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BUILD YOUR OWN CRAFT CLOSET: The Ultimate Amazon Craft Supplies List

PAINT SUPPLIES (EVERYTHING IN THE LISTS BELOW ARE LINKED!) 1. Acrylic Paint: My go-to for paint projects, but beware that it will stain clothes! Also, my number one tip for using paint with young kids…let them mix the colors! If you don’t want it to turn brown, pick a couple complimentary colors for them to use instead of every color. For example, use purples, greens, and blues OR reds, oranges…

BIG GIRL ROOM MAKEOVER: Hand-Painted Castle Mural

It finally happened. Gracie moved out of the nursery and into a ‘big girl’ room! We kept asking her how she wanted her new room to be decorated, and every time she said, “princesses!” I had decided that I wanted to paint a mural in her room (my mom and I painted murals in my room growing up and it’s such a cherished memory of mine), so I showed…

HAPPY HALLOWEEN: Our Monsters, Inc. Family Costume

Year two of my Basic B Suburban Mom Halloween Party was a success! For our family costume this year, Tim and I wanted to pick something that would pay homage to my growing baby bump, so we settled on Monsters, Inc. Monsters Inc. is one of the only movies Gracie has paid attention to long enough to care about the characters, so she was pretty pumped! She actually got so into the scene in the…