3D Melted Crayon Valentine Heart Card

Presenting 3D Melted Crayon Heart Valentine card
Craft projects for the whole year

2013 is gone and 2014 is here.. Happy New year to all of you. I hope the new year gives you a lot of happiness & good health. Now If i go back and check the year that was, I was happy to see a craft for each month. That makes me really really happy. […]
ArtsyCraftsyMom Social Media Help required

It is tough to go market yourself or your brand these days. With paid campaigns abound, it gets really hard for small businesses to get their names out there. I tried really hard but some site or FB page comes up which shares all your posts without a single post of their own.. and they […]
Teachers Day Special – What kids love about their teachers

Happy Teachers Day to all of you.. As moms n dads, you are your child’s first teacher. I did get a special hug from my lil one today when she wished us. I thought I’d do something fun today and wrote to moms I knew, if they would ask their child what they loved about […]
Paper Plate Bird Hanging

From our craft class 2 weeks back. Materials used Styrofoam plate Blue Poster Colour Sponge Felt cutouts – Cloud shape (white) Foam cutouts – Bird, chicks, leaves, flowers Craft grass for the nest Foam / Felt cutout in brown for the trunk To make Using a sponge and blue poster colour, paint the styrofoam plate […]
Friendly Aliens

Last month’s theme for the art competition at Lil p’s school was “draw an alien” .. I had totally forgotten about it till the actual day dawned.. Lil P woke up to a frantic “I don’t know how to draw an alien” So here’s what we came up with in 5 minutes. Draw an […]
Happy Anniversary to Us

Its our wedding anniversary today and I found this lovely poem by Kirk A. Finney on the net that sums up my feelings pretty well. Happy Anniversary When years are passing by like days, and in your hand my hand is placed, a knowing smile crosses your face, a simple touch […]
DIY Glitter Paper Table Lanterns

This is a first in our Diwali series this year.. I have many posts, just need a bit of time to download and then post. As you can see, we are in love with glitter paper. Nice and shiny.. and so festive don’t you think? We followed the easy instructions from kaboose.com and made these […]
Crafts about India submitted by Shama

I really love Shama’s entries for the Artsy-Craftsy challenges. Her enthusiasm is super infectious. Here are some entries from her & her daughter for this month’s AC challenge India Collage – Recycled CD art . Holi Poster Holi celebration Diwali craft INDIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CROWN/HAT HAPPY […]
Celebrating India with Prisha
Another set by a different Prisha 🙂 from Prisha The Miracle Rakshabandhan Aarti plate
India crafts by Dr Sonia & Prisha

Awesome crafts by Prisha & her mom Dr Sonia submitted for the AC-Aug Aren’t they exquisite? I really applaud the effort and interest moms take for their child’s school projects. Diorama Trivandrum Kerala Taj Mahal Stencil Art Tutorial Taj Mahal Art Taj Mahal School Project
Indian National Symbol bookmarks – Entry by Remya Gautam

Entry by Remya Gautam National Symbol Bookmarks Steps: Draw national symbols Flag, Tiger, Banyan Tree, Lotus, Peacock( my little one struggled to draw a peacock, Hence we decided to go for peacock feather) on cardboard/hard paper. Cut the pictures. Trace the edges/drawings with a black sketch pen. Colour the pictures. Explain the national […]
Ice Cream Card by Sonia

Our first entry for the Artsy-Craftsy-July is from Sonia Ice cream Card- Paper pieced Card Made using card stock & 3D glitter glue and corrugated paper, this ice cream card will steal your heart. Read her post for more details
Blog Birthday

Its my Blog’s birthday.. and we complete 3 glorious years together. From 2009 July to today = 752 posts , 6389 comments , 575,131 total page views and 500+ followers on facebook. What a journey! Thank you all for being with us, supporting us and encouraging all through! This month, we’ll have […]
Chocolate cake & weekend tales

The weekend brought us some not so good news. All of you know that I had planned to conduct weekend craft classes at home. Well that might not happen any more. My hubby, had even got 50 pamphlets printed for me. In order to put it up on the notice boards of our apartment, I […]
Winner for giveaway 2

The unique entries are 1 Ashu on May 7, 2012 12:21 AM said… 2 Akhila Gona on May 8, 2012 8:07 AM said… 3 Soumya on May 8, 2012 9:44 AM said… 4 binu suneja said… 5 Shama Nagarajan on May 8, 2012 12:09 PM said… 6 Artnavy on May 8, 2012 2:42 PM said… […]
Camera Crazy ..

Ever since we bought our DSLR, Lil p has claimed ownership of the “little” camera – Our Sony 14 MP point and shoot. Normally I wouldn’t have given her such a costly equipment as a toy, but Lil P is very careful with it. I’m not sure if you allow your kids to handle costly […]
Emreen’s gift …

Emreen sent me these lovely pics of her gift for the Blog birthday giveaway … In her words … Thanks a ton for the thoughtful and wonderful gift 😉 😉 . We all loved it… Please find the pictures of the box attached – It sits on my dressing table and I am using it to house […]
Featuring Googly eye crafts by Sonia

Easy Dinosaur Felt toy Tutorial Bottle Cap Crafts – Snowman Couple Santa Box Toy Recycled Tin Craft Recycled CD Craft Popsicle Stick Craft Tutorial- Ladybird and Owl
Featuring Googly eyed crafts by shama

Shama sent us her entries for the Artsy-Craftsy-Apr EASTER BUNNY AND CHICK Egg Shell Penguins Tomato Cat
Googly eyes – pinterest board

I have a pinterest board for inspiration.. Will be adding more ideas as the month progresses. 🙂 Which is your favorite googly eyed craft? and which one are you going to try? Leave me comments.. Lots of them.. 🙂
Googly Eyed

Our home is a crafts shop in itself.. If you open the guest room cupboards, you’ll have glitter, sequins, ribbons, lace, rolls of coloured papers and foam cut outs fly at you.. I’m just kidding. They are all there but neatly piled and sorted.. Out of that stash, what we absolutely love are “Googly Eyes” […]
700 Posts!!

Its a hugeeeeeee milestone for me.. and so happy to have made it this far. 🙂 thank you all for the submissions and for your support. There are lots of changes happening here… First I’ve gone .com & MindfulMeanderings is now ArtsyCraftsyMom … You can now reach us at http://www.ArtsyCraftsyMom.com This means our FB page […]
200+ FB winner announced
Sorry for the delay.. Thank you all for being a part of the MindfulMeanderings family and taking part in the sweepstakes.. I would like to say hi to all the new people who have joined and want to thank the old timers – for commenting, encouraging and forming this amazing friendship over the last 3 […]