I’ve been having fun with my apothecary jars. They are so fun to fill for different seasons and holidays. Today, I’m showing you my spring apothecary jars. I showed you the tutorial on how I made them a few months ago: Apothecary Jars {Tutorial}. Since then, I’ve had fun figuring out how to fill them for the […]
Family Fun ~ Earth Day Activity
I’ve got another family fun activity for you this month. My family and I are having fun putting these activities together and completing all of these family fun ideas (click to see more). I hope some of you are trying them out and having fun as well. This month, in honor of Earth Day, I made an […]
Family Fun ~ Games with Legos
Today, I have a great post for you from Cheryl over at Mom’s and Munchkins. She agreed to do a guest post here at The Real Thing with the Coake Family. Thanks, Cheryl! Cheryl has some fantastic ideas for family fun with games for Legos! I can’t wait to try these with my girls who are total […]
Easter to Spring DIY Wreath
I made another small wreath for our kitchen area. This is an easy DIY wreath. I added a little twist to the wreath to make it work for both Easter and spring. Do you see how I made the felt eggs for the Easter wreath? They are easily removed when Easter is over and I […]
Free Doll Clothes Pattern ~ Easter Reversible Skirt
I’ve been doing some simple sewing for Easter for my girls’ dolls. Today I’m showing you my favorite free doll clothes pattern. This reversible wrap skirt is so quick and easy it is my go to pattern for making something cute for my girls’ dolls. I showed you our reversible Easter tote bags on Monday. […]
Free Doll Patterns ~ Reversible Tote Bag
I’ve been sewing for our American Girl dolls again! Today I’ve got more free doll patterns for you. I’ve had this one on my list to make for quite some time. I decided it would be perfect to make for our dolls just before Easter. That way they can use their reversible tote bags as Easter […]
19 Fun American Girl Crafts
I’ve done so many American Girl craft posts and there are so many of you who are new to my blog. I thought I would put them together in one place for you to easily find all kinds of fun American Girl crafts. Today I have 19 ideas I have blogged about for you! There are […]
Table Runner Pattern
Today, I’ve got another sewing project and pattern for you. This time I’ve got a table runner pattern for you. I had never made anything like this before and just made it up as I went along. So, there may be a better more ‘official’ way to make a table runner, but this worked and was […]
Activities for the Family ~ Snowball Fight
We had so much fun with our New Year’s celebration and you all seemed to enjoy the post so much, I’ve decided to make a monthly series for you with activities for the family. This month, with it being winter and all, I came up with the idea for us to have a family snowball […]
Daisy Petals: Law/Promise & Yellow Petal Activity
I have some Daisy petal activities for you today. I am a Daisy leader this year. I have tried to make the meetings fun and interactive for the girls. I’m going to show you two different activities today, but I’ve got more Girl Scout ideas for you as well if you just click that link. Girl […]
