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Printables // 12 Gift Tags for Christmas

December 18, 2014 by Barbara Rucci Leave a Comment

I love a good gift tag. We often make our own, whether painting or rubber stamping, but for last minute gift wrapping, printables are perfect. Especially free ones! Here are twelve of my favorites. 1. Patterned gift tags by Ambrosia Girl 2. Peace, Love & Reindeer gift tags by Eat Drink Chic 3. Hand lettered…

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Holiday Art // Christmas Tree Assemblage

December 12, 2014 by Barbara Rucci 6 Comments

These beautiful and original Christmas trees were made by the four-year olds in art class! Aren’t they amazing? They loved learning the word “assemblage”, which is basically like collage except you you do more than just glueing. You can do anything to hold pieces together, like wrapping or weaving or cutting. It involves picking up…

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Giant Christmas Tree Paintings

December 4, 2013 by Barbara Rucci 2 Comments

This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for your support! While we had the paints out from our teacher gift tags, the kids spied the big paper and wanted to make big paintings! From small format to big, there’s nothing children love better than changing things up. For these paintings you will need large format watercolor paper…

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Pom-Pom “Pujaki”

March 8, 2022 by Barbara Rucci 2 Comments

Make a traditional Polish Pujaki, but with pom-poms instead of paper.

It’s time to update this pom-pom chandelier post from 9 years ago, one of the first that went “viral” on my blog in 2013. The reason I wanted to update this post in particular today is because this chandelier was inspired by traditional Polish chandeliers called Pujaki (made from paper) and I really want to…

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DIY Wrapping Paper

December 3, 2020 by Barbara Rucci 2 Comments

Make your own wrapping paper with butcher paper and tempera paint or watercolors! It's quick and easy and so gorgeous.

On December 1st (2 days ago) I decided I wanted to wrap all the presents I’ve collected for Christmas and get them out of my office. I usually do this on Christmas Eve, if you can believe it. It became a tradition when the kids were little to wrap presents by the fire after they…

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Ojo de Dios / God’s Eye

August 25, 2020 by Barbara Rucci 5 Comments

Make a six-pointed God's eye with twigs and yarn.

Wow, summer of 2020 is almost over! It’s been… interesting. Thankfully we have old-school crafts like these God’s Eyes to keep us distracted from current events. I wrote a post about “Ojo de Dios” exactly 8 years ago when I first started my blog. I decided to update my old post instead of adding a…

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Yarn Star Ornaments

December 12, 2019 by Barbara Rucci Leave a Comment

Make the cutest star ornaments with yarn and wire.

Today I want to share how we made these delightful DIY yarn star ornaments!  I love this idea of wrapping pipe cleaners with yarn. It’s not only charming and pretty, but therapeutic. (And yes, everything is cuter with pom-poms!) [ I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed…

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Yarn and Twig Photo Holders

December 7, 2019 by Barbara Rucci 3 Comments

Make easy photo holders to hang on your wall with yarn and twigs.

I made a version of these easy and jolly yarn and twig photo holders a few years back and I’ve been meaning to write about them for all this time. I’m so happy to finally share these with you! They are super simple to make, with simple and inexpensive supplies, and make the CUTEST gifts…

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Leaf Rubbings with Crayons and Watercolor

November 15, 2019 by Barbara Rucci 9 Comments

Quick and easy leaf rubbings with crayons and watercolor.

Do you want an easy peasy art activity for both grown-ups and kids alike? Let me introduce you (or re-introduce you since this is a classic idea) to leaf rubbings with crayons and watercolor! I did this myself with some glorious free time that I had last weekend. Miraculously, everyone was out of my house…

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24 Homemade Valentines

January 13, 2019 by Barbara Rucci 5 Comments

24 Homemade Valentines made by kids and grown-ups! Nothing says I LOVE YOU like homemade.

I’m so excited to share these 24 AMAZING ideas for homemade Valentines cards. Make them with your kids, or just by yourself. Making cards is such a wonderful family tradition in our home, and one that is fairly easy to keep up. All you really need is a bunch of art supplies on a big table…

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