Mother's Day is just around the corner and here is a project that is fun to make and so easy to do that dad and the kids, an older sibling and the younger kids, or anyone responsible enough to handle a hot glue gun safely, can make for mom. Gather your supplies and let's get started! Tissue Paper Corsage Supplies Hot Glue Gun 4"x4" Square of Yellow Tissue Paper 1-2 5" Wide Strips of Purple Tissue Paper, Folded Into 1/3rds 2 1/2" Circle (cut from purple cardstock) 12" Length o

My daughter's Jr. High School English teacher gave out a unique assignment. The kids were to work on any project that interested them over the course of a couple of months and at the end (a couple of weeks away), they will write a paper about their experiences and the things they learned. My daughter decided that she wanted to work on cooking, baking and building a recipe collection. I wholeheartedly supported this project as I envisioned reaping the rewards of her efforts! I

I was in my daughter's 4th grade class the other day, leading the kids in another art project. This month, in honor of spring, we made tree trunks by tracing the kids' hands onto brown construction paper, cutting them out and gluing them to a sheet of blue construction paper. They then added blossoms to the branches of the tree by dipping Q-Tips in paint and applying the paint either in dots or strokes. The kids used markers, crayons or colored pencils to add other artistic d

My daughter is just finishing up her student teaching at a local elementary school. One of her projects was to create a learning kit based on a children's book. The Best Nest was a favorite when she was younger and with it being springtime, it was the perfect book to build a project around! Pictured above and below, you can see some of the activities that she came up with. Of course there is the book to read. The eggs have different word strips with some of the key words from

My youngest son took a Junior High School woodworking class. He enjoyed all of the projects that he made but one project in particular had him extra excited. He would come home from school and tell me about a Dr. Who pen holder that he was making as a birthday present for a friend who was a fellow Dr. Who fan. I could never quite picture what he was talking about when he tried to describe the pen holder so I was pretty excited myself when he finally brought it home. And then

My 7th grade son had an assignment to create a cell structure model in a unique way. He chose to create his cell using donuts and candy. He made a list of all of the necessary components, then sent me to the store to pick up his ingredients. Armed with a pile of sugary goodness, he set to work creating his cell. Without one bit of help from me, here is the model that he came up with. He was quite pleased with his work! His teacher did not want the actual cell model to be brou

Today was my second craft day with my daughter's 4th grade class. I had one hour and I thought that would be plenty of time for this gratitude wreath because I had everything prepped and ready to go. I had a pattern traced onto a paper plate that they could cut out to form the base of the wreath. I created templates with my Cricut that the kids could use to trace various leaf and acorn shapes onto the 4" x 4" squares of cardstock that were precut and sorted so that each child

I wasn't planning on doing a SHOTBOX post today but my daughter has her last high school volleyball game of the season tonight and I wanted to create an image to post on Facebook and Instagram to share with my family and friends to invite them out to this final game. Tonight's game is a big deal because our school is playing our biggest competition, the Lone Peak Knights. The Sophomore and JV teams beat Lone Peak at Lone Peak earlier in the season but Varsity lost. Tonight we

A couple of weeks ago, I did a paper crafting post about Monster Corner Bookmarks. I mentioned that they were fun and easy to make and that maybe I would teach my daughter's 4th grade class how to make them. Well, today I did just that. In less than 30 minutes and with nothing more than colored paper, scissors, glue sticks and markers, 32 students plus my dauther, the teacher, made these cute and unique bookmarks. I was impressed with the creativity of each and every student!

My daughter took a ceramics class in 7th grade and one of her assignments was to create a whistle that looks like another item. She chose to make her whistle look like an old Polaroid camera. These cameras were quite popular when I was young so I recognized it right away but many of her classmates had no idea what she had created. A cross between a digital camera and a hammerhead shark with a top hat? Haha! It does look a bit like that but I think that she did a great job esp