Last year on Mother’s Day, my kids gave me what is perhaps my all-time favorite gift. With the help of my husband, they made a little storybook called “Superhero Mommy”. Knowing that this would make an equally fantastic Father’s Day gift, I copied him and had our boys make a “Superhero Daddy” version for their dad for …

Father’s Day is on Sunday June 16th.  There’s still time to make a handmade gift or card for dad! Print this fill-in-the-blanks Father’s Day card onto nice card stock or heavyweight paper (using our free clip art) and give to your kid to fill out. Their description of dad’s traits will make him laugh!   …

Bubble printing is a fun kid-friendly technique using materials that you most likely already have in the house. In Good Things this month I bubble-printed paper to make tags, cards and wrapping paper. I love activities that entertain the kids while producing something useful. I think this year my kid’s grandmas will be receiving their …

I am thrilled to share a project in our May issue from a craft book that I’ve been working on with my friend Amy Gropp Forbes called Super Make It.  In it we’ve used a wide variety of materials from the supermarket: cookies, candy and cereal, coffee filters, things you will find in your recycling …

Passover is in three days! In this month’s Good Things, we shared a Passover craft idea from Assistant Managing Editor, Paulie Dibner. Last year Paulie made bookmark placecards for her family’s seder. “I was trying to think of something creative for my placecards last year (I like to do something new every year. Placecards are …

I love bold jewelry and I also love making necklaces out of non-jewelry materials. I’ve used towels, kids lacing beads, pom-poms and more. Using these (big) materials rather than delicate beads or chains gives you a lot of bang for low effort. The ropey necklaces above (except for the polka-dot one) were made from metallic …

Celebrated event designer (and my old college pal!) David Stark is known for his use and elevation of everyday materials in creating whimsical, memorable, creative, artful, and innovative events for art museums, foundations, and corporations. For our March issue, we got to peek in on a party he threw at home to see how he celebrates …

Many years ago my friend, Page Marchese Norman, and I started a tradition of hand making Valentines gifts for our coworkers. I think we had originally meant for them to be holiday gifts but with the December craziness, Valentines seemed like a more reasonable deadline! Since we needed to make around 200 gifts, we came up …