The Boy's Store Blog — Crafts

Valentine's Day is over and now St. Patrick's Day is coming up fast. We are already thinking ahead to crafts all month long. With little kids at home still, we find that the best way to entertain is to give them lots of arts and crafts projects. My youngest boy loves a great arts and crafts project, and since he is the last baby we love to make little projects with him to enjoy the last of the fun activities with kids. This month I am collecting ideas for St. Patrick's Day. My little man loves rainbows, so this is...

Reading has become a favorite activity in our home. We do it every evening together and our oldest has become a great solo reader. In fact, we have so many books going at once now that we need to have more bookmarks. I found this adorable monster bookmark craft and thought it was the perfect way to get my kids crafting while helping us to solve our bookmark dilemma. This craft is super fun and very creative. Paper folding and crafting is a great hands-on activity for little hands that love to keep busy. I Heart Crafty Things has a...

Art is a window into my soul. It helps to bring joy and light into the world and makes my house bright and festive during the holidays. As a teacher, I get two weeks break during the holidays, and that means I spend my time soaking up my own kids and enjoying holiday traditions. One of our biggest traditions is creating holiday-themed art together. This year I wanted to do some fun snow-themed art. As SoCal natives, we do not get much snow. However, we recently had a huge (in SoCal standards) storm hit us on Thanksgiving. It blanketed our...

Christmas decorations are my favorite part of the holidays. I love to dress up my house and make it fun and jolly. My kids love to get in on the joy as well. So every year we add a new DIY decor item to our collection. This year I wanted to add something colorful to their new homework station. I scoured Pinterest and found the most adorable little faux light garland made out of cardstock. This adorable craft is from Stubbornly Crafty and it is the light of my holiday craft list! This sweet and simple DIY craft is so...

This year we are making special keepsake ornaments for the grandparents. My kids are at that age where they are still small, but in one more year they will be practically grown children. They still have that sweet baby-like look to them, and their hands are still so small and beg to be held. I want to remember all of that. So this year we will make some special salt dough Christmas ornaments that will keep their little hands small and baby-like forever. The fun thing about salt dough is that you can make practically anything with it. Your ornaments...