General Crafting

Fun Recycled Craft Ideas

by Angel 13 August 2010

Along with our efforts to become more environmentally friendly as a family, I’ve been reading up on some fabulous recycled craft ideas. I think we probably all made birdhouses from milk cartons as children, and that’s still one of my fondest early crafting memories. But there are so many more fabulously inventive family craft ideas [...]

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Homemade Mother’s Day Cards

by Shelby 5 May 2010

How are you doing with your Mother’s Day projects? We’d love to see them! Today we’re making some super easy & incredibly charming Mother’s Day cards. What better way to show your mom how much she is appreciated than something made from the heart. So simple and easy even kids can make these too! Materials [...]

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The “Work” of Children

by Angel 29 December 2009

If you didn’t know, we are quickly approaching the anniversary of the passing of Bob Keeshan. Now if you don’t think you’re familiar with that name, how about if we share with you his stage name—Captain Kangaroo. In January of 2004, Keeshan passed away, yet the many lessons he shared with us as young children [...]

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Just do It!

by Angel 28 December 2009

The new year is nearly upon us, and here at Total Class Creative we want your mother-daughter time to be memorable. After all, she is growing up quickly and soon the moments you will have together will be competing with school friends, video games, boys and all the other distractions kids find these days. So [...]

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Grandma’s Christmas Present

by Jacque 20 November 2009

When it is my turn to host Thanksgiving dinner I always like to have a craft projects for the kids to do while the adults are preparing and cleaning up the meal. And while I’ve already given one craft project idea I’d like to share another. I usually try to have the children make Christmas [...]

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Kids Self Esteem and Crafts

by Jacque 22 October 2009

One of the great things about sharing crafting with children is the positive effect it can have on their self esteem. Kids crafts should be an important part of your child’s life for this reason. It helps in several ways: 1. When they complete a project they have begun it increases their confidence and they [...]

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Little Boys and Dinosaurs

by Jacque 20 October 2009

Do all little boys love dinosaurs? Both of mine seemed too. And although they both eventually outgrew it and moved on to other passions for a while we had to listen to endless talk about the Jurassic period, paleontologists, theropods, and just how big a T-Rex’s teeth are. (afterall, they WERE little boys…that’s pretty fascinating [...]

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Canopy Beds

by Jacque 19 October 2009

I always wanted a canopy bed. I think most little girls do. I remember being fascinated by the drape of fabric that seemed to accompany them. And they always seemed so ROYAL! Like something a princess would have. Well, I never got to have a canopy bed. For quite a while I never even got [...]

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Printable Kids Craft Resources

by Angel 9 October 2009

Looking for inexpensive fun for your kids? We’ve found some great sites with some downloadable coloring pages for your kids Sesame Street Coloring Pages Kendra’s Coloring Pages Squigly’s Pages PBS Coloring Pages Enjoy!

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Saving My Treasures

by Angel 8 October 2009

Little kids love to save special small objects. Rocks, shiney objects, game pieces…. you name it, they love to save these things. And they need a special place to save these things, along with the things that might really matter some day. A photo with a special friend, a valentine from a secret admirer, the [...]

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