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Through most of our Thanksgiving break one (or both) of the boys were fighting some kind of bug. Not so fun for a holiday weekend, but on the other hand it did mean we got some much needed downtime at home. On one of the days it was clear we needed something fun and festive to perk us up, which is why I pulled out the materials for these Cork Christmas Trees. They were a quick, easy to

We've really enjoyed making ornaments this year!  We've been experimenting with several new types of ornaments, like these snow white mitten ornaments. But if you've been hanging around this fall, you also know we've been liking using cork as a crafting material. So of course, why wouldn't we combine the two ideas into these easy Cork Painted Ornaments? Although most of our projects so

Thanksgiving is just a few days away, yet there is still plenty of time to make these tabletop cork turkeys. We love using corks in projects, like printing with them to make cork spiders or crafting cute cork bats. These little tabletop turkeys were just as quick to put together and just too cute! We're planning to put a whole flock on the table this coming Thursday. Materials:  Corks Small

Last year we were given a very large bag of corks, and it's been fun to think of different ways to use them. In honor of Halloween, and because we've enjoyed other spider projects this fall, we decided to try cork print spiders. This also proved to be another great, after school project for Big Brother one weekday.  Materials:  Corks (two different sizes works best)  Black ink pad Black