The Egg Carton Ladybug is the forth Tiger and Lily Boutique original egg carton craft project.    I told you that the Butterfly was the last egg carton craft but we had one more that slipped by.   And she is the cutest one!!!  A couple of these ladybug’s would be very cute sitting on a branch of your Christmas tree.  I do love handmade kid ornaments on my tree.  Make sure you put the date or at least the year on the inside so you now how old your kids were when they made their keepsakes.  Also this little cutie would make a great gift decoration.  Put her on top instead of a bow!

http://www.tigerandlilyboutique.com/Egg_Carton_Ladybug

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Our new forum is now set up and we really want to hear from you.  We are hoping to build a useful, safe, creative, sharing workspace for the crafting community.  Check out all the different topics or create new ones.  Do you have craft supplies that you would like to trade – view our Trade with me? forum.

The Holiday & Seasonal Crafts has a new Halloween craft posted – view it today for great decorating ideas.

You can find our crafting forum link on our home page, or within the text of this blog. Copy and paste the URL address below.  Also save it in your favorites.

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Audrey’s Country Crafts has a new forum thread posted on Tiger and Lily Boutique’s NEW Crafting Forum.  Check out her Website Giveaways and Contest thread (near the bottom); she has a Christmas Ornament Swap topic – sign up ends on Oct 15, as well as three different product giveaways.  Check them out today!  They are really nice handmade items, please visit our Crafting Forum to see pictures.

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Tiger and Lily Boutique is gettin’ in gear for Halloween…are you?  Have you even thought about it yet?  Are you buying your child’s costume this year? Or are you trying to save some money and do it yourself?  If you are making it yourself you probably have thought about it and if not don’t fear there is still plenty of time.  This is a great article listing many homemade Halloween costumes such as Scarecrow, Ghost and Clown.

Click here to read the full article.  Homemade Halloween Costume Ideas For Children

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New craft project posted today on Tiger and Lily Boutique, called 10 Slam Dunk Crafts for Little Kids, written by Chris Yates.

Crafting with young children really isn’t about creating something in particular. Most young children don’t have the foresight to see what a project is going to be.

For young children it’s more important that they have the opportunity to play and experiment with art. Kids need to use as many of their senses as possible to get the most out of crafting. This allow them to try new sensory experiences, as well as learn causal relationships.

Finish reading the full article from Chris Yates on Tiger and Lily Boutique’s Craft Projects section.

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I live in Ohio and some of our leaves are already starting to change.  I can’t believe it!  Summer went to fast.

Do you like using the Fall leaf colors in your home during this time of year?  Want to preserve the wonderful Fall leaf color?  Be sure to find leaves that are somewhat flat and do not have a lot of creases in them for the best outcome.  Also look for the ones without spots.  If you would like to flatten them, I think, the best way is to put them inside the pages of an old book with a paper towel.  If the leaves have a lot of moisture you might want to replace the paper towels after a few days.  Collecting leaves is also a lot of fun for your kiddos.

~Andie

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The Egg Carton Butterfly is the third and final (well at least final for now ) Tiger and Lily Boutique original egg carton craft.  You can get even more creative with the butterfly by adding wings with whatever material you can find.  Or maybe antennas! Have fun with it.

http://tigerandlilyboutique.com/Egg_Carton_Butterfly

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New article posted today on Tiger and Lily Boutique’s Make it! section, called Egg Carton Bumble Bee.  This is the second of three really fun egg carton crafts.  We really like kid crafts, especially for those that are either too young for school or for those that need a project to concentrate on after school, so Mom and Dad can cook dinner.    The egg carton crafts are also very inexpensive because you are reusing your egg cartons! This craft helps you talk about recycling and reusing items in your house – great lesson for our little ones.  They love to recycle!

http://tigerandlilyboutique.com/Egg_Carton_Bumble_Bee

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New Article posted today on Tiger and Lily Boutique, called Egg Carton Green Caterpillar.  It’s a really fun kids craft.  Perfect for your little back-to-school’ers who have spent all week reading books.    You can even do this one outside on the porch.  We have 2 other egg carton crafts which will be posted next week so keep checking back for more fun crafts.

http://tigerandlilyboutique.com/Egg_Carton_Green_Caterpillar

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Become an online craft vendor with Tiger and Lily Boutique! Sign up is easy. $5 a month, plus start up costs have been lowered to only $7.