As previously discussed in my Chinese New Year and St. Patrick's Day posts, my family is trying to celebrate high days from other cultures this year. It started as an addition to our Homeschooling, but now I think Passover will be in our annual repertoire of holidays we celebrate for the rest of our lives. … Continue reading How to Host a Christian Passover – Part 1
For my daughter's 4th Birthday she asked for a Mermaid Party. I decided to broaden the theme a bit to an Under the Sea party. There are lots of options on Pinterest for Under the Sea that include shovels, buckets and cupcakes that look like sand, but I thought that looked too beachy, so I … Continue reading Mermaid Party
Our family's St. Patrick's Day Party, thrown with just 2 hours notice! By the way, this is my 50th post!!! I had grand ideas of throwing a St. Patrick's Day party that would rival my Chinese New Year Party. I made a friend through our homeschool co-op who is of Irish descent AND is Catholic. … Continue reading Last-Minute St. Patrick’s Day Party
So, we have never celebrated Chinese New Year before, and before last week we knew almost NOTHING about Chinese New Year. The story behind why we are celebrating Chinese New Year in the first place can be found at this page, where you can also get the instructions on how to make the red envelopes … Continue reading Chinese New Year Party!
Photo by Andrew Haimerl on Pexels.com I have never really given much thought to Chinese New Year. As far as I know my ancestors were British, Irish and German - and I was born and raised in Canada. I knew nothing about Chinese New Year two weeks ago - other than that it takes place … Continue reading Chinese New Year Tradition: Red Envelopes
I love theme parties! I love transforming my backyard into another world! We've done several parties here at But First We Craft, like Ninjas, Harry Potter, Disney Princess Party and Batman. Today I want to tell you about our Cowboy (or Wild West) Party. This was another one of my favourites. I love the historical … Continue reading Cowboy Party
Photo by rawpixel.com on Pexels.com I started But First We Craft on April 12th of this year with the post Gilt Picture Frames which to date has been seen 13 times. How adorable! I’d like to tell you my story on how and why I started this blog, and some thoughts on my 2018 blogging journey. … Continue reading 2018- A Blog in Review
It's Christmastime! And there's very little I enjoy more than DIYing things better than you can buy them. A prime example is: Christmas Crackers. Christmas Crackers cost a fortune, and all you ever get (usually anyway) are little garbagey trinkets that you'll never use again (that being said, I got an amazingly nice lipstick case … Continue reading DIY Christmas Crackers
Family, Turkey, pumpkin pie, beautiful colours...I just love Thanksgiving! We hosted Thanksgiving this year for my husband's side of the family. I was very excited to be able to try out this Thanksgiving Decor Table Display. The supplies need to be prepared a bit in advance to let the spray paint dry, but I did … Continue reading Thanksgiving Table Setting
As previously discussed, I am in love with Harry Potter- the books, not the person. You can see just a glimpse with this House Points Incentive Activity we made. But the crown jewel of all my Harry Potter Crafts and Activities is this party. For her 11th Birthday, my niece was allowed to have some friends over … Continue reading Harry Potter Party
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