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Craft Lightning Holiday Edition – Day 2 Roundup!

November 18, 2014 by Carolina Leave a Comment

I’m super excited for another Craft Lightning week this week! All week long, we’re sharing fast holiday crafts – that can be made in 15 minutes or less! In case you missed it, you can see the Day 1 Craft Lightning Roundup here. Let’s get started with today’s roundup, shall we?

Jen Goode made these adorable pen-and-ink wood slice ornaments, with printables so you can easily make your own.

Over at Carla Schauer Designs, you’ll find a tutorial for making these cinnamon stick ornaments shaped like gifts (with cute vintage music sheets, to boot)!

Pretty up some pine cones for Christmas decor – Carisa at Messes to Memories will show you how!

Convert a vacation memory into a fun beach sand ornament with Steph from Crafting in the Rain.

Paula at Frog Prince Paperie has the tastiest recipe for reindeer food I’ve ever seen, and a fun printable topper to go with it!

Making a wreath doesn’t have to be complex or time consuming – Lindsay at Frenchie Wraps shows you how to whip up a wreath in 15 minutes!

Mismatched wine glasses become adorable snowman candy dishes – find Malia’s step-by-step over on Yesterday on Tuesday.

Spice up your holiday gift wrap with giant gift tags from Kimbo at a Girl and a Glue Gun.

My crafty craft lightning partner, Angie from The Country Chic Cottage, whipped up a whole bunch of fun bags – she shows you how to make them all in her Holiday Gift Bags tutorial.

And I made some simple ornament hangers that you can make in just a few minutes each!

Be sure to stop back by tomorrow for more fun and fast holiday crafts!

Filed Under: 15 minute crafts, Christmas, craft lightning, feature Tagged With: Christmas, craft, decor, easy, fast, Holiday

Simple DIY Ornament Hanger

November 18, 2014 by Carolina 3 Comments

Stop using plain hooks to hang your ornaments – use these dressed-up ornament hangers to add extra style and bling to your Christmas Tree this year. These ornament hangers are super simple to make – in an afternoon you can make enough for your own tree and to give as gifts! Customize the color wire and beads you use, based on your personal decor preference.

This project is part of Craft Lightning week – all week long, Angie from The Country Chic Cottage and I, along with a couple dozen blogging friends, will be sharing fast and simple holiday crafts like this one. If you missed yesterday, check out the Day 1 Craft Lighting Holiday Roundup.

To make your ornament hangers you’ll need:

20-gauge wire
Beads with large holes
Round-nosed pliers and wire cutters
Krazy Glue

Start by cutting a 6″ length of wire.

Add your bead or beads. Push towards the center.

Start curling one end of the wire using the pliers and your fingers.

Repeat with the other side, making sure they swirl in opposite directions – making a very curly S shape.

Use a dab of Krazy glue on each side of the bead or beads to secure them in place.

Your ornament hanger is complete! Make as many as you like!

Be sure to come back later tonight for the day two roundup of fun and fast Holiday crafts!

Filed Under: 10 minute crafts, Christmas, craft lightning, easy, fast and cheap, quick, quick handmade holiday gifts, simple Tagged With: beads, Holiday, Ornament

Craft Lightning Holiday Edition – Day 1 Roundup!

November 17, 2014 by Carolina Leave a Comment

I’m so excited for another week of Craft Lighting. This week we’re sharing Holiday crafts that can be whipped up in 15 minutes or less! It may seem soon to some, but with less than 40 days until Christmas, there is no time to waste! Let’s get started sharing these fun and fast crafts!

Danielle from Busy Mom’s Helper whipped up an adorable snowman mobile. How fun would this be to make with the kids?

Over at Sowdering About, Randi made some fun wine glass charms. These are perfect for holiday entertaining or gift giving!

Have a foodie on your Christmas list? Whip up some Rosemary Infused Olive Oil. Niki over at 365 Days of Crafts shows you how!

Brooke at Artistic Endeavors made an a Cinnamon Stick Star Ornament that is sure to smell as good as it looks!

Over at Laura Kelly Designs, my talented friend Laura Kelly is getting crafty with something we all have close at hand – rocks! How fun are these Holiday Painted Rocks?

This striped holiday bunting was made by Cori at Let’s Eat Grandpa – so elegant, and so simple!

Marilyn at 4 You with Love shows you how to make ornaments with SPRINKLES! I’m pretty excited!

Did you know that a cork coaster makes a great ornament – see how to whip one up over at Albion Gould.

My partner for this series, Angie from The Country Chic Cottage, made these adorable Glittered Mason Jar ornaments. Since real mason jars are too heavy to hang on the tree… these are the next best thing!

And I made some fun Stocking Earrings! Fast and simple to make – and add some festive cheer to any outfit!

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Christmas Stocking Earrings

November 17, 2014 by Carolina 4 Comments

It is time for our last Craft Lightning of 2014, and we’re wrapping up the year with some fast Holiday Crafting! Angie from The Country Chic Cottage and I have brought together some awesome bloggers for a final blow-out of holiday crafting goodness. Each of the crafts that Angie and I share this week will have a holiday theme, and can be made in 15 minutes or less! And each evening, we’ll be rounding up some of our blogging friends who are also whipping up fast holiday crafts! Awesome, right?

I’m sharing some fun and easy Christmas Stocking Earrings. Super easy to make, and in less than 15 minutes! Let’s get started, shall we?

To make these earrings, you need:

Red Felt
White Felt
Fabric Glue
Earring Wires
Jump Rings
Needle and Thread (or hot glue, in a pinch)
Christmas Stocking Template

Start with the mini Christmas Stocking Template. Print it out, cut one, and then cut two stockings from the red felt.

Cut a strip of white felt about 3/4″ wide

Glue the top of the stocking to the white trim.

Add some more glue to glue down the sides.

Repeat with the second stocking.

Stitch a jump ring to the back of each stocking, with a few stitches.

Attach an earring wire to each jump ring.

Your earrings are done! These stocking earrings make great gifts for friends for the holidays – super simple to make! And you can whip up a bunch assembly – line fashion, for very little money! Add some cute packaging, and you will have the best little gift to pass out to your friends at this year’s holiday brunch!

Be sure to stop by tonight for some more fun and fast Holiday craft ideas!

Filed Under: 15 minute crafts, Christmas, craft lightning, easy, fabric, fast and cheap, jewelry, quick, quick handmade holiday gifts Tagged With: earrings, gift, santa, stocking

Christmas Stocking Templates

November 12, 2014 by Carolina 1 Comment

I love making Christmas Stockings! You can make them just about any size, and they’re perfect. For almost anything. I plan on making lots and lots of Christmas Stocking projects this holiday, so I thought I’d whip up some Christmas Stocking Templates to use.

I’ve made the stocking templates in four different sizes, for different projects. Each template set fits on a standard 8.5×11″ sheet. One on a sheet, two on a sheet, eight on a sheet, or 32 on a sheet – tons of options!

This full-sheet sized stocking is perfect for stockings to hang up – you can make them from felt or fabric – there is a 1/4″ seam allowance already built in.

Here are two stockings to a sheet, great for gift card holders or to hang up at the office.

Eight stockings to a sheet are just too cute!

And maxing out the cuteness factor are these tiny stockings – less than 2″ tall!

Filed Under: 30 minute crafts, Christmas, easy, fast and cheap, paper, quick Tagged With: Holiday, stocking, template

Big Hero 6 Craft – Baymax Bandage Tin

November 7, 2014 by Carolina 8 Comments

We loved seeing Big Hero 6, and making this fun craft! Since we don’t have a garage filled with high-tech equipment, or a nerd school at our disposal, we made a much simpler version of Baymax – a Baymax Bandage tin.

Big Hero 6 opens in theaters this weekend. We got a sneak peek, and my 6 year old loved the movie. There is a lot of great physical comedy in Big Hero 6, that both kids and adults will love. I enjoyed the movie as well. Lots of great action, and humor. Though I would love to see more Disney movies that include parents (and not a mom that is a bear for most of the movie, or parents that light lanterns each year in memory of their daughter). My son is very sensitive to loss – if you’re taking a child who has a fear of loss, you might want to prepare them.
It is always awesome to see a movie where the hero (or, Hiro), has more brains than brawn. Where hard work pays off. And that emphasizes the value of friendships. There are lots of great themes in this movie that we’ll be talking about.
One more warning – since watching Big Hero 6, fist bumps at our house have never been the same. And we’re loving it!

If you’d like to make your own pocket-sized Baymax, and one that doesn’t require batteries, here is what you’ll need:

Tin – I used an Altoids tin
Multi-surface paints – these are DecoArt Americana multisurface paints in Lipstick and White Birch
Paintbrushes
Permanent marker
Mini Baymax Printable
Scissors
Double-sided tape

Paint your tin red. This might take more than one coat.

Once the red is dry, paint on a white circle. If you’re not good at free-handing circle shapes, trace a lid with a pencil to make a light line to follow.

Cut out your mini Baymax. Make sure to keep the tabs on. Fold the tabs in, then fold Baymax in half.

Use the permanent marker to outline the white, and add detail lines to the tin. Make sure the paint is completely dry before doing this – any damp paint will stick to the marker.

Use double-stick tape to attach Baymax to the inside of the tin.

Tuck your bandages inside the tin, under Baymax. Keep in your pocket, purse, car, backpack… so that you have him handy when you need a little TLC!

Make sure to check out Big Hero 6, now in theaters!

Filed Under: 30 minute crafts, easy, fast and cheap, kids Tagged With: craft, Disney, movie

Hot Chocolate Kits and simple gift wrap!

November 3, 2014 by Carolina 4 Comments

We all need some simple neighbor gifts, teacher gifts, and friend gifts for the holidays. Whatever you make, you can easily wrap the gift with these labels from Online Labels. I was sent these simple flag labels from Online Labels, and turned them into a to-from label that you can put on just about any package… and are perfect for whipping up these hot cocoa treats! I put my favorite hot cocoa supplies into a bag, and sealed them with the label – it closes the bag, is decorative, and gives me a simple place to write the recipient’s name.

If you want to print out these labels, you can grab the free label printable here. You can see how I used these labels for my super simple Hot Cocoa Bags, which make great little holiday gifts!

Filed Under: 10 minute crafts, Christmas, craft lightning, easy, fast and cheap, printable, quick handmade holiday gifts, video Tagged With: cocoa, fast, gift, Holiday

Fun Dough and Printable Labels

October 31, 2014 by Carolina 5 Comments

I’ve been looking for the best dough recipe. I’ve made various play dough recipes most of my life. In my tweens, I made it for babysitting jobs, and since I’ve become a mom, I’ve made many double-and-triple batches for birthday parties. This recipe for Fun Dough is one of the easiest I’ve ever made – and if you pair it with this printable label I created to go along with the labels sent to me by Online Labels, you’ve got a fast and easy gift you can make in minutes!

This Fun Dough makes a perfect handmade holiday gift. Teachers will love fun dough to use in their classrooms. Make fun dough to give to friends or family, neighbors, or whoever!

Fun Dough Recipe:
1.5 cups flour
2 cups oatmeal
1 cup water
food coloring (as desired)

You can watch me whip up a batch of Fun Dough in the video below:

Thanks again to Online Labels for sponsoring this fun video! I hope you love making your fun dough for neightbor gifts, and gifts for the kids’ friends!

Filed Under: 10 minute crafts, Christmas, easy, fast and cheap, kids, quick handmade holiday gifts, simple, sponsored, video Tagged With: Christmas, craft, fast, quick

Fast and Simple Halloween Masks!

October 29, 2014 by Carolina Leave a Comment

Need a last-minute Halloween mask? I’ve got you covered with these fast and simple mask ideas!

Duck Tape Halloween mask – whip up a fast mask using Duck Tape and a mask template!

Easy Sew Badger Mask – maybe you’re into obscure pop-culture references, and want to be a honey badger, or you’re a fan of these oddly cute creatures… in either case, this badger mask is simple to make!

Lego obsessed? Use this Lego Mask Template to create your own Lego mask!

Add some pizazz to a store-bought mask with leaopard-print foil – making a super simple Leopard Mask.

You can add glitter to a mask to turn it into just about any animal or character.

Making a superhero mask is a super simple Halloween project – or pair with PJs for some nighttime fun!

You can add ribbon to a mask to dress it up, like this fun and simple ribbon mask.

If you can’t find a mask you love, you can always use one of these printable mask templates!

Filed Under: 30 minute crafts, halloween, kids Tagged With: costume, mask

Duck Tape Halloween Mask

October 25, 2014 by Carolina Leave a Comment

Masks are a simple solution to a quick Halloween costume. In just a few minutes, you can turn a shirt and jeans into a costume, just by putting on a mask. Luckily, masks are super easy to make, including this fun mask made out of Duck Tape. Even better – I used Duck tape with Glow in the Dark eyes – awesome, right?

You can buy Duck Tape sheets, which are great for this craft, but you can also use Duck Tape from a roll, like I did. You’ll need:
Duck Tape
Mask Template – I used the Superhero Mask.
Cutting mat
Ribbon
Scissors or Silhouette machine

Start by laying strips of Dcuk Tape down on the cutting mat, slightly overlapping them.

If you leave them for only a few minutes, they are easy to remove. Lift up this sheet, turn it over, and lay strips on the back, facing perpendicular to the first set. This makes a stronger weave.

Place on a Silhouette mat to cut out, or just cut with scissors (I’m a fan of the Fiskars Duck Tape scissors, shown above. These are awesome!) On my Silhouette I cut with a cardstock setting, using a blade depth of 6.

Remove, using scissors on any areas that didn’t cut through, string ribbon through the holes. and wear!

Filed Under: 15 minute crafts, halloween Tagged With: costume, halloween, mask

Craft Lightning Holiday Edition – Day 2 Roundup!

Simple DIY Ornament Hanger

Craft Lightning Holiday Edition – Day 1 Roundup!

Christmas Stocking Earrings

Christmas Stocking Templates

Big Hero 6 Craft – Baymax Bandage Tin

Hot Chocolate Kits and simple gift wrap!

Fun Dough and Printable Labels

Fast and Simple Halloween Masks!

Duck Tape Halloween Mask

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