The Crafty Crow shares a link for homemade water colors! I can’t wait for the fall (and the help of a part time nanny) when I can undertake more of these types of projects with our older son.

Another fun activity comes to us from plum pudding: rice play! I didn’t think about my food bankruptcy plan possibly including this, but why not? The Crafty Crow also featured dying pasta last week. What a great idea for all of those pesky 1/7 pounds of pasta I have in the pantry cabinet!

not martha has more sewing machine purchasing resources. Stop tempting me, internet!

Living Cheap and Green has sources for recycling juice and cookie pouches. Who knew?

And lastly, Ohdeeoh invades my psyche once again with something we *must* do in our house soon:

the closet into mudroom! Instructions can be found at the Shabby Nest. I will be doing this to our coat closet as soon as possible!