Paper Plate Flower (A Fun Craft for Kids)

The party is over and now you are stuck with more paper plates than any one household should have.  Now what?  Well,  here is quick and simple fun craft for kids.

Paper Plate Flower

The complete tutorial can be found at TheCraftyCrazy.com

Paper Shirt ( 6 Steps, Super Easy!)

I recently made some invites for a Girl Scout event.  When designing the invite, I wanted to somehow incorporate the uniform worn by the Scouts (a white shirt and a vest) into the invite.  I quickly realized this required that I learn how to make a shirt out of paper (a paper shirt).  I am NOT a fan of origami!  I just can't wrap my mind around the countless meticulous folds required in order to make something sorta recognizable.  Well, I did some research, watched a couple of origami videos (torture!!!!) and experimented and practiced until I simplified the process and mastered making a paper shirt in 6 step!!!   Yep, 6 STEPS!!!

Paper Shirt (FINAL)

The complete tutorial can be found at TheCraftyCrazy.com

Minion Party Bags (Super Easy)

Continuing with the minion birthday party theme, I am going to share how I made MINION PARTY BAGS for my little one's 5th birthday party.  These bags are super cute and super inexpensive and easy to make.

The complete tutorial can be found at TheCraftyCrazy.com

Despicable Me Minion Birthday Party Game-

My little one recently celebrated her 5th birthday.  We had a Minion (from "Despicable Me) themed birthday party.  One of my favorite birthday party games is pin the tail on the donkey.  Well, here is my "minion-ized" (totally not a real word!!) version of the game:  Pin the Eyes/Goggles on the Minion!!

The complete tutorial can be found at TheCraftyCrazy.com

Despicable Me Minion Twinkies

My little one is obsessed with the minions from Despicable Me (1 & 2).  So much so that this year's theme for her 5th birthday is....(drumroll please)...DESPICABLE ME MINIONS!

I have so many minion projects running amok in my head--everything from cupcakes, to piñatas, to balloons, to invites, to decorations.

Here is one that is super cute and super easy--THE MINION TWINKIE!! Because you can't look at a Twinkie without thinking "hey, kinda shaped like a minion."

The complete tutorial can be found at TheCraftyCrazy.com

Button Bowl

I am still on my button kick.  This time I decided to make a button bowl.  This button bowl was inspired by a Pinterest pin.  Since this is my first attempt at a button bowl, I decided to down size to a much smaller bowl.

The complete tutorial can be found at TheCraftyCrazy.com

Peacock Button Art

I love peacocks.  I love buttons.  It was only a matter of time before I was inspired to combine the two.  This idea has been bouncing around in my head for a little bit.   So I finally decided to give it form.  I love the end result.

The complete tutorial can be found at TheCraftyCrazy.com

Quick & Easy Penny Charms

This quick and easy D.I.Y. was inspired by this penny present idea I stumbled upon on Pinterest.

The complete tutorial can be found at TheCraftyCrazy.com

My First Quiet Book

Months ago I decided to make MY FIRST QUIET BOOK.  My need for absolute perfection meant the book took MONTHS to complete.  While I had a general idea of what I wanted to accomplish, I have to admit that my ideas evolved as the book progressed, resulting in a book beyond what I originally envisioned.

I love, love, love my book.  More importantly and so much more gratifying is that my daughter loves it too.

The Four Seasons: Winter (Snowflake), Spring (Flower), Sumer (Sun) & Fall (Leaf)

The complete tutorial can be found at TheCraftyCrazy.com

Classroom Valentine

I love this!  I am always looking for new and different classroom gift ideas. For Valentine's Day, I found this one on Pinterest.

Ella's Classroom Valentine

The complete tutorial can be found at TheCraftyCrazy.com

Beach Button Art

If you love buttons and love the beach, then you will absolutely love this button craft!

The complete tutorial can be found at TheCraftyCrazy.com

The Crafty Crazy

Those who know me know how much I love all things crafty.  What started out as a hobby has evolved into a full blown obsession.  Yes, obsession!!!

What started out as my daughter's playroom has now been hijacked and transformed into my crafting room.  She tolerates my presence as long as I allow her unfettered access to all of my crafting supplies. I'm ok with that because she is a chip off the old CRAFTY CRAZY block and loves crafting too.  The husband, on the other hand, is clearing out the basement for me in the hopes I move shop.  He thinks I'm a CRAFTY CRAZY and need to be locked away.

My household and family serve as my inspiration.  My little girl is 4 going on 21!  I have 3 cats and 3 dogs.  My husband is a techno geek, science nut and hater of crafts stores.  LOL  My extended family is populated with doctors, lawyers, teachers, tree huggers, travelers, hoarders and even a few rocket scientists.  This all makes for a crazy, hectic, but also comical life that I would not trade for all the glue and glitter in the world.  :)

So why "THE CRAFTY CRAZY"?  Well, it's simple really.  I am CRAFTY and my husband often calls me CRAZY.  So, why not embrace it.  He suggested I start a blog to "share my crafts with the world."  In truth, I suspect he is hoping by starting a blog I'll stop torturing him with my constant craft chatter.  Epic fail on that one because now I get to torture him with constant crafty blog chatter.  Not to mention he is also my official crafts photographer and now he has to get those pictures in order for me too.  So HA!!!

Well, I'm excited about the blog and look forward to sharing my projects, both the good and the bad.

Happy crafting!