crafts Archives - now & gen https://nowandgen.com/tag/crafts/ Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:02:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 https://nowandgen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-now-and-gen_logo-1-32x32.png crafts Archives - now & gen https://nowandgen.com/tag/crafts/ 32 32 DIY: Feathered Halloween Masks https://nowandgen.com/2019/10/23/halloween-masks/ https://nowandgen.com/2019/10/23/halloween-masks/#comments Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:25:03 +0000 https://nowandgen.com/?p=4582 Confession: I’m a huge stan of Martha Stewart. I used to hoard all her magazines growing up and could spend hours flipping through the pages. She has this inner toughness mixed with femininity that I admire. Not to mention all those amazing crafts! I’ve always found crafting fun and relaxing, especially when the items you make, like these Halloween masks, are pretty and usable. My friend Virginia Davidson saw these DIY feathered Halloween masks on Creative Bug and suggested them to me as an activity to do with the kids. They were a huge hit and a fun way for me to channel my inner Martha. When doing this craft with kids, you will need to be careful of burning little fingers (yours included) with hot glue. But the gorgeous end result is well worth it. Keep reading for a step-by-step guide to make your own DIY feathered Halloween masks. And let me know how you feel about crafting with your kids (crazy fun or crazy stressful?) in the comments! What You’ll Need store bought white or black masks hot glue gun scissors craft felt in a variety of colors loose feathers Step 1 Pick three or four felt colors. (For an owl, […]

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]]> https://nowandgen.com/2019/10/23/halloween-masks/feed/ 4 Homemade Salt Dough Ornaments https://nowandgen.com/2018/12/22/homemade-salt-dough-ornaments/ https://nowandgen.com/2018/12/22/homemade-salt-dough-ornaments/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2018 18:52:00 +0000 https://nowandgen.com/?p=3385 Salt dough ornaments are one of those crafts that look easy and fun to make…and they actually ARE. They also keep my kids occupied for hours, which feels like a major parenting win during the chaos of Christmas. In between sports and school they plop down at the table and pick up a brush and paint the ornaments. I’ve been letting my OCD guard down and leaving the drop cloth on the kitchen table with all the supplies and just let them pick up where they left off with their creativity. My inner clean freak is losing it a little, but I know that I will be so happy we did all of these next year when I am hanging them on the tree and lamenting about another year passing by. They really do provide such nostalgia and let me know what the kids were into that particular year. (Dinosaurs were a common thread for Shep this year while Odette seems to be having a Jackson Pollock moment.)  I can’t remember where I found the original recipe, but it’s morphed over the years and this is the version I’ve found to work best. Here’s what you’ll need to make the […]

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