DIY and Crafts — summer

Next week is the last week of school for my kids, so that officially means summer has come to Texas. I am so ready for the swimming, popsicles, outdoor movies, and lazy days ahead. To celebrate the new season, I have rounded up 6 tropical leaf craft ideas from the Kailo Chic archives. Tropical leaves are bold, beautiful, trendy, and really go perfectly with summer vibes and celebrations. Below you will find everything from pillows, to cake, to drink pitchers all decked out with summery tropical leaves. These ideas are sure to brighten your home and life, and make it...

This post, Throw an Instant Fourth of July Party, is sponsored by JOANN, where the craft supplies are abundant! Thank you for supporting the brands that keep the lights on and all the craftiness happening! Ah, the Fourth of July, with it’s red, white, and blue, cookouts, popsicles, and fireworks. If there is one day that sparks all the feelings of summer, July 4th is it. Every year I tell myself that I need to throw a fourth of July party, and every year, I end up flaking because I just don’t want to have to put in all the work...

This post, Summer Bucket List Calendar Printable, was created in partnership with the Paper and Packaging—HowLifeUnfolds® campaign. Thank you for supporting the paper materials we crafters and creators need to bring our ideas to life! Check out the campaign on Instagram @howlifeunfolds. Summer break is fully underway for my kids and there are so many activities that we want to do during these warm months off school. To take full advantage of this time and make sure we don’t leave any activity out, I created a colorful summer bucket list paper calendar printable to help organize all our summer activities. Having a paper...

My kids love my Glowforge almost as much as I do and are always asking to laser cut stuff on it. In the last few weeks I have made two Fortnite weapons, a Mario piranha plant, and a monstera leaf necklace from laser cut and engraved wood on my Glowforge laser cutter. After cutting my daughter’s monstera leaf necklace, I realized that the monstera leaf would make a super cute coaster too. So I scaled up the design and cut out 4 leaves from a piece of basswood to make these DIY gradient monstera leaf coasters! While they looked super cute as plain wood,...

With school starting this week and September right around the corner, I can’t help but hang on to the last little bits of summer before fall and pumpkins start rolling in. These DIY marble handled marshmallow roasting sticks are perfect for those last few summer s’mores out by the firepit. A few colors of clay and some basic roasting sticks and you too can make your own roasting sticks to take your s’more time up a notch. Aren’t they so pretty?! Fancy s’mores here I come! Ha! Materials to make your own DIY Marble Handled Marshmallow Roasting Sticks: Polymer clay in...