We took advantage of the fabulous weather this weekend by going to Magic City Art Connection, an annual art festival in downtown Birmingham. We love everything about the event, but now that we have a little boy, we see the festival in a whole new light. Yesterday, we spent almost the entire time making crafts in the kids area. This year, we learned how to make a toy guitar out of a box. Thanks to the friendly event volunteers, here’s a step-by-step guide how to make one of your own using common office supplies:

 
1. Locate a box. Most any box will …read more

As you know, for Christmas we got our 16-year-old a bass guitar w/amp and our 14-year-old a new cell phone with a QWERTY keyboard. They are both thrilled with their gifts. Or at least they were.
A few days after Christmas the teen made a crack about how I spent so much more money on his brother’s guitar.
“Why do you think that?” I asked.
“Because that guitar was probably like $500 or something.” Clearly he needs to do a little price checking because the guitar was far, far, far from $500, but I let it drop.
Then a few days later my friend …read more

If your little guys are the least bit creative, you just might want to hand them a cardboard box to see what they can come up with! Now, chances are they won’t be able to pull this off, but who knows. When Britt was little, she built herself a guitar out of a few pieces of wood, some nails and some string. It didn’t make a sound, but she had a great time creating it and would wander around the house with her guitar for hours singing her little heart out.
Who needs expensive toys when you have cardboard boxes …read more