My husband gets a lot of large packages couriered to our house in his line of work, and as he was cleaning up the packaging and the miles and miles of brown packing paper, I was reminded of an activity that my mom used to do with us a lot when we were little – printing! My little guy’s hands ... Read More »
Last fall, I babysat two young elementary school kids on one of their P.D. days shortly before Hallowe’en. They wanted to do something fun and crafty, but because we had also spent a lot of time playing outside, we didn’t have a lot of time left in the day for an elaborate craft! They also wanted to make something ‘scary’ ... Read More »
MR – I just discovered this great blog, The Year of Less. The author and her husband are going to one thing each day to simplify their lives – what a great idea! I’ve already done a few of her challenges, like going through your kitchen cupboards, and thinning through our kids’ toy collections. Others, like the most recent, are ... Read More »
First off, I put the quotation marks around the word Edible mostly because while it is non-toxic, it doesn’t taste very good, so it’s not really meant for consumption, unlike finger painting with jello pudding cups. This is, however, without a doubt the best smelling finger paint that you’ll ever come across! My little H-man and I were looking for ... Read More »
This idea has been all over Pinterest in various forms since I started pinning. The idea is to microwave a bar of Ivory soap for about 2 minutes, and see what happens. It was pretty exciting to watch this small bar of soap turn into a big fluffy soap cloud! It is fun to touch, though it reminded the kids ... Read More »
I have seen many different posts for how to permanently write on dishes with just a Sharpie, and they looked awesome! So when I needed a wedding shower gift for a dear friend, I thought it would be neat to try it out. You can start with any plain, oven-proof dish (ie. not plastic). I wiped mine with a damp ... Read More »
I pinned this post last summer, and am excited to have some warm weather to try it out with! I just bought an 8-pack of sponges at the dollar store and cut each one into strips (about 6 or so). I took 5-6 strips, tied them together with dental floss and they puffed out into these cute little sponge balls! ... Read More »
Our boys are obsessed with tractors, thanks to their Opa. We have loader tractors, combines, wagons, balers (can you tell that I have learned a lot about tractors too?). So for Halloween they wanted to be farmers – one driving a FORD tractor for Opa, and the other two driving John Deere – just to bug Opa. 🙂 We cut ... Read More »
Our youngest absolutely LOVES the Cars movie. We decided to make a Cars racetrack cake for his second birthday. I baked a carrot cake into two round cake pans. When they were cool, I laid them side by side and cut off a small piece so they fit together (which meant we got to sample it…) To make the racetrack, I ... Read More »
We tried ice cream cone cupcakes last year for a birthday, and they were a big hit! They tasted great, the kids loved them, and I loved the lack of plates/forks needed! So for our 5 year old’s birthday, we made them again. I went with a basic boxed cake mix. I filled the cones with just less than 1/4 c. ... Read More »
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