Duct Tape Purse Tutorial

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I’m back for another duct tape tutorial! One afternoon, I searched on Google for how to make a duct tape purse. I found a link to the duck tape brand duct tape tutorial. So I watched the video and this is what I made. Take a look at the inside! Didn’t it turn out pretty? [...]

Cupcake: Acrylic Paint Tutorial

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This lesson is narrated by Middle Girl. Both Nana and Middle Girl took the photos for this tutorial… This is a little different from our usual chalk pastels!  Last weekend Nana surprised my younger sister and I with an acrylic paint lesson!  She spent a little time explaining to us about the paints, brushes and [...]

The Accident and the Amazing Answer

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Above is a cartoon version of the amazing accident we experienced yesterday. It really was a crisis at the time. A traumatic Thursday. My motherhood and faith were tested in several ways. Here’s Middle Girl with her part of the story… I was in little brother’s room playing with him after lunch. I was playing [...]

Duct Tape Bow Tutorial

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Hello. Some of my mama’s friends on Facebook saw a picture of my big stack of duck tape. And they wondered what I did with all of it. So, today, I’m going to tell you what I do with it. And I’ll do it with a video tutorial. I make everything with the duck tape [...]

Candy-labra: Candy Cane Candle Holder

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One Friday night, Nana and I made candy cane candlestick holders. She found this neat project on The Mother Huddle. What you will need: a pack of 20 candy canes hot glue gun (Nana did this part) ribbon candles First we hot glued the candy canes to a candle. Then we made sure they were [...]

Homemade Paper Doll Costume: Frugal Living

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I think this has to be my favorite Pinterest find yet! I showed it to Middle Girl and she took off with it. We got a few pieces of poster board and she got out the markers, scissors and tape. How much does a piece of poster board cost? A dollar? Maybe $1.50. Plus the [...]

Homemade Pickles: Cooking Fun

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Got cucumbers? Nana did! She was given a whole bunch of cucumbers. And guess what we did? We made pickles from the Duggar family recipe like we have done before. It goes like this. We rinsed the cucumbers. We got to rinse the jars. We unwrapped the garlic. I loved the way it smelled. Nana [...]

Because of His Great Love

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Two years ago today, the week after Bible school, this story… “Y’all go outside and play!” Who knew those words would get these two sisters together for a backyard, swing-set salvation! This goes to show that you never know what the Lord has in store. Right smack dab in the middle of pre-supper craziness a [...]

Story of the Sandwiches

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My Nana and I packed lunches for the people that needed them. She found out that there are children that are hungry through MUST ministries. One night I spent the night with Nana. We: made the paper lunch bags special by decorating them with crayons made sandwiches, 30 to be exact put in fruit snacks, [...]

The Sunbutter® box boy

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Every month we order Sunbutter and we are always VERY Excited to get our order!!! Especially youngest boy! He is always excited because he loves Sunbutter AND he loves rolling his cars on the box the Sunbutter comes in! And, we have Sunbutter sandwiches. I made them for lunch today. I even made Youngest Boy [...]

Lemonade Pie: Cooking Fun!

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My Nana and I made lemonade pie for Mother’s Day! I got to pour it all into the pie shells. We made two. They tasted DELICIOUS!!!!! You can make them too! Here is the recipe: can of frozen pink lemonade (or limemade or regular lemonade, whatever you like) cool whip (the big, one pound container) [...]

Cooking Fun: Puddin’ Pies

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Right before bed one night I opened the Cook Box. Guess what I saw? Mini graham cracker pie crusts and a box of chocolate pudding mix! I asked my mother if I could make them. She said yes! I made the pudding and poured the pudding into the pie crusts. And I took the squirt [...]