Though it may look as if it is a complicated process, decoupage is actually a simple and creative art form that can easily be learned. Just about anyone can learn how to decoupage, and the items to choose from are limitless.

Want a spooky Halloween cake that’s good enough to eat? Our Halloween pumpkin patch Oreo chocolate cake was created exclusively for Home Ever After. This Halloween cake recipe is a great family baking and craft project that can be done with your kids to wow your Halloween party guests!

Halloween calls for celebration and decoration, and we’ve got plenty for you and your kids to do! Spooky up your homeschool curriculum with the free Halloween lesson plans and worksheets below. Turn your house into a haunted house with the many fun Halloween kids’ crafts and decorations projects (they’re fun for adults too – you’ll see!). Even cut loose with free Halloween coloring pages for the kiddies or for your Halloween party’s coloring contest.

Don’t let a rainy day put a damper on your family fun. Instead, take advantage of the lack of sun and explore some creative activities with the kids. The possibilities are endless and you are limited only by your imagination.

Mother’s Day: Remember that Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 10, 2009. Don’t forget to show mom how much you love her with a hand-written card and breakfast in bed!

Little imaginations soar at the thought of super powers. Watch their little eyes light up when you make them a personalized super hero cape of their very own.

It’s been a busy week (4/16/09) at Homemaker Barbi, with lots of columnist positions opening up and new ways to join our team of writers!

With all the ready-made tubes of colored decorating icing and gel available in the grocery store’s birthday cakes section, you’d think it would be fast and easy to decorate a birthday cake yourself.  But what happens if you can’t draw?
It may be a great intention to make a frugal birthday or baby shower cake [...]

Storage Solution: Scanning Kids’ Art Projects
If you’re a parent like me, you probably collect a large treasure trove of masterpieces… paintings, drawings, collages and coloring pages.  Only these aren’t museum pieces framed on our walls, these are our children’s art projects!  We have art projects done at home and at playdates.  School age children also [...]

If you subscribe to Family Fun Magazine, you already know about the great holiday craft projects they provide. Their great crafts are now available through their website also! (I love their magazine, but didn’t know about their extensive website when I subscribed… perhaps I could have saved the subscription fee.)
There is a great Mother’s day [...]