Babbs suggests using your noggin this Christmas to create outdoor imagination boxes for those on your gift list. Find out how.

Our publisher, Babbs, joined some friends for a crafty experience at Bittersweet Country Marketplace in Hartville, Missouri, recently. Find out how they zipped through the steps to make simple and sweet wooden hoop pumpkins that will stay up till Thanksgiving.

As Jackie Richardson wraps up her garden for the year, she learns how to dehydrate herbs in the air fryer. This simple process is one she will definitely use again.

Babbs and her grands make funky clay gnome pots to hide around the house. Find out how you can whip up one to cheer someone up right away!

Continued into part 2, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite flowers crafts from the archives. And as a bonus, we’ve included a floral book review!

The garden can be a magical place for children. Learn more about the Kid’s First Garden Bed and worm composter from Vego Garden.

Find out a few of our favorite flower crafts, plucked straight from the archives. These can be made by adults and children, alike.

Learn how to grow bush beans, and companion plants, in a raised bed garden this summer. Jackie Richardson breaks down her process.

Jackie Richardson uses an old paper tube to stamp easy, dandelion tea towels in this fun craft.

This simple craft creates a sweet Clay Valentine Conversation Heart Garland. This can be made with kids of all ages.

Our fabulous intern Anna dips her toes into soap making by creating this melt and pour soap, which requires only simple ingredients.

Jackie Richardson uses a classic salt dough recipe to create a keepsake handprint Christmas tree with her family this holiday season.

Our Babbs takes you into the world of Mod Podge and air dry clay ghosts, decorated with dried flowers, for this week’s craft – one that she did with her little grands for Halloween décor.

Jackie Richardson and her husband try the viral Halloween ghost painting trend as a cheap and entertaining activity for date night.

Babbs and her grands made air-dryed clay frogs recently. Find out how to do up these quick crafty flower holders for future memorable gifts.

Babbs makes cool cork mushrooms to pop into potted plants, and her little grands help.

We’ve dug back through the archives and found posts to help us properly celebrate the Fourth of July.

Babbs and two of her young grandsons made wooden mushrooms, staged in mossy settings.

Babbs looks through posts from several years to find worthy examples of crafts and recipes, aka ideas from scratch, for Mother’s Day 2024.

In preparation for the upcoming Easter Sunday celebration, we’ve rounded up our past recipe and DIY craft posts related to the holiday.

Jackie Richardson whips up these simple DIY Thumbprint Heart Magnets with her kids, to give as sentimental gifts this Valentine’s Day.

Jackie Richardson paints this easy and versatile Christmas Cardinal Handprint Craft with her crew this holiday season.

Our teen writer, Anna, took an interest in growing and drying okra for crafts this year. Find out how you can dry these amazing pods for future arts and crafts, too.

This collection of DIY Thanksgiving Crafts & Recipes serves up easy and delicious items for your table.

Jackie Richardson adds style to an outdated, second-hand oak frame in this easy craft for DIY Thrifted Beaded Frames.

Babbs and the grands make bubble art pictures, which look, strangely enough, like nuclear test photos.

Anna decided to use her lovely roses to make rose water. Find out why she likes the results.

The aptly-named writer Rose tells us why and how to add a spiral garden to your landscaping in this guest post.

Teen writer Anna researched the history of victory gardens, and found out that even kids participated back in the day. Find out more about her family’s victory garden, too.

Jackie Richardson tells us how to make these colorful and whimsical DIY Mushroom Garden Markers, using spray paint and vintage shoe trees.

Babbs details how to use lavender in special crafts in this lavender round-up, which includes flax bags, linen spray, soap and sachet bags.