Category: Our Daughter

The pressure of ‘believing’

Posted on December 5, 2018 by

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The pressure of believing {Heather's Handmade Life}

Welcome to Veggie Village, the very boring column where we talk about forcing our kids to eat vegetables because we’re mean. Today I’m going to share my favourite methods for steaming broccoli and how to … OK, that should guarantee any kids have stopped… Continue Reading “The pressure of ‘believing’”

Category: Holidays, Milestones, Our Daughter, Our Son, Parenting, The Mom Scene

The thing about theme days

Posted on November 6, 2018 by

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The thing about theme days {Heather's Handmade Life}

I love a good theme day. There was nobody as excited as me when I finally got to participate in my first Crazy Hair Day at our elementary school two years ago. I was delighted in hot-gluing LEGO bricks to barrettes and turning our… Continue Reading “The thing about theme days”

Category: Annoyances, Our Daughter, Parenting, The Mom Scene

DIY Harry Potter costumes

Posted on November 2, 2018 by

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DIY Harry Potter costumes | DIY Quidditch broom craft | Hermione Granger costume | Rita Skeeter costume | {Heather's Handmade Life}

And so, after spending a year feeling guilty about dropping waaaaay too much money in the stupid Halloween store — and coming to the conclusion that DIY costumes aren’t always cheaper — I present to you … our sorta-bought, sorta-DIY Harry Potter costumes …… Continue Reading “DIY Harry Potter costumes”

Category: Annabelle, Craftiness, Holidays, Our Daughter, Our Son, Sewing

DIY Halloween costumes for kids

Posted on October 31, 2018 by

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DIY Halloween costumes for kids {Heather's Handmade Life}

This is our EIGHTH year of going trick-or-treating with at least one kiddo, and we’ve had a lot of fun costumes over the years. Many have been handmade, but many have also been store-bought and maybe modified a lil’. (Er, some more expensively than others.)… Continue Reading “DIY Halloween costumes for kids”

Category: Craftiness, Holidays, Our Daughter, Our Son

Getting kids excited about STEM

Posted on October 30, 2018 by

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Getting kids excited about STEM {Heather's Handmade Life}

Disclosure: littleBits sent us a Base Inventor Kit* to play with so I could share this story. All opinions and irrational fears of science are my own. *** I can’t imagine a future in which my daughter doesn’t think she can go to university… Continue Reading “Getting kids excited about STEM”

Category: Activities, Our Daughter, Our Son, Parenting, School, The Mom Scene

I’m Heather Laura Clarke. I’m a writer living in beautiful Nova Scotia, I have a 15-year-old son and a 13-year-old daughter, I married my high school sweetheart, and this is the story of my handmade life.

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