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Printables // 12 Gift Tags for Christmas

December 18, 2014 by Barbara Rucci Leave a Comment

Printables // 12 Gift Tags for Christmas

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 4 Comments

Holiday Art // Christmas Tree Assemblage

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

Giant Christmas Tree Paintings

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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DIY Wrapping Paper

December 3, 2020 by Barbara Rucci 1 Comment

DIY Wrapping Paper

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 4 Comments

Ojo de Dios / God’s Eye

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

Yarn Star Ornaments

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 1 Comment

Yarn and Twig Photo Holders

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 7 Comments

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

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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Giant Cardboard Gingerbread with Homemade Puffy Paint Piping

December 12, 2018 by Barbara Rucci 2 Comments

Giant Cardboard Gingerbread with Homemade Puffy Paint Piping

I came across Heather Klausa’s Instagram @MAKEartStudios after she made these amazing giant cardboard gingerbread people using homemade puffy paint piping. I asked her if she would maybe want to write about them and share her process on my blog, and she said YES!! I’m feeling so lucky. Thank you, Heather, for indulging me! Read…

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