5 great projects using brown paper bags!

May 13, 2013 By
Paper Bag Crafts

Hello Mom Endeav­ors read­ers, my name is Andrea and I blog over at my lit­tle slice of the inter­net at Wor­ley House– A lifestyle blog shar­ing my pas­sion for cre­ativ­ity and my thoughts on moth­er­hood & life. I’m excited today to be shar­ing some fun uses for brown paper bags with you today.

Brown paper bags aren’t just for pack­ing your kid­dos lunches any­more! I’ve rounded up some awe­some ways to repur­pose those brown paper bags into really fun crafts and DIY projects. Since these bags come in packs of 50 for under two dol­lars you can re make these awe­some crafts for just mere pen­nies per project!

Paper Bag Crafts

1. Brown Paper Flow­ers by A Place for Us

2. Sim­ple Brown Paper Gift Pack­ag­ing by yours truly

3. Hol­i­day Hal­loween Bunting Ban­ner by Lit­tle Miss Marmalade

4. Brown Paper Bag Pin­wheel by Style Me Pretty

5. Brown Paper Bag Bas­kets by Martha Stewart

Pretty awe­some right?! Think twice before you throw away those bags, make your­self some­thing pretty!

Thanks Sara for let­ting me share today! For more projects and inspi­ra­tion visit my blog, or find me on Face­book & Insta­gram for daily updates.

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DIY Disney Craft: Disney Map Placemats

May 10, 2013 By
DIY Disney Map Placemat

While the Mom Endeav­ors fam­ily is off enjoy­ing their visit to Dis­ney World, I’m here shar­ing a fun DIY Dis­ney project to bring your vaca­tion mem­o­ries home. My hus­band, daugh­ter, and I visit Dis­ney­land fre­quently and get excited each time we think of our next visit. Last month we spent a few days in the Hunt­ing­ton Beach area and were able to spend an entire day in Dis­ney­land. I brought home a cou­ple of park maps and turned them into placemats. DIY Disney Map Placemat

The place­mats were very easy to make and have given us hours of con­ver­sa­tion at the din­ner table.

Sup­plies:

  • clear con­tact paper
  • Dis­ney park map

Disneyland Map Placemat (2)Mea­sure and cut two pieces of con­tact paper large enough to cover the entire map.
Disneyland Map Placemat (3)Cover each side of the map with con­tact paper and trim the edges.

Disneyland Map Placemat (4)Add your favorite Dis­ney plate and you are ready for a fun fam­ily dinner!

Disneyland Map Placemat (5)My daugh­ter has also been using the place­mat while play­ing with play-doh.

These easy place­mats can be made with any attrac­tion map to pre­serve your vaca­tion mem­o­ries. Dis­ney has a big selec­tion of park maps and you could eas­ily have dif­fer­ent place­mats for every hol­i­day or season!

What map would you like to turn into a placemat?

Heather HeadshotHeather, a reg­u­lar con­trib­u­tor here on Mom Endeav­ors, is a preschool teacher and mommy to one sassy lit­tle girl.  She shares fam­ily activ­i­ties, class­room ideas, snacks, and kids crafts at her blog, Brie Brie Blooms.

 

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Let’s Hear it for the Boy — Week #3

May 9, 2013 By
Let's Hear it for the Boy Link Party

Wel­come to Let’s Hear it for the Boy Thurs­day! Each week myself and 3 other blog­gers co-host this fun party as a place to link up any of your boy-related crafts and activ­i­ties or browse around to get ideas for the lit­tle (or big) guys in your life! Each week, we pick our favorites to high­light from the pre­vi­ous week’s party.

Let's Hear it for the Boy Link Party

Week #2 Favorite project picks:

Kim from seven thirty three picked:
PVC Bow & Arrow by Sugar Bee Crafts

 

Heidi from Mom’s Crafty Space picked:
Smack­able Mini Pinatas by Craft, Interrupted

 

 

Alli­son from All for the Boys chose:

How to make a Water Wheel by Mak­ing Boys Men

Now, let’s get this week’s party started!! :)

PARTY GUIDELINES: 

  1. BOY related projects only (projects for grown boys are OK)
  2.  Link to your blog post, not your main page
  3. Dis­play our party but­ton or link back to any of the 4 blogs to share the love
  4.  To make it even more fun, visit oth­ers that have linked up and leave comments


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DIY Disney Shirts!

May 8, 2013 By
DIY Disney Shirts

If you fol­low­ing on insta­gram or twit­ter, then you’ve likely seen all of our DIY Dis­ney crazi­ness lately! With our trip to Dis­ney World com­ing up, I could NOT resist doing some DIY out­fits for the boys, espe­cially since I’m all about the boys hav­ing match­ing and coor­di­nat­ing as much as pos­si­ble! ;) Last year around this time, I shared my DIY Dis­ney Crafts Roundup post which ended up being the #1 post of last year! It’s been pinned more than 35,000 times!! WHOA! Disney Crafts RoundupOne of the many projects that I loved from the roundup but hadn’t got­ten around to mak­ing yet was match­ing per­son­al­ized Dis­ney shirts for the boys like these from Ran­dom Thoughts of a Super­mom. So, since Young House Love issued their spring pin­ter­est chal­lenge…and we’re going to Dis­ney World for the Dis­ney Social Media Moms Con­fer­ence, this was the per­fect oppor­tu­nity to make some! :) DIY Disney ShirtsSqueee!!! I LOVE them!!!! I’ll be post­ing more detailed tuto­ri­als of some of our Dis­ney projects after the trip (I’m too busy pack­ing & pack­ing to get every­thing posted right now ;) ), so stay tuned for that. But, over­all, the gen­eral process was pretty sim­i­lar to the ones on Ran­dom Thoughts of a Super­mom. One major dif­fer­ence is that I used iron-on interfacing/fusible web­bing for the Mickey heads instead of spray adhe­sive. So, mine are no-sew! Also, I used a cot­ton print fab­ric I found at Hobby Lobby instead of felt. The text was done on my Sil­hou­ette using heat-transfer! It was my first time using it and it was SO easy! I couldn’t believe it! I def­i­nitely recommend!

My mom (the one with all the sewing skills) has been work­ing on some projects for us too. The boys have match­ing Star Wars out­fits and I’ve got some cute new head­bands! :) Super excited! Need­less to say, my mom and I both have been busy!

DIY Disney CraftsIf you want to see the new clothes in action, be sure to fol­low along on insta­gram and/or twit­ter! I’ll be using the #Dis­neySM­Moms hash­tag! Stay tuned for some tuto­ri­als com­ing here on Mom Endeav­ors and also on Dis­ney Men­tor Moms! In the mean­time, you can get lots of Dis­ney craft inspi­ra­tion on the DIY Dis­ney roundup!

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Favorite stylish, yet functional baby products! #HuggiesTester

May 7, 2013 By
Stylish & functional baby products


As a Hug­gies Tester, I’ve been shar­ing some baby prod­uct picks with you lately. First up was our favorite “clean baby, happy baby” picks! Now, we’ve got a lit­tle roundup of some prod­ucts where “func­tion meets fash­ion”! All of these prod­ucts are styl­ish, yet still func­tional! They’re a win-win if you’re not want­ing baby prod­ucts that stick out of your reg­u­lar fash­ion & decor looks! Stylish & functional baby products1. Dia­per bags! A dia­per bag is a must with a baby. But, it doesn’t have to be ugly or baby­ish. There are SO many styl­ish dia­per bags out there. And, you can def­i­nitely find styl­ish options for a fairly rea­son­able price–definitely under $100!

2. Designer ergob­aby car­rier. I love baby­wear­ing. It is so nice to be able to have your hands free to get things done while you’re car­ry­ing baby. The designer ergob­aby car­ri­ers have some great fash­ion­able prints, yet are super com­fort­able and functional!

3. aden + anais bam­boo swad­dlers. These are one of my favorite things! In fact, even though we are long done with swad­dling Baby Brother, they are still my go-to blan­ket to take places. Light­weight, big, com­fort­able, soft, func­tional, with styl­ish prints! You can’t go wrong with these!

4. Ah goo baby plush pad. We got one of these when Baby Brother was born. It’s great for tummy time and dia­per changes, yet is super cute!

5. Onfour baby­home. We reviewed the baby­home baby seat last fall and it is def­i­nitely much more styl­ish than many baby seats. Yet, it’s really func­tional too. It’s a good pick for a baby seat at home if you want some­thing that doesn’t stand out so much.

6. Hug­gies® Designer Wipes Tubs.  In the “clean baby, happy baby” post, I shared with you about the HUGGIES Nat­ural Care® Wipes. Well, those Nat­ural Care® wipes have a new Designer look and it really does almost fits in as dec­o­ra­tion in your liv­ing room due to the sleek design. Check out the dif­fer­ent in the tubs: Huggies Natural Care Wipes #HuggiesTesterThe new Hug­gies® Designer Wipes Tub is much sleeker than the old tub! I love that it isn’t as bulky and it has a nice design. Here’s an exam­ple in the a liv­ing room of how these wipes can just sort of blend into the nor­mal room decor. Huggies Designer Wipes TubNice, right?!

What are your favorite styl­ish, yet func­tion baby prod­ucts?
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Vacation Packing: Spring Beauty Products Must-Haves #JergensNaturalGlow {Travel Tuesday}

May 7, 2013 By
Packing Beauty Products

Dis­clo­sure: This post is spon­sored by #Jer­gen­sNat­u­ral­Glow. How­ever, as always, all opin­ions and expe­ri­ences are entirely my own.

It’s Travel Tues­day! And, today’s edi­tion is all about pack­ing and beauty prod­ucts! For blog­gers, we’re in the midst of “con­fer­ence sea­son”. And, for me specif­i­cally, we’re headed to Dis­ney World for the Dis­ney Social Media Moms Con­fer­ence this week, so I’m com­pletely immersed in all things pack­ing! Packing Beauty Products I try to travel lite and pack as lit­tle as pos­si­ble. When it comes to beauty prod­ucts & acces­sories, I’m rather low-maintenance! But, there are still a few beauty prod­uct must-haves that I’ll be tak­ing along with us on our trip above and beyond just the nor­mal neces­sity prod­ucts like make-up, tooth­brushes, etc. After all, you don’t want to com­pletely change up your beauty regime when you’re on the road. So, check out the video to catch a peek into our suit­cases and see what my 5 beauty prod­uct must-haves are!
I’m hope­ful that my prod­uct picks for our trip will help keep me look­ing & feel­ing my best! I’ve really been impressed with the Jer­gens Nat­ural Glow prod­ucts I received. I think it’s prob­a­bly going to become a new part of my beauty rou­tine year round! :) Jergens Natural Glow

Jer­gens makes it eas­ier than ever to glow with the NEW Nat­ural Glow Mois­tur­iz­ers that pro­vides great color, year-round, with­out the sun­less tan­ner odor.

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This is a spon­sored con­ver­sa­tion writ­ten by me on behalf of Jer­gens. The opin­ions and text are all mine. Offi­cial Sweep­stakes Rules

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