We’re hosting Easter this year, which we don’t do very often. I like to make the table extra special and fun for the kids, but as always, save as much money as possible.

First, I decided on a color scheme of yellow and pink. I bought napkins at the dollar store in those colors, along with some cute pink and yellow bunny suckers, and some carrot suckers. Everything else I used was from around the house. Total out of pocket: $4.00

Next, I made name holders for each person. I reached into our stash of plastic eggs, used a permanent marker to write names, and then added a bit of bling I saved off of a previous project. I simply hot glued the jewels onto each egg. I used leftover construction paper to make circles to hold the eggs. [Read more...]

We spent hours making gingerbread houses, and I suffered through the clean up process.  After the houses were dry, we proudly displayed them in our family room until after the holidays. Not wanting to hurt the kids’ feeling by 86′in them, I decided to try a little project. [Read more...]