***UPDATE: Our winner is #27 Steph! Send us an email ASAP so your prize can get sent off to you! Thanks everyone who entered! Mmmm. It’s nice and crisp outside, a teensy bit of chill to the air, coziness now mandatory. And with all that coziness I’m rather jonesing for some craftiness. I’d love a suprpise bundle of inspiration from Pick Your Plum to get me started. A mystery package of supplies and doo-dads for some swanky projects sent right to…
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(Allison’s note: hey friends! There are some exciting changes happening behind the scenes at Petit Elefant right now. A few new amazing editors are joining Petit Elefant. Let’s join in welcoming Steph to this community! Today she’s sharing a DIY painted pumpkin craft you’re going to love.) Hello Petit Elefant readers! I’m Steph from Stuff Steph Does and I’m so pumped to be contributing DIY projects for you on Allison’s blog! DIY painted pumpkin craft I love October. I…
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It’s been all Olympics, all the time at our house ever since the Opening Ceremonies. My little boys are completely enamored with the swimming, the gymnastics (“The women are better than the men, Mommy.”), the tennis, the volleyball, and the medals. Oh how they love those gold medals. If they aren’t watching, they are re-enacting, and vowing to become Olympians. Go for it, kiddos. Go for it. I’ve found some fantastic Olympic themed activities for family gatherings or to occupy…
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Over the weekend the kids and I went crazy with glitter. I forget how much fun it is to play with glitter until I do it, and then I’m looking for anything in the house that needs a little “sprucing up”. Oh dear. Anyway, we crafted like crazy, and today I’m here to show you how to make glitter pumpkins. Fun, right? Supplies: Elmer’s Glue or other inexpensive school glue paintbrushes + shaped sponges glitter in all different shapes and…
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Have you ever melted broken crayons? My mom used to let us dump out our huge #10 can full of broken odds + ends to melt on the griddle about once a year, and let me tell you it’s one of the highlights of my childhood. There’s something magical about the smell of melting wax. Well, not really. It doesn’t smell amazing, but it’s so much fun to do! And if you want, you can end up with a new…
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— This is a re-posting of an article from last Summer’s archives. While I’m away in Europe I thought I’d give you a tour of my blog. I’ve got years of content to delve into and plenty of fun content to keep you entertained while I’m away. — We made homemade sidewalk chalk paint at our house last week, and it was a big, fat hit. It’s basically liquid sidewalk chalk you paint onto the sidewalk with a brush. So…
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— This is a re-posting of an article from last Summer’s archives. While I’m away in Europe I thought I’d give you a tour of my blog. I’ve got years of content to delve into and plenty of fun content to keep you entertained while I’m away. — Who wants to make a homemade gift bag today? I do, I do! Seriously, the economy is terrible & you can save a few dollars making this darling gift bag yourself; you…
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My mom used to make clay for us when we were little, in big huge batches. We’d all put on aprons and sidle up to the kitchen table on snowy afternoons where we played away for hours. The recipe couldn’t be easier, and making homemade clay with your kids is a really great activity. There’s lots of measuring and mixing and distracting from the fact that mommy probably feels a little bit bananas and needs something for the little people…
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This year I’ve decided all the Christmas gifts will be wrapped in brown paper. It started when I was re-using brown paper bags from the grocery store, wrapping the gifts with the insides of the bag so nothing but the brown showed. After I ran out of those I decided to buy brown Kraft paper from the Dollar Store {where else?} and continue on with my wrapping. I love the look of all the gifts in the house wrapped as…
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