Blog Blueberry Junkie

DIY Angry Bird Costume Tutorial

By Blueberry Junkie on November 2, 2012 / Diy Halloween Costumes, Patterns and Tutorials, Portfolio / Leave a comment

DIY Angry Bird Costume Today I will be sharing my DIY Angry Bird Costume Tutorial. My children are obsessed with the Angry Birds. So it came as no surprise when one of them requested to be the Ice angry bird for Halloween. One of my first options for the Ice Bird, which is shaped like an ice-cube, was to use a cardboard box as the base. However, I find that cardboard boxes can be uncomfortable and restrict movement. I scratched the cardboard box idea and decided to use fabric instead. Luckily for me, I had an old light blue fleece

Click here for more →

DIY Vintage Magic Kit

By Blueberry Junkie on October 26, 2012 / DIY Halloween Decor, Patterns and Tutorials, Portfolio / Leave a comment

Halloween Decor After decorating my Halloween Mantel, I decided to make a Vintage Magic Kit for Halloween to display on my coffee table. Unfortunately, inspiration struck really late at night and I did not stop to take any photos of the steps. In any case, since the whole process is really easy, I will describe in detail what I did, and will provide my sources for my potion labels and other resources and tutorials I used to put this kit together. I actually did not need to buy anything at all for this magic kit. I already had everything I

Click here for more →

Easy Halloween Mantel

By Blueberry Junkie on October 23, 2012 / DIY Halloween Decor, Patterns and Tutorials, Portfolio / Leave a comment

Easy Halloween Mantel As far as Halloween decorations go, we usually just carve a couple of pumpkins and call it a day. However, this year, my kids requested more. I graciously indulged. I decided to decorate the mantel (not really a mantel as much as a shelf with a mirror), which is the focal point in our open concept living/dining room. I used mostly items I already had at home (glass jars, vases, etc), with things from nature (tree branches) and a few inexpensive items I bought specifically for the occasion (ravens, spiders and bones). Ravens and Tree Branches I

Click here for more →

Pinecone Birds Tutorial

By Blueberry Junkie on October 19, 2012 / children, Children Activities, Patterns and Tutorials, Portfolio / 4 Comments

Fall Nature Craft Pinecone Birds During one of our nature walks, my 3 year old son collected a little bag full of “treasures”. Among his finds there were sticks in various sizes (a thoughtful gift for his stick-loving older brother), leaves, various pinecones and rocks. At home, it became evident that he had gathered the perfect materials for a quick and easy fall nature craft. We quickly decided to make pinecone birds. Pinecone Birds Tutorial I put together a quick visual guide to help you make your own. But the fun part is in letting your kids, and their

Click here for more →

DIY Superhero Costume Round Up

By Blueberry Junkie on October 14, 2012 / children, Diy Halloween Costumes, On the Web / Leave a comment

DIY Superhero Costume Tutorial: Round-up We are in Halloween mode around here. Nothing has been decorated, nor made. But there are lots of Halloween talk going on. And talking about Halloween makes me want to get ready for it. The boys are excited to start making their costumes, and so am I. So, this means we need inspiration. I spent a portion of my evening browsing Pinterest. I was able to collect some nice DIY Halloween costume ideas for the kids. Here’s a DIY Superhero Costume Round-up I put together. The nice thing about all these DIY superhero costumes is

Click here for more →

Boy’s Spider T-shirt Tutorial

By Blueberry Junkie on October 11, 2012 / Patterns and Tutorials, Portfolio / Leave a comment

My son Connor, being the second and youngest boy in our home, is destined to wear the hand-me downs from his older brother Phoenix. Now and then, before I officially pass down clothing to Connor, I revamp it a little bit. He is super happy when he receives these “new” items. This boy’s spider t-shirt is an example of how to revamp a child’s t-shirt by using an applique. This is a great way to reuse previously loved clothing, or to refreshen a child’s t-shirt that is perhaps a little stained or ripped. For this project I used

Click here for more →

DIY Caterpillar Party Favors

By Blueberry Junkie on October 4, 2012 / Children Parties, Patterns and Tutorials, Portfolio, Printables / Leave a comment

A Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Part 2: Caterpillar Party Favors The caterpillar party favors I went with for Phoenix’s birthday party were personalized CDs featuring caterpillar songs. To find suitable children songs for the caterpillar CD I simply went to iTunes. A quick search in iTunes rewarded me with 10 children songs that were just perfect to play at the party and to include in the CD. I created a playlist in iTunes called “Caterpillar Party Mix“. I made the playlist public so that others looking to make their own caterpillar CD could do so easily. To take a

Click here for more →

Caterpillar Party Invite: A Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Part 1

By Blueberry Junkie on September 27, 2012 / Children Parties, Patterns and Tutorials, Portfolio / Leave a comment

A couple of weeks ago my munchkin Phoenix turned 5. Weeks prior, as we started to plan his party, I tried to sell him on the idea of having a superhero themed party, dinosaurs or even angry birds. He rejected all my ideas and was pretty set on having a party themed after the Very Hungry Caterpillar, one of his favourite books by Eric Carle. Actually, Phoenix received this book as a gift when he was really young and he just loves it. He loves to pretend he is the little caterpillar eating through all the foods. He loves to

Click here for more →

DIY Number Cubby Shelf: A Pottery Barn Knock Off

By Blueberry Junkie on September 26, 2012 / On the Web, Portfolio, Projects / Leave a comment

DIY Number Cubby Shelf Hi everyone! Very excited to be getting back to blogging after so many months of inactivity. I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised to see this blog was not totally dead, but in fact has managed to maintain itself alive in spite of the lack of attention on my part. I even managed to get a few new followers during this long absence. Anyway, let’s get down to business. I am in the process of revamping our playroom. One of the areas that I have always struggled with is having a proper art area for

Click here for more →

DIY Cardboard Box Airplane

By Blueberry Junkie on December 29, 2011 / children, Pretend Play / 1 Comment

I must say we had a great Holiday Season, surrounded by lots of family, (a little alcohol) and lots of good food. Now things are slowly going back to normal and the kids and I are always looking for fun things to do around here…which brings me to big, empty cardboard boxes!! Post-Holidays, once the gift-giving season is over, everyone ends up with lots of cardboard boxes. For some, they are just stuff that gets discarded, but in our home, we get excited with the possibilities (yes, they are endless). Most of the time we only have access to

Click here for more →