Crafts

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Thanksgiving Finger Puppets

Do you need an activity (or two) to keep the grandkiddos busy and happy while everyone is waiting for the turkey to cook? Or after they’ve inhaled their Thanksgiving meal and need something to do to keep busy? And you don’t want to have something that is a big production […]

Make a Tom Turkey

My father was a very talented woodworker. He made beautiful wooden candlesticks, bowls, plates, wooden antique cars, and end tables. One Thanksgiving, he made a two-piece wooden turkey. Last year my sister, Kathy, came up with a fun craft based on that turkey. She traced around the wooden turkey that […]

Kids love making these stained glass votives.

Stained Glass Votive to Make with Kids

Maybe it’s the crispness in the air that proclaims fall is here. Maybe it’s that I am only doing one job at work now. (I got a new job with a different department and for the month of September I was doing two jobs — the old one and the […]

Send a 'hug' through the mail to friends and family who live far away. Write your message on the back side of the hands.

Send a Hug By Mail

Grandmothers love to get hugs and kisses from grandkids. They are precious commodities to a grandmother. And, grandmothers love to give hugs and kisses. But when grandchildren live far away, grandma’s arms sure get lonely. So what is a grandma to do when she wants to hug grandkids but those […]