I embarked on my 4th 100 Day Project this past April (2019). If you’re not familiar with the project, it’s a free art project that takes place online annually. Every spring, thousands of people all around the world commit to 100 days of exploring their creativity.
Anyone can join (yes, that means you!). The idea is simple: choose a project, do it every day for 100 days, and share your process on Instagram with the hashtag #The100DayProject.
My focus this year is on #100DaysofHandmade. I plan to do a majority of the projects with my daughter and am excited to see what we can accomplish in the next 3+ months.
Here’s what we got up to over the course of the project:
- Day 1: Crayon Lip Gloss
- Day 2: DIY Stress Balls
- Day 3: DIY Activated Charcoal Face Mask
- Day 4: Popsicle Stick Superheroes
- Day 5: Homemade Playdough
- Day 6: DIY Bath Bombs
- Day 7: Tissue Paper Balloon Bowls
- Day 8: Watercolor fun with Rubbing Alcohol
- Day 9: Pom Pom Headbands
- Day 10: Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
- Day 11: Homemade Lotion
- Day 12: Travel Tic Tac Toe
- Day 13: Pocket Kitties
- Day 14: Drawing faces
- Day 15: Coffee Filter Butterflies
- Day 16: Sharpie Tile Coasters
- Day 17: Frozen Banana Bites
- Day 18: Matzah Candy
- Day 19: Tie Dye
- Day 20: Paint scraping
- Day 21: Stamp making
- Day 22: Collages
- Day 23: Drawing
- Day 24: Hand and feet portraits
- Day 25: Paper Monsters
- Day 26: Tassel Keychains
- Day 27: Tissue Paper Flowers
- Day 28: Tissue Paper 5’s
- Day 29: Plastic Egg Maracas
- Day 30: Bubbles
- Day 31: Milk Carton Bird Houses
- Day 32: Pin the flower on the cactus game
- Day 33: Cactus Pretzel Rods
- Day 34: Anna’s Cinco de Mayo Birthday Party!
- Day 35: Cardboard Tube Unicorns
- Day 36: Chocolate Banana Muffins
- Day 37: Yarn-wrapped letters
- Day 38: Circle skirt for Anna
- Day 39: Hand painted wooden spoons
- Day 40: Sheet Pan Pancakes
- Day 41: Air Clay
- Day 42: Felt Monsters
- Day 43: Finishing up the hand painted wooden spoons
- Day 44: Painting our air clay creations
- Day 45: More felt monsters!
- Day 46: Sketching + Colored Pencil Play
- Day 47: Strawberry Mango Popsicles
- Day 48: Painted jars
- Day 49: Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Day 50: DIY Desk Calendar
- Day 51: Yarn wall hanging
- Day 52: DIY Eye Make-up Remover
- Day 53: Banana Bread
- Day 54: Marbled Nail Polish Votives
- Day 55: Polymer Clay
- Day 56: Bath Bombs (again)
- Day 57: Microwave S’mores
- Day 58: Prepping for T-shirt Skirts
- Day 59: Chocolate Lip Balm
- Day 60: Recycled Paper Crafts
- Day 61: Acrylic Paint Pouring @ Paint Monkey
- Day 62: Coconut Oil Shampoo Bar
- Day 63: Prep for Knotted hair ties
- Day 64: Knotted hair ties
- Day 65: More prep for T-shirt Skirts
- Day 66: T-shirt Skirts + Digitized Drawings
- Day 67: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
- Day 68: Sheet Pan Gnocchi
- Day 69: Sugar Scrubs
- Day 70: Essential Oil Perfume
- Day 71: Crafting at the Maker Space at the Children’s Museum
- Day 72: Father’s Day Craft (Portrait Drawing)
- Day 73: Cardboard Tube Family
- Day 74: Unicorn Dream Catchers
- Day 75: Lemon Squares
- Day 76: Cherry Sorbet
- Day 77: Balloon Tennis
- Day 78: Making Faces
- Day 79: Rice Chex Treats
- Day 80: Mini Blueberry Muffins
- Day 81: Honey Sriracha Meatballs
- Day 82: DIY Foaming Hand Soap
- Day 83: Morning Checklist
- Day 84: Blender Muffins
- Day 85: Building furniture for baby’s room
- Day 86: Building more furniture for baby’s room
- Day 87: Chocolate Chip Chickpea Bites
- Day 88: Herb Garden
- Day 89: Chamomile + Castile Face Wash
- Day 90: Clementine Pound Cake
- Day 91: Friendship Bracelets
- Day 92: Rainbow Egg Bake
- Day 93: Watercolor portrait
- Day 94: Breakfast Potatoes
- Day 95: Homemade bagels
- Day 96: Origami Market Bags
- Day 97: Homemade bagels, attempt #2
- Day 98: French Toast Bake
- Day 99: Polka dots on the wall
- Day 100: Unicorn Maxi Skirt, homemade bagels (perfected!), and apple cinnamon blender muffins
Things we didn’t get to but wanted to try our hands at:
- Caftan Dress
- Embroidering napkins
- Giant paper pinwheels
- Business card holder (or this one)
- Zipper card pouch
- Pouches (drawstring and zipper)
- Sugar Scrubs (this is a favorite)
- Brownies from scratch (this one, this one, or this one)
- Peanut butter cookies with Hershey’s Kiss centers (or the peanut butter cup version)
- Microwavable heat packs
- Homemade mascara
- Terrarium (plant guide here)
- Potted herb garden
- Canning — peaches or salsa
- Paper flowers (large ones, roses, peonies, gardenia, rainbow)
- Pot holders
- Robot People collages
- Bird seed feeders
- Matching Mommy-Anna aprons
- T-shirt pillows
- Rainbow Kid Craft
- DIY Kaleidoscope (or this one)
- Button Self-Portraits
- Tape Resist Watercolor
- Oil Pastel Resist Watercolor
- Embroidery Hoops with yarn and burlap
- Printmaking with Cardboard
- Play Clay
- Draw everything we did in a day
- Pom Pom Rug x2 (inspiration here, here, and here)
- Pom Pom Pens
- Cherry Pom Pom Key Chains
- Oatmeal Honey Soap
- Rock Candy
- Popsicle Stick Bracelets
- Sock Monsters (also here)
- Monster Mouth Snacks
- Pancake Art
- Fudge (inspiration here, here, and here)
- Marshmallows Dipped in Chocolate
- Homemade pasta with friends
- Cardboard Zoo Animals
- DIY Rain Sticks
- Bubble Art
- Rainbow Collages
Want to have more craft time in YOUR home?
Fantastic! Crafting is an amazing way to connect, play, and grow together. I’d love to see what you (and your little ones) get up to, so please please please make sure to tag me (@emilylevenson) AND use the #madewithlev hashtag when posting on Instagram.
Happy crafting. ❤️
