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Father’s Day Shaving Cream Art Luggage Tag

June 17, 2015 By Jennifer Leave a Comment

Hello! Jennifer from Satsuma Designs here and very excited to be back at Just Us Four blog – thank you Shannah! At Satsuma Designs, I create Seattle-made baby products and content that help make caring for kids as easy as child’s play. Click here for a fun offer to help your kiddos thrive!

Do your kids have Father’s Day gifts all wrapped up? If they’re like mine, they’ve made a cute card at school, but want to have something to wrap up for Dad to give him on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 21st. I thought it would be a fun pun to use Dad’s shaving cream to make art, add a special note and create a laminated luggage tag that he can take on the road with him or wrap around his briefcase to take a little visual reminder of how much he’s loved everywhere he goes. Here’s how your kids can make a Father’s Day shaving cream art luggage tag.

This is a two-part post with the second part of the story over at Satsuma Designs. Here I’ll teach you how to make the art and at Satsuma Designs, I’ll show you how to create the personalized luggage tag to give Dad on Father’s Day.

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What you need to make your Father’s Day Shaving Cream Art Luggage Tag

  • Shallow baking pan or casserole dish at least 9″x13″
  • Spatula
  • Heavy white construction paper or card stock
  • 1 can shaving cream – get the old fashioned foaming kind, not the gel kind
  • Toothpicks or skewers
  • Food coloring
  • Washable splat mat or place mats
  • Wire cooling rack to dry paper 

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Filed Under: Contributor - Crafts, Contributor - DIY Projects, Crafts, DIY, Guest Posting, Kids Tagged With: art, art for kids, Crafts for Kids, dad, Father's Day, kid art

Kids Room Stuffed Animal Organization

June 3, 2015 By Ginger Bergemann Leave a Comment

Hey y’all! It’s Ginger from Gingerly Made again. Last month I posted how I was organizing my kid’s room beginning with a knob hanger for bathrobes or pajamas or whatever other piece of wearable clothing that usually gets tossed on the floor. This month I am going to show you my stuffed animal organization to get them off the floor. It’s another fantastically simple project that has already transformed the tidiness of our kids room.

Our kid’s room is one of the most difficult to photograph rooms in our house, so please excuse the lighting in these photos.

To begin with, you need a couple of metal horse trough style flower boxes. You can find these at most hardware stores or garden centers. This is a pic from Home Depot’s site where I got mine from. This one is 24 inches wide. They also have some that are 36 inches wide if you have a lot of stuffies or really large stuffed animals.

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Filed Under: Contributor - Crafts, Contributors, Crafts, Kids, organization Tagged With: Organization, Organizing Toys, stuffed animal organization, stuffed animal storage

Teacher Gift: DIY Soy Candle

May 21, 2015 By Jennifer 4 Comments

PLEASE NEVER LEAVE A BURNING CANDLE UNATTENDED

Hello! Jennifer from Satsuma Designs here and very excited to be back at Just Us Four blog – thank you Shannah! At Satsuma Designs, I create Seattle-made baby products and content that help make caring for kids as easy as child’s play. At my blog, you’ll find crafts, organizing tips, recipes, holiday and everyday treats to delight you and your kiddos. Come by for a visit!

Did you celebrate Teacher Appreciation Day at school this year? We did and there just aren’t enough ways to thank our teachers for all they do for our kiddos and our families. We try to find little ways to say thanks with little bouquets stealthily picked on the walk to school or a coffee card once in a while. So as the year winds to a close, I wanted to present a homemade gift that sends a fun message. Here’s my Teacher Appreciation Gift of a DIY Soy Candle. I’ve added a fun little message related to light to really drive it home!

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Filed Under: Contributor - Crafts, Crafts Tagged With: candle gifts, candle making, crafting, easy gifts, Gift Ideas, teacher appreciation gifts, teacher appreciation ideas, teacher gift, teacher gifts

Daniel Tiger Quote Wall Hanger

May 6, 2015 By Ginger Bergemann Leave a Comment

Hey y’all! It’s Ginger from Gingerly Made again. I am soooo happy for the warmer weather! It’s like we’ve come out of hibernation. We have been in busy mode getting stuff done inside and out of the house. This month I want to share a little project we’ve done in our kid’s room to (hopefully) help deal with the mess.

Clean Up Everyday Daniel Tiger Quote on Wall

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May Day Craft: Paper Butterfly Box

April 22, 2015 By Jennifer 14 Comments

Hello! Jennifer from Satsuma Designs here and very excited to be back at Just Us Four blog – thank you Shannah! At Satsuma Designs, I create Seattle-made baby products and content that help make caring for kids as easy as child’s play. At my blog, you’ll find crafts, organizing tips, recipes, holiday and everyday treats to delight you and your kiddos. Come by for a visit!

Do you and your kids love to surprise neighbors and friends with May Day flowers on May 1st? We do and if it’s not raining in Seattle this year, I want to drop a little butterfly on each doorstep to welcome spring in with a bang. Here’s an easy May Day craft to try with the kids. My Paper Butterfly Box requires only a few materials that you’ll have on hand and what’s more is that you can fill each little box with leftover Easter candy!

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Filed Under: Contributor - Crafts, Crafts, Easter, Kids, Uncategorized Tagged With: butterfly craft, Crafts for Kids, kid crafts, may day crafts, may day gift, paper crafts, spring craft

Scrap Fabric Easter Basket

March 19, 2015 By Jennifer Leave a Comment

Hello! Jennifer from Satsuma Designs here and very excited to be back at Just Us Four blog – thank you Shannah! At Satsuma Designs, I create Seattle-made baby products and content that help make caring for kids as easy as child’s play. At my blog, you’ll find crafts, organizing tips, recipes, holiday and everyday treats to delight you and your kiddos. Come by for a visit!

Spring is upon us and so are all the festive holidays of the season. With Easter right around the corner, I wanted to share my scrap fabric Easter basket tutorial that’s easy, fast and fun for kids to try. Using a few scrap materials, you can whip up this scrap fabric Easter basket in no time. If the kids are interested, it’s a great craft to teach dexterity, pattern and patience!

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Here’s what you need to make your own scrap fabric Easter basket:

  • Cotton material ripped into 1″ wide strips. Your strips can be as long or as short as you like. I used 4 yard long strips to make my little Easter basket shown here. You could double the strips to make a larger basket big enough for an Easter bunny, some candies and a book for Easter morning.
  • 1-2 yards of jute rope or cotton cording. I had a bunch of this brown jute rope left over from a Valentine’s Day project that was the perfect gauge or diameter for this craft. A clothesline works great for this too.
  • Scissors

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Filed Under: Contributor - Crafts, Crafts, DIY, Easter, Guest Posting Tagged With: Easter, Easter basket, Easter crafts, Easter Decorating, fabric crafts, no sew crafts

DIY Quilted iPhone Case

February 19, 2015 By Jennifer 4 Comments

Hello! Jennifer from Satsuma Designs here and very excited to be back at Just Us Four blog – thank you Shannah! At Satsuma Designs, I create Seattle-made baby products and content that help make caring for kids as easy as child’s play. At my blog, you’ll find crafts, organizing tips, recipes, holiday and everyday treats to delight you and your kiddos. Come by for a visit!

I was a flip phone carrying kind of gal until two years ago at Christmas when my husband surprised me with an iPhone 5. He even sprung for a beautiful leather case, which sadly fell apart after a few months. The quality wasn’t great, but I loved the design. That’s why I’m sharing my DIY quilted iPhone Case to store your own iPhone or other type of cell phone. This DIY sewn iPhone case features an innovative ribbon tab (not my original design!) that you simply pull lightly to pop your iPhone right out of the case. When you’re ready to place it back in the case, it slides in and pushes the ribbon back down to do it again when needed.

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Noah’s Ark Stuffed Animal Storage

January 22, 2015 By Jennifer Leave a Comment

Hello! Jennifer from Satsuma Designs here and very excited for my first contribution to Just Us Four blog – thank you Shannah! At Satsuma Designs, I create Seattle-made products and content that help make caring for kids as easy as child’s play. At my blog, you’ll find crafts, organizing tips, recipes, holiday and everyday treats to delight you and your kiddos. Come by for a visit!

Does your kids’ playroom look like Noah’s Ark landed and stayed for a while? Mine too!

Here’s a way to get those animals organized two by two with my Noah’s Ark Stuffed Animal Storage. With just a few inexpensive materials, you can craft your own Ark in less than an hour. Get the kids to help you in your construction project and they’ll be invested in using it to keep their animals tidy in their new home.    

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Hi, I'm Shannah! Welcome to My Suburban Kitchen, where you'll find tons of recipe ideas including family friendly dinners, sinfully delicious desserts and even Paleo and Whole30 recipes. I love spending time in our kitchen and also share little glimpses of my life as a wife to one awesome Mathlete and working mom to 2 cute kids! I hope you'll grab a seat at our table and enjoy your time in the kitchen with us.

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