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DIY Toy Microphone

July 16, 2014 By Shannah Coe 11 Comments

Our house is pretty much always filled with music. If it isn’t music from the iPod or iPad, the kids are playing with their toy instruments. My daughter loves to sing and pretend to be a rock star. Of course, every rock star needs the perfect microphone so we decided to make her a toy microphone from some simple and inexpensive supplies.

A fun and cute diy toy microphone that costs less than $5 to make!

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Filed Under: Crafts, Kids Tagged With: $5 crafts, 30 minute crafts, Crafting with kids, crafts under $5, diy toys, duck tape crafts, duct tape crafts, kid craft, kids crafts, microphones, styrofoam crafts, Styrofoam projects, Toys

Homemade Christmas Trees

December 19, 2013 By Shannah Coe 17 Comments

It was my pleasure to partner with Make It:Fun and FloraCraft® to share a “Foam for the Holidays” homemade Christmas tree project with you.

Decorating with small, homemade Christmas trees can be super easy but make a big impact.  When you create your own, there is so much versatility for how your final product will look.  I’ve decorated my own trees over several years using scrapbook paper, tinsel and even just glitter.  Using STYROFOAM™ cones makes creating homemade Christmas trees so easy.Styrofoam Tree Collage…

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Filed Under: Christmas, Crafts, decorating, holidays Tagged With: Burlap, Christmas crafts, christmas trees, Styrofoam projects, tutorials

Presents for You and Me

December 13, 2011 By Shannah 9 Comments

So, I’ve been on a decorating kick recently…have you noticed?  Last year, we moved into a much larger house but our decoration collection hasn’t quite grown as much as our available decorating space!  So, I have been slowly adding to my collection and putting more homemade items out than before.
One of my recent projects were a set of Styrofoam trees that I used everyday items to transform into decorations.

For the larger block, I picked up some peppermint candies from the dollar store and used those to cover the Styrofoam.  I purposefully selected the green blocks for this project because I knew some of it might show through.

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Filed Under: Crafts, decorating, DIY, Guest Posting, holidays Tagged With: Christmas, Styrofoam projects, wrapped presents

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About Me

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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