get crafty Archives - Mama.Papa.Bubba. https://mamapapabubba.com/category/get-crafty/ Sun, 11 Feb 2024 21:46:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.7 56460141 Make Your Own Surprise Boxes https://mamapapabubba.com/2024/02/11/make-your-own-surprise-boxes/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2024/02/11/make-your-own-surprise-boxes/#respond Sun, 11 Feb 2024 21:39:18 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=109195 Have you ever seen these ah-mazing surprise boxes that open and unfold the moment you take the lid off? I recently spotted the idea on my Instagram explore page and of course I haven’t been able to find the Reel since, but I’ll definitely link it here if I come across it again. The idea… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2024/02/11/make-your-own-surprise-boxes/feed/ 0 109195 3D Paper Bag Snowflakes https://mamapapabubba.com/2023/11/29/paper-bag-snowflakes/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2023/11/29/paper-bag-snowflakes/#respond Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:58:53 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=107047 This article was originally written for the November / December 2022 issue of The Good Life, the in house magazine of Nature’s Fare.  You can see all of my The Good Life articles here. Simple winter decor made from paper bags?  Yes please!  These  3D paper bag snowflakes might be the simplest and quickest DIY… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2023/11/29/paper-bag-snowflakes/feed/ 0 107047 Making Dream Boards With Kids https://mamapapabubba.com/2020/04/11/dream-boards-kids/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2020/04/11/dream-boards-kids/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2020 07:10:55 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=78841 Over the Christmas holidays, Miss G and I spent an afternoon together creating her very first dream board and we had SUCH a good time together.  I mean what’s not to love?  We flipped through magazines, found beautiful images and words, chatted non-stop about all of her hopes and dreams {if you know Grae you… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2020/04/11/dream-boards-kids/feed/ 10 78841 A Special Day in a Box Gift Idea https://mamapapabubba.com/2019/11/21/a-special-day-in-a-box-gift-idea/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2019/11/21/a-special-day-in-a-box-gift-idea/#comments Thu, 21 Nov 2019 09:10:53 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=78433 With Christmastime quickly approaching, I’ve been thinking a lot about gifts for the kids…  We’ve kept it pretty minimal for the last few years and have just done a really good stocking for each of them, plus their usual book and jammies on Christmas Eve, but at this point, even filling a stocking feels unnecessary.… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2019/11/21/a-special-day-in-a-box-gift-idea/feed/ 3 78433 Magic Mystery Painting https://mamapapabubba.com/2019/06/14/magic-mystery-painting/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2019/06/14/magic-mystery-painting/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2019 06:49:19 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=76719 With Sam not feeling well earlier today, we decided to spend our afternoon close to home and out of the sun.  I love setting little play invitations out for the kids to discover after school, but since I hadn’t gotten a chance to set something up during nap time, I quickly pulled together a classic… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2019/06/14/magic-mystery-painting/feed/ 2 76719 Test Tube Snow Globe Ornaments https://mamapapabubba.com/2018/11/30/test-tube-snow-globe-ornaments/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2018/11/30/test-tube-snow-globe-ornaments/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2018 08:16:07 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=74588 After making the most adorable little Christmas truck ornaments {inspired by Little Blue Truck’s Christmas} with Sam earlier this week, today Miss G and I made her book-inspired ornament of the year… Test tube snow globe ornaments inspired by the pages of Ada Twist, Scientist!  I wasn’t sure how they were going to turn out, but… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2018/11/30/test-tube-snow-globe-ornaments/feed/ 3 74588 Homemade Christmas Truck Ornaments https://mamapapabubba.com/2018/11/29/homemade-christmas-truck-ornaments/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2018/11/29/homemade-christmas-truck-ornaments/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2018 09:50:55 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=74541 One of the Christmas traditions I just adore?  Making a new Christmas ornament with each kiddo every year!  It’s such a fun one-on-one project and I think the kids really love hanging their newly made decorations on the tree {and revisiting their old ones each year}.  The type of ornament we make is often inspired… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2018/11/29/homemade-christmas-truck-ornaments/feed/ 2 74541 Easy DIY No-Sew Parrot Costume https://mamapapabubba.com/2018/10/02/easy-diy-no-sew-parrot-costume/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2018/10/02/easy-diy-no-sew-parrot-costume/#respond Tue, 02 Oct 2018 07:04:32 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=74117 You know what I’m really good at?  I’m really good at doing different kinds of creative projects and activities with the kids, photographing them, and then never ever getting around to sharing them here.  Like REALLY good.  I’ve got hundreds of projects photographed and waiting to be written up from years previous… There just aren’t… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2018/10/02/easy-diy-no-sew-parrot-costume/feed/ 0 74117 DIY Slime Kit https://mamapapabubba.com/2018/08/02/diy-slime-kit/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2018/08/02/diy-slime-kit/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2018 21:04:29 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=73860 Anyone who knows me well knows how much I love putting together fun gifts for kids.  It’s my jam.  There was a period in time when Miss G was a preschooler where I’m pretty sure every one of her friends got a play dough kit of some sort when their birthday rolled around, but we’ve… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2018/08/02/diy-slime-kit/feed/ 3 73860 Thank You for Being My Teacher Printable https://mamapapabubba.com/2018/06/24/thank-you-for-being-my-teacher-printable/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2018/06/24/thank-you-for-being-my-teacher-printable/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2018 06:43:30 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=73741 With the end of the school year quickly approaching, it’s already time to start thinking about teacher appreciation gifts and this year we’ll include this ‘Thank you for being my teacher’ print-out with a purchased gift. We’ll probably mount it on coloured card stock or put it into a pretty frame of some sort, but wouldn’t… Read More

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