Free Printable Pinewood Derby Awards

Our Cub Scout Pack's Pinewood Derby is coming up next month and in preparation, I designed some printable award certificates! I designed two sets of certificates (12 certificates per set), so there are 24 different awards you can use. Since I put the year on them, I made a 2014 set and a 2015 set.

(Click the image to access the PDF files.)

Includes Best Paint Job, People's Choice, Best Use of Color, and more!

Includes Funniest Car, Best of the Den, Most Patriotic, and more!

Identical to Set 1 except for the year.

Identical to Set 2 except for the year.

5 Great Kid-Made Father's Day Gifts

Father's Day is just around the corner and if you're like me, you've given it very little thought. It's not that I don't love my husband or appreciate his efforts as a father. It's just that I'm busy. And forgetful. And already have a lot of unfinished projects in my closet.

Of course, Father's Day isn't about celebrating my husband... it's about my kids celebrating their dad... right? So this round-up came to be in an effort to find ideas of things that my kids (or yours) can do for their dad to make the day special. Enjoy (and click the images to go to the source)!

A Book About Dad

My son wrote a book about me for Mother's Day and I absolutely love it. There is no better way to capture the stage of life that your kid is in at this moment than to let them write and draw about you (or your spouse).

A Book About Dad from The Measured Mom

Daddy's Coupon Book

Everyone likes having nice things done for them, and having your kids make a coupon book for their dad is a great way to encourage gifts of service within the family. Better yet, this one is printable, so just print, staple, and give!

Printable Coupon Book from Seven Thirty Three

Lego Cufflinks

These look like an easy DIY that older kids could do. And these are totally better than normal boring cufflinks.

Lego Cufflinks from Dream A Little Bigger

Magnetic Photo Frames

Kids love painting and gluing, so this project could work for preschoolers as well as older kids. You could also change them up a bit to be desktop frames for Dad to take to work.

Magnetic Photo Frames from Titi Crafty

Printable Tie Bunting

For the kid who loves to cut paper, print out this great decoration and let them do all the cutting! Dad will appreciate it even more if it's not perfectly done.

Printable Tie Bunting from Amanda's Parties To Go

{Linked on I Gotta Create, Willamette Valley Wonder Woman, Rhinestone Beagle}

Mother's Day Printable Round-Up

In honor of Mother's Day this week, I thought I'd share some free printables! Enjoy!

Free printable card designed by me! - in Purple, Pink, and Yellow

Click the image to be taken to the source.

Bookmarks by The 36th Avenue

Doodle Card by Mandy Ford

Printable Fill-in Forms by Thirty Handmade Days

Fox Card by We Love To Illustrate

Frame-able Print by 6th Street Design School

Floral Card by Picnics Under the Moon

Poster Card by Proffitt Productions

Rock My Socks Card by Sissy Print

{Linked on Sew Can Do, Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom, All Things Fee, This Gal Cooks}

Inspiration for Your Week

I'm spending this weekend watching LDS General Conference and hearing many inspirational messages. Here is one of my favorite quotes so far, in printable form.

Click picture for free 5x7 printable

Free Cub Scout Printables

Today I'm offering some new free printables -- this time for Cub Scouts! As previously mentioned, I am currently working as a Cub Master in our local pack. These printables are signs I created for Pack Meeting. Simply click on the image to be taken to the free PDF download!

{Linked on Diane's Vintage Zest, New Nostalgia, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia, Hope Studios, Epic Mommy Adventures, This Silly Girl's Life, We Like to Learn as We Go, Fluster Buster, Green Willow Pond, Denverista}

Free Printable Princess Potty Training Chart

My three year old refuses to be potty trained. I have tried. I have failed. I have given up. And now I am trying again... sort of.

Now that she is old enough to understand consequences a little bit better, I decided to make her a princess potty chart. She gets excited when she gets a sticker to put on her chart. So far, it hasn't gotten beyond that.

Since she likes it, I thought I'd share the chart with the world. Click the image to download the free printable!

Hopefully if you're using this, you'll have more success than I am currently having!

{Linked on I Gotta Create, Embracing Change, Live Laugh Rowe, Joyful Homemaking, Artsy Fartsy Mama}

New Year Resolutions & Free Printables!

Like pretty much everyone, I hope to improve my fitness in the coming year. In an effort to help myself be reminded of this and to keep track of my progress, I created these free Fitness Tracking Printables. Each file is the same, but in different color schemes. Download and enjoy!

Brights

Darks

Pastels

{Linked on Fluster Buster, Ginger Snap Crafts, I Gotta Create, Vintage Zest}

"We Can't Play" Door Hanger (with free printable)

My son is five and until this year, we haven't had much of an issue with neighbor kids knocking on our door. But this year, the knocking has become incessant. In an effort to lessen the dinner-time and homework-time interruptions, I decided to make a sign for the front door. Here is how it turned out:

I still plan to laminate it so that it can survive some harsher weather, but I'm quite pleased at how it turned out. The true test will be the first time I hang it on the front door.

If you like it, download and print your own! Click the image below to go to the free download. The print is 8x10 and you can customize by printing on any color of card stock you like (but please note that subtle patterns work better than multicolored patterns).

Click the image for the free printable!

{Linked on Be Colorful, Serendipity Spice, All Things Fee, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia, Our Delightful Home, Ladybug Blessings, Romance on a Dime, Nap-Time Creations, Inside BruCrew Life, Cedar Hill Farmhouse, Coastal Charm}

Silent Sunday

Click image for free 5x7 printable!

Silent Sunday

Click the image to get the free printable!

Silent Sunday

For a free printable, click the image.

Silent Sunday

(For a free printable, click the image)

{Linked on Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom, Funny PostPartum Lady, Uncommon Designs, Keeping It Simple, Call Me PMc}

Personal History Printables, #6

This is the final installment of my Personal History Printable series. Pack #6 includes pages dedicated to jobs, spouse, and children, as well as many generic templates for including more detail. Click the image to open the free printable!

{Linked on New Nostalgia, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia, Hickory Trail, Adventures of a DIY Mom, Today's Creative Blog}

Personal History Printables, Part 5

Presenting the latest addition to my Personal History Printable series! In pack #5, you'll find pages for high school and college years, as well as pages to record accomplishments and aspirations. I feel like these years could potentially be some of the most important to record for posterity because these are the years when a person really begins to find themselves and decide who they are going to be.

Enjoy the free printables!

{Linked on Flamingo Toes, Three Mango Seeds, I Heart Nap Time, Uncommon Designs, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, This Gal Cooks, DIY Home Sweet Home, Keeping It Simple, I Should Be Mopping, Craft-O-Maniac, All Things Fee, Serendipity & Spice, Craft and Repeat, Be Colorful}

Personal History Printables, Part 4

Here is the latest installment in my Personal History Printable series. This pack includes pages for middle school and junior high years. Extra pages are included for documenting extra-curricular activities and friends. Enjoy!

{Linked on Live Laugh Rowe, Rhinestone Beagle, Seven Alive, The 36th Avenue, Crafty Blog Stalker, Artsy Fartsy Mama, Love and Laundry, One Project Closer, One Artsy Mama, Happy and Blessed Home, Wait Til Your Father Gets Home, Piggy in Polka Dots}

4th of July Craft Roundup

I have a hard time finding 4th of July decorations that I like. I often feel like patriotic decorations are too over-the-top for my tastes. So during the summer, our house is a little drab. In order to remedy this, I decided to put together a round-up of cute patriotic decorations that appeal to those like me.

Patriotic Paper Flowers from Live Laugh Rowe

Kelly at Live Laugh Rowe provides a great tutorial for crafting these fun and easy flowers. I love the variety of patterns she uses so that they are not just an explosion of stars and stripes.

Patchwork Watering Can from Little Pumpkin Grace

I'm not sure if Jessica at Little Pumpkin Grace made this watering can herself, but I absolutely love it. It looks like it could be a pretty easy mod podge project with either fabric or scrapbook paper.

4th of July Flag from Around and Again

Chelsea at Around and Again created this amazing 4th of July flag and she's nice enough to show us how she did it. It looks like a challenging sewing project to get the state shapes right, but the result looks like it is worth the effort!

Wooden Firecrackers from My Repurposed Life

I love that Gail at My Repurposed Life has combined the patriotic colors and shapes to create decorative wooden fire crackers. The tutorial looks very easy, too!

Liberty Wreath from Hot Commodity Home

Yep, this one is mine! I had a lot of fun putting this together using an extruded foam wreath form, strips of fabric, and wooden shapes. A great front door decoration!

4th of July Jeans from Crafty Lady Lindsay

Lindsay at Crafty Lady Lindsay gives a very nice tutorial on how to transform some old short jeans into fun and festive capris. I adore the ruffled hem!

God Bless America Printable from Landee See Landee Do

Landee definitely got this right! And even though the printable is two years old, it is still so current. I have big plans to print this out and frame it for a fast and easy decoration!

{Linked on The Owl's Skull, New Nostalgia, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia, Hickory Trail, Funky Polkadot Giraffe, Adventures of a DIY Mom, Today's Creative Blog, VMG206, Ladybug Blessings, Him and Her, Romance on a Dime, Nap-Time Creations, Inside BruCrew Life, Cedar Hill Ranch, Coastal Charm, Someday Crafts, Daisy Cottage Designs, We Like To Learn As We Go, This Girl's Life, DIY Craft Projects, Handy Man Crafty Woman, Trendy Treehouse, Content in the Meantime, Mostly Homemade Mom, Lil' Luna, Sugar and Dots}

Personal History Printables, Part 3

Just in time for Memorial Day, here is the third part of my Personal History Printable series:

This installment is for the elementary school years. Space is provided to list school information and teachers' names, then blank pages are provided to include photos and memories. Print as many pages out as you need to collect all your memories from kindergarten through sixth grade!

{Linked on Uncommon Designs, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Craft-O-Maniac, Serendipity and Spice, Rain on a Tin Roof, Keeping It Simple, DIY Home Sweet Home, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia, Funky Polka-dot Giraffe, Adventures of a DIY Mom, Today's Creative Blog, VMG206, Ladybug Blessings, Nap-Time Creations, Inside Bru Crew Life, Cedar Hill Ranch, Love Bakes Good Cakes}

Compiling a Personal History, Part 2

If you missed the first installment, find it here.

For the second part of my Personal History series, I created printables to document preschool years.

This pack includes a page to document siblings' names and birth dates, the subject's favorite things up to age 5, photo pages, and lined pages for writing memories of the preschool years.

{Linked on DIY Home Sweet Home, Uncommon Designs, Rain on a Tin Roof, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, I Should Be Mopping, Keeping It Simple Crafts, Craft-o-Maniac, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia, Today's Creative Blog, Ladybug Blessings, Nap-Time Creations, Inside Bru Crew Life, Cedar Hill Ranch,  Coastal Charm, The Owl's Skull, VMG206, Serendipity & Spice, Love Bakes Good Cakes}