple Stamped Cards ~~~ Homemade Applesauce ~~~ Applesauce Cookies ~~~ Apple Hand-Stitched Card ~~~ Homemade Apple Pie What apple treats and crafts have you [...]

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Little Apple Yarn Favors

by Marie September 21, 2009

These cute little apples just fell from our tree, or so we like to think! They’re super easy to craft and make a fun decoration for my Fall kitchen. Supplies for Yarn Apples: craft yarn – red, green, or yellow (the cheap yarn will do, $2 a skein) pipe cleaners (or chenille stems) – brown [...]

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