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How to Make a DIY Wooden Growth Chart Ruler

By: Stephenie Wolney May 22, 2021May 22, 2021

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Learn to make this wooden growth chart ruler with this step by step tutorial. This oversized measuring stick features a slider to simplify measuring the height of your little ones and this tutorial includes an idea for personalizing the chart with your child’s name and birth stats. This growth chart makes the perfect gift for any family and will make a lasting keepsake. This tutorial includes an exclusive Cricut Design Space file to make this growth chart even easier to make and customize.

5 Unexpected Ways to Use a Cricut for Wood Projects

By: Stephenie Wolney May 14, 2021May 15, 2021

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Try these 5 creative hacks that no one talks about. These tips are perfect for personalizing, customizing and improving precision and detail in all of your wood projects, without having to buy an expensive CNC machine. These ideas are especially valuable if you have a craft business and are selling wooden products! You may have…

DIY Sensory Board For Toddlers: I Spy Game

By: Stephenie Wolney May 4, 2021May 15, 2021

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This sensory board was designed to mimic the “I Spy” books that most of us are probably familiar with. This board is extremely easy and inexpensive to make and is perfect for learning through play. Use this board to introduce new textures, colours, and vocabulary words. You can quiz your child and have them find…

DIY Wooden Rainbow Sorting Toy With Peg Dolls

By: Stephenie Wolney April 29, 2021May 15, 2021

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This Montessori style toy is the perfect combination of open ended and learning toy. The rainbow can be painted in one colour per ring or in multiple shades per ring to alter the difficulty. The peg dolls are perfect for open ended and small parts play. Build this beautiful handmade toy and watch your child…

DIY Wooden Wreath for Your Front Door & Free Cut File

By: Stephenie Wolney April 5, 2021April 4, 2021

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Last year we painted our front door blue and spruced up the front of our house. I built us an address plaque (tutorial for that here) and we bought a new mailbox. I’ve been planning on making a welcome sign for our front door to add to the curb appeal and finally got around to…

The Ultimate Guide: Sealing HTV (Iron On Vinyl) on Wood Projects

By: Stephenie Wolney March 25, 2021April 2, 2021

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Have you ever tried ironing vinyl onto wood? If you haven’t you should check out my guide. I did a series of 18 tests to find out how both Siser Easyweed HTV and Cricut Everyday Iron On vinyl adhere to painted, stained, unfinished, and finished wood. But what about after the vinyl is on? What…

Family Heirloom Eggs: DIY Painted Wooden Easter Eggs

By: Stephenie Wolney March 14, 2021April 2, 2021

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With Free SVG Cut Files Paint your own wooden Easter egg set for Easter egg hunts, décor, and a cherished family tradition! Every year since my oldest daughter’s first Easter we have been doing Easter egg hunts. I hide the eggs around the house with clues and leave the first clue in plain sight so…