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Free Printable Insect Trace and Color Pages
These free printable insect trace and color pages are fine motor fun for kids. Your child gets to create their own coloring page by tracing the cute insect image, then they can color the sheet in. Grab 25 cute insect tracing pages for free! If you’d prefer a more traditional coloring page, please see this…
20+ Free Printable Winter Animal Coloring Pages for Kids
These super cute free printable winter animal color pages are low-prep fun for a cold winter day indoors! The designs are perfect for children and adults who want a simpler page to color. Most designs feature a cute winter animal with a doodle frame, but several have a more detailed winter background to color, too….
How to Resize your Ring at Home (Comfortable & pretty way to make your loose ring fit)
This super easy hack shows you how to make a ring smaller at home! Discover how to resize a ring at home with this easy tutorial. Although this post has been updated numerous times, it was first published in 2014, I like to think of it as the original tutorial on how to make a loose…
Oven Baked Sweet Plantains – Healthier Platanos Maduros
These oven baked sweet plantains are a healthier alternative to frying! Baked with just enough oil, and a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar if you’d like, these maduros are easy to enjoy guilt-free. Although originally wrote this post to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month , we don’t need an excuse to enjoy some Cuban food! In fact, I happen…
Homemade Mint Extract Recipe
Discover how to make your own mint extract three easy ways with these recipes! Mint is so delicious, easy to grow, and also super easy to turn into your own mint extract As I wrote recently in this homemade goo remover post, my DIY side has tamed down a bit since having a child simply…
DIY Natural Wood Stain (with wood coaster tutorial!)
Learn how to make your own natural wood stain with this easy tutorial! Making your own wood stain is easy and only takes two ingredients. Somewhere in our apartment we have two sets of washable fabric coasters but, as the Aussies would say, most of them have gone on walkabout. Something we definitely do not have…
How to Cut Glass Bottles (The BEST way)
Learn how to cut glass bottles in half the easy way with this tutorial! This method will give you nice, clean cuts so you don’t waste your time (and bottles) with methods that don’t work. Have you seen all those cool upcycled wine bottle projects on the internet? Torches, lanterns, wind chimes, candle covers, glasses…
$10 Gift Ideas for Coworkers
The holiday season doesn’t have to be expensive and you don’t need to kill yourself trying to figure out what to buy for your holiday gift exchange with this awesome collection of $10 gift ideas for coworkers! A couple years ago, my husband got a $5 gift card to a restaurant at his office gift…
The Best Gift Ideas for Grandma: Meaningful Grandmother Gifts
This collection of the best gift ideas will grandma will help you find something special for the grandmother in your life whether you’re shopping for Christmas, her birthday, a grandmother shower, or Mother’s Day. I was always close to my grandmother. We spent so much time together she’d frequently tell people I was practically her…