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Homemade bookmarks from cards Make Your Own Bookmarks With Cards
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Make Your Own Bookmarks With Cards

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My house is filled with books of all sorts, and it is very challenging for me to go more than a week without visiting the library to check out even more books. We love reading in my family! With that being said, we often need bookmarks to mark our spots in the various books we are using. My daughters and I have had fun making our own homemade bookmarks using various cards.

Maybe you and your little ones would enjoy making bookmarks, too, which you can give as gifts to other family members. If you are interested in learning how to make your own unique bookmarks using greeting cards, you can check out my step by step instructions found on Hands On As We Grow. Even preschoolers can make these cute little bookmarks with a personal saying written on the back.

Homemade bookmarks from cards

I love that we can have fun creating the bookmarks together, have various bookmarks throughout the year that vary with the season, and have inexpensive bookmarks that we can share with others.

Do you have any other inexpensive, simple gift ideas to make as Christmas gifts?

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Hands On As We Grow Contributor

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If you read my post entitled 25 Tower Building Supplies- No Blocks Required, then you know that I wrote a post for Hands On As We Grow a few months ago. As a result of that post, I was asked to be a monthly contributor for Hands On As We Grow, which I am excited about.

A short bio of me can be found on the Hands On As We Grow Team page. I will let you know when future posts that I write are published on their website. In the meantime, you may have fun finding new craft or activity ideas to do with the little ones in your life by visiting Hands On As We Grow.

Jobs of a Preschooler- I'm a builder...

 

Build Towers without Blocks 25 Tower Building Supplies – No Blocks Required!
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25 Tower Building Supplies – No Blocks Required!

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(This post contains affiliate links, which means I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you if you make a purchase after clicking on a link. Thank you!)

In Jobs of a Preschooler, the young girl builds a block tower really high. But are blocks the only objects you can use to build towers?

Not at all.

Check out 25 Ways to Build Towers Without Blocks published on Hands On As We Grow as a guest post from me. You may already have all of the supplies at home.

Jobs of a Preschooler- I'm a builder...

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Practical Homeschooling Article

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As a homeschooling mom, I have tried a lot of different ideas to make the school day flow smoothly. Recently, I wrote an article (and took some pictures) for Practical Homeschooling magazine about one of the ideas that has worked quite well in my home.

The article and pictures were accepted and have been published in the most recent Practical Homeschooling magazine (edition #130). I had submitted it as Using Craft Sticks to Stay Sane, but it can be found in the Practical Homeschooling magazine as A Crafty Way to Keep Track of Each Day’s Subjects on pages 18-19.

I thought it was kind of neat to see the pictures that I took of our chore jar and cup of craft sticks in the magazine. Originally, I had taken the pictures on my counter with the counter surface showing, but I redid them with white poster board as the background. I think they seem to really stand out on the pages. If only the picture of me turned out as well – I am not photogenic at all!

Have a wonderful day!

DIY picture tile coasters DIY Picture Tile Coaster
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DIY Picture Tile Coaster

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Besides reading and writing, I really enjoy doing crafts and activities with my daughters. My daughters and I have had a lot of fun making numerous picture tile coasters using pictures that we have taken. I recently posted instructions on how to make these picture tile coasters on Thrifty Fun, which can be found here.

Here are a few samples of the coasters we have made:

handmade dragonfly tile coasters

I think dragonflies are really interesting. I took the top dragonfly photo on a trail in Iowa, and I took the bottom dragonfly photo while fishing on Lake Michigan.

handmade tile coasters with lizards

We saw a lot of lizards on our trip to Florida, which is where I took all of these lizard pictures.

DIY picture tile coasters- butterflies and flowers

One of my daughters (who is 9 years old) really enjoys taking pictures. She is the one who took the pictures of the bottom two flowers. I took the rest of the pictures at various locations.

DIY picture tile coasters

I took three of the fall photos while walking through the woods with my family, and I took the bottom right fall photo while out on the Mississippi River with my family. The little chipmunk, which we named “Chippy”, enjoyed eating the bird seed and our strawberries. I took these pictures of Chippy from my living room window. Even though it was frustrating to lose so many strawberries to the little guy (is it really necessary to take one bite out of each ripe strawberry?), I thought he (maybe she?) was cute.

Do you have any fun projects that you enjoy doing that may make great gifts for others? Do you have any pictures that you have taken that you would like to share?