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How to Make an Aggravation Board Game with Marble Storage

By: Stephenie Wolney June 1, 2021June 8, 2021

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Make this DIY board game for family fun, using this free template available as a printable PDF or a Cricut Design Space File. This marble game includes storage for marbles, dice, and even room for playing cards or other small game pieces. Follow these plans to make this game, and read to the end for the rules to learn how to play this awesome game. This board game is fully customizable. Feel free to change up the colours to match your marbles and make it with or without the storage compartment.

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 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 Shelves & Brackets

By: Stephenie Wolney April 13, 2021May 15, 2021

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These wooden shelves with brackets make the perfect open shelving for any room of your home. They are inexpensive and take very little time to make. Shelving is always great for using the vertical space in your home for storage and décor. I made these shelves with my daughter’s nursery in mind. I wanted a…

DIY Wooden Balancing Blocks

By: Stephenie Wolney April 10, 2021May 15, 2021

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These Montessori inspired wooden gemstones are perfect for open ended play. You can stack them, balance, them, and use them for imaginative play. Not only are they fun to play with, but they help with fine motor skills. They also make incredible shelf décor and if the wood is left raw they add a natural,…

DIY Wooden Wall Hooks: Make Adorable Food Themed Hooks

By: Stephenie Wolney April 7, 2021May 22, 2021

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These wooden wall hooks are not only cute décor for your child’s room or nursery, but they are also super functional and completely unique. Do you ever wish you had a place in your child’s room to hang a towel or display a cute outfit you’ve been planning? These little food themed wall hooks are perfect for that. DIY your own custom set today with this free tutorial!

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…

Bring Spring to Your Kitchen: DIY Wooden Sign Tutorial and 6 SVGs

I designed these SVGs to put on a reversible, interchangeable sign on my two tiered kitchen stand. Spring cheer always inspires me, especially after a long northern winter. I went with a bright colour palette for most of the designs, but you can really choose whatever colours you want. To see how I made the…

Reversible, Interchangeable Wooden Kitchen Sign

By: Stephenie Wolney March 23, 2021April 8, 2021

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This wooden sign is Perfect for tiered tray décor. You can customize it and easily change the sign faces for any season. This sign is a simple design and it can be made to any dimensions to fit your space. Swap out the sign faces and change up your décor in seconds. I designed this…