The Epic Fort 2017 theme was dark and light! First, the video: Photo Overview: Fort Description (and more pics)… Read More
Epic Fort 2017
Epic Fort 2016
Another year, another fort—and as always, bigger and better than the last year!
Epic Fort 2015
Another year, another fort! This time we themed it “Arabian Nights”. First, the video! Epic Fort 2015 from Fort Builders… Read More
Epic Fort 2014
It’s our 4th year of forting fun—I can’t believe it! This year, we decided to go with a more artsy vibe and came up with the idea of an Avatar theme (the fluorescent planet Pandora).
Paper Mache Dinosaur Mask (T-rex costume DIY)
It’s time for a paper mache dinosaur mask DIY! I absolutely love paper mache (or papier mache, however you want to spell… Read More
Epic Fort 2013
Another year—and our third annual fort building event! This was a MUCH bigger fort than ever before, and took us… Read More
Hunger Games Treasure Hunt
An awesome treasure hunt that slowly (and to the hunter’s surprise) devolved into a bloodthirsty Hunger Games style fight to the death.
Snail racing game
I used to think snails were disgusting. And I used to hate them, for helping destroy my veggie gardens. However,… Read More
Golden Snitch Ornament DIY – Harry Potter craft
A fun, quick, cheap and easy DIY for a Golden Snitch ornament (a Harry Potter holiday craft) to hang on your Christmas tree. It’s a great craft for Harry Potter loving kids and adults this holiday.
Epic Fort 2012
So! Many of you may remember the epic fort my roommates and I built in 2011 (if not, here’s the… Read More
My 2012 Easter Trophy
Here’s a fun DIY that I sorta fell into. One year we decided to host an “Easter Egg Hunt for… Read More
Flour fighting
Inspired by the Hindu holiday Holi, some friends and I decided it’d be fun to have a mini flour-fight. It turned… Read More
Explorin’ the lake {geocaching}
We are at it again—making and hiding another geocachefor people to hunt down! While we were up north in the… Read More
DIY Masquerade Mask Tutorial
Every New Years for the past 4 years I’ve tried to do something slightly different than normal. This year, it… Read More
The vintage arcade
For the holidays Chris and I were up in Sonoma (i.e. wine country), but we did take a day trip… Read More
Geocaching
If you haven’t heard of Geocaching, you HAVE to check it out here. Essentially it’s like an ongoing treasure hunt… Read More
Redwall feast!
I mentioned this over on fair ivy’s blog, but thought I might do a little blog posting about it as… Read More
Beast Make Bomb – and Ninjas
Chris, Tom and Jan have recently come out with their first iPhone game, called Ninjas vs Vikings! It took lots of… Read More
Epic Fort 2011
Remember back in March when I said it would be great to have enough boxes to build a fort?
Well….
Community Service
Yesterday I was asked to help out at a local community service event that doesn’t really fit your normal idea… Read More