Tonya Staab

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Delicious Summer Gnocchi with Pesto Sauce

3 days ago | makeandtakes.com | Tonya Staab

Summer dinner recipes that are lighter and filled with delicious fresh greens are the way to our heart. We’ve previously shared our delicious pasta, spinach quinoa salad, and tips for creating a good green salad. Below, we are sharing another of our favorites, gnocchi with pesto sauce. I have grown kids who are still picky eaters when it comes to vegetables. Two absolutely loved this, while the third did pick out the asparagus, which wasn’t surprising at all.
Awesome Cereal Box Crafts for Everyone

1 week ago | tonyastaab.com | Tonya Staab

9 These awesome cereal box crafts are perfect for kids, teens, and adults, but most importantly, you can reuse what you make. Over at Harper Kids, I’m sharing a fun book craft that makes storytime extra fun. After you’ve read, How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander, have the kids make their own handmade cereal box journals. Encourage them to write and illustrate their own book with your help.
Healthy Homemade High Fiber Trail Mix Recipe

1 month ago | makeandtakes.com | Tonya Staab

We love making homemade trail mix. Not only is it healthier, but we can target it to what we need more of, such as protein, fiber, or healthy fats. We’ve previously shared these 15 healthy snacks for the whole family along with tips for storing snack for on-the-go. Below, we are sharing a high-fiber trail mix recipe and giving you ideas on how to make your own. This grab-and-go high fiber trail mix is full of fiber-rich ingredients including nuts, dried fruits, and dark chocolate.
How to Repurpose Old Jewelry Into Hair Clips

1 month ago | makeandtakes.com | Tonya Staab

If you are starting your spring cleaning, hang onto those things that you love and can repurpose. You might not love it or wear it how it is now, but you can turn it into something that you will wear. We’ve previously shown you how to patch jeans with repurposed items, make a bird bath using repurposed items, and you won’t believe what we used to make a flower frog. Below, we are showing you how to repurpose old jewelry and turn them into pretty hair clips that you will want to wear.
DIY Wood Dr Seuss Photo Booth

2 months ago | tonyastaab.com | Tonya Staab

4 This DIY Dr Seuss photo booth is the perfect addition for Cat in the Hat week, Dr. Seuss parties, World Book Day, and so much more. We celebrated Cat in the Hat week with a family literacy night for current and future students in our community. Each teacher was asked to contribute an activity for the event. A couple of us took a couch and bean bags along with baskets of books to make a reading corner, and I decided to add a fun photo booth too which the kids and families loved.
Easy Guided Watercolor Painting Ideas for Kids

2 months ago | makeandtakes.com | Tonya Staab

Watercolors are my favorite medium to paint with and my students love it too. Your kids will love our beginner watercolor art like our truffula tree watercolor art and our sun and moon watercolor project. We have helpful tips for watercoloring with kids, but if your kids are having trouble getting started with a watercolor art, try our guided project below. Our watercolor painting projects for kids use guided rather than instructional ideas for process watercolor art that kids will love creating.
Step-By-Step Instructions for Patching Distressed Jeans

2 months ago | makeandtakes.com | Step-By-Step Instructions |Tonya Staab

If there is a way to upcycle something and not throw it away, I will do it. Spring is almost here and it’s time to clear the clutter. We’ve got some fun ways to upcycle things you probably have in your home. Turn those old ceramic bowls into a bird bath for your garden, turn old jars into flower frog vases for flower arranging, and use fabric scraps to make our pretty DIY rag rug. You can also use torn items in your home for patching distressed jeans. We’ll show you how below.
Bee Theme Classroom Door, Library, and Home Center Ideas

2 months ago | tonyastaab.com | Tonya Staab

5 Whether you are studying insects or you have a bee themed classroom, we have fun ideas for decorating your classroom door and library. Spring is in the air and we have just started our insect unit in the classroom. This means switching our decor out to reflect what we will be learning about. Last year though, I created these fun bee themed door and library spaces because our classroom was bee themed for the whole year; I switched them out to reflect the season instead of the study unit.
Quick and Easy Pesto Chicken Flatbread Pizza

Mar 6, 2025 | makeandtakes.com | Tonya Staab

Flatbread pizza is a quick and easy meal for the whole family. The best part is it can be customized to everyone’s likes and dislikes with a quick addition or reduction in toppings. One of our favorite toppings is our antipasto flatbread, but if you are looking for something for picky kids, then try our quick and easy pesto chicken flatbread pizza below. This quick and easy pesto chicken flatbread pizza will be a hit with the whole family.
Snowflake Rubbing Winter Art for Kids

Mar 5, 2025 | makeandtakes.com | Tonya Staab

With winter well and truly upon us, we are doing fun indoor snowflake crafts with the kids. Some of our favorites include paper tube snowflake stamps, snowflake tic-tac-toe, and coloring coffee filter snowflakes. Below, we are doing snowflake rubbing winter art. Kids will love creating pretty winter art using crayons and a variety of snowflakes made of different materials and textures. Snowflake rubbing winter art for kidsCan you do snowflake rubbings with any materials?