Posted in Crafts, Shopping, tagged Crafts, creative gifts for kids, cutepotato.com, cutepotato.com and crafts, D.I.Y. Terrarium Kit, fairy house, Family, hannah rosengren illustration, kids, Kyle Moran, made in maine, Maine made, Moran's Terrariums, terrarium on November 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »
MP has always had a thing for terrariums — glass containers that hold a miniature garden. Much like a fairy house, there is something magical about a terrarium. So you can imagine her delight when she came across this D.I.Y. Terrarium Kit from landscaper Kyle Moran. Each kit comes with marble chips, organic soil, dehydrated moss, wood pieces and a miniature animal figurine (in our case, a small otter).
Illustrator Hannah Rosengren designed the labels for the jars.
Posted in Crafts, Holidays, tagged alternatives to Valentine's Day candy, Book of Love, Crafts, cute potato and Valentine's Day ideas, cutepotato.com, DIY, easy peppermint patties, easy valentine's day crafts, egg carton valentines, Family, Holidays, kids, make your own crayons, make your own stamps, Valentine's Day, valentine's day crafts for kids, valentine's day healthy treats on February 11, 2015| Leave a Comment »
How did Valentine’s Day sneak up on us so fast? Our family loves to make homemade gifts and cards for friends and loved ones. Here are a few favorites:
1. A healthier version of Peppermint Patties that is so easy to make.
2. Make your own decorative stamps for cards with this simple egg carton craft.
3. A DIY Book of Love is such a sweet keepsake.
4. Kids can make their own crayons for classmates (try a heart-shaped silicon mold).
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Posted in Crafts, Holidays, tagged Christmas crowns, Christmas place settings, Crafts, cute potato crafts, cutepotato.com, easy holiday craft, glitter crafts, kids, kids Christmas craft, kids crafts, napkin rings, place setting on December 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »
With Christmas Day just around the corner, we’re getting ready to decorate our holiday table. MP came across this idea for crowns on Pinterest, and thought the crowns would make festive place holders for our guests.
Posted in Crafts, Holidays, tagged christmas, cinnamon dough ornaments, cookies, Crafts, cute potato crafts, cutepotato.com, easy holiday crafts, homemade gifts, kids, letter cookies, mason jar snow globe, mint chocolate chip cookies, ornaments, puppets, santa puppet, snow day activities, snow globe on December 15, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Ah, snow days! Our family loves being snowed in, especially during December. The team spends our day baking and making all sorts of wonderful things for Christmas. We drink hot chocolate and eat a few too many cookies. We take naps. We play outside. Days like these are a gift.
Here are some of our favorite holidays projects, designed with snowy December days in mind:
1) Cookies for Friends 2) Cinnamon Dough Ornaments 3) Santa Puppet 4) Mason jar snow globes
Happy making everyone!
Posted in Crafts, Holidays, tagged balsam, cedar, christmas, Crafts, cute potato and pineland farms, cute potato sponsor, cutepotato.com, Gorham, Holidays, how to classes, kids, maine, new gloucester, o'donal's nursery, o'donals, pineland farms, pineland farms family programs, pineland farmyard, white pine, wreath making with kids, wreaths on December 13, 2013| 14 Comments »
Last Christmas, CP#1 and MP signed up for a kids’ wreath making workshop at O’Donals Nursery in Gorham. The nursery provides decorative greens and wreath making supplies for a small fee. When we arrived, there were long tables filled with boughs of White Pine, Cedar, and Balsam. Jeff O’Donal, our patient instructor, showed us how to arrange the greens in a fan shape before placing them on a wreath ring.
Posted in Crafts, Holidays, tagged alexandra lowery, backyard birdhouse, beaded hoop earrings, birdhouse, Crafts, cute potato crafts, cute potato mother's day giveaway winner, cutepotato.com, easy mother's day crafts, garden gift, kate clark, kickstarter campaign, kids mother's day crafts, memory jar, mobile jewelry shop, mother's day, mother's day gifts, patchwork flowerpot, shoreside chic, shoreside chic vintage trailer on May 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Thanks to everyone who entered the Cute Potato Mother’s Day giveaway! MP is so glad that there are stylish moms out there who adore Kate’s jewelry designs as much as she does. She hopes everyone will be equally enthusiastic about her Kickstarter campaign to create her own traveling jewelry shop. We can’t wait to see her refurbished vintage trailer this summer!
Without further ado, congrats goes to Alexandra Lowery, who likes Kate’s beaded hoop earrings in emerald best. Speaking of favorites, if you’re looking for something for the kids to make for a special grandmother or aunt, here’s some of our best Mother’s Day crafts from over the years:
1. Memory Jar
3. Garden Gift
We hope you’ll enjoy creating something special with your potatoes. Happy Mother’s Day all! xo, MP
Posted in Crafts, Holidays, tagged brunswick maine, Crafts, cute potato crafts, cutepotato.com, Easter centerpiece, Easter decorations, Easter tree, easy Easter crafts, falmouth, Folly 101 Portland Maine, kids crafts, maine, make your own Easter tree, Nest, Pottery Barn Kids, spring on March 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Last year, MP was flipping through the pages of the Pottery Barn Kids catalog and a sweet Easter tree caught her eye. Inspired, MP decided to try creating a similar tree with the kids.
Posted in Crafts, Holidays, tagged bakers twine, christmas, cinnamon applesauce ornaments, cinnamon dough ornaments, Crafts, cute potato crafts, cutepotato.com, dollar store cinnamon, easy holiday crafts, homemade ornaments, katy elliott blog, simple holiday crafts, valentine's day hearts, wilton sugar sprinkles on December 20, 2012| Leave a Comment »
MP spotted these sweet, applesauce and cinnamon ornaments on Katy Elliott’s wonderful blog last year (proof how long it takes MP to get to things). The beauty of this project is its welcome ease. All you need is applesauce, $1 store ground cinnamon, and some baker’s twine or string.
Posted in Crafts, tagged ace hardware, Crafts, cutepotato.com, homemade gifts, homemade snow globe, kids crafts, lemax figurines, make your own snowglobe, martha stewart, martha stewart crafts, mason jar craft, mason jar snowglobe, michaels, royal river natural foods, snow globes, teacher gifts on December 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »
MP often gets inspired when she visits local craft fairs. Case in point: while visiting the SEA Holiday Art Sale in Portland, she discovered these Martha Stewart-inspired Mason Jar snow globes.
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