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28 Sep

Cute Scarecrow Craft

Create your own adorable scarecrow craft to decorate your home this Fall season. Supplies: Wooden craft sticks Glue gun or white Elmer’s glue Googley eyes Paint (pink, brown, black) Black permanent marker Felt Yarn Directions: Place 5 wider wooden sticks or 6-7 narrow sticks in a row vertically. Lay one stick on top horizontally at […]

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28 Sep

Dollar Store Finds

Easy crafts from the Dollar store! Head to your local Dollar Store and grab some easy fall craft supplies! There were several fun crafts and supplies to do with your kiddos. Like these cute Wooden Fall scenes. To create your own wooden fall scene grab a kit from the Dollar store. The kit comes with […]

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10 Jul

Flamingo Hand Keepsake

Supplies: Blue and Pink Paper Pink Feathers Black Pen Scissors and glue Instructions: Begin by tracing the outline of your child’s hand. Have them hold their fingers close together while you are tracing them. Next cut out the outline of their hand. Draw and cut out a flamingo head. Glue the head onto your blue […]

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14 May

Back to School Pencil Pouch

Create your own DIY Pencil Pouch Supplies: Material Old Jeans Measuring tape/Ruler Patches Sewing Scissors Needle and thread Zipper Chalk or pencil for marking your fabric Steps: 1- Cut off a piece of your jeans between the knee and just below where the pocket is sewed in. 2- Measure how wide you want the top […]

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1 Apr

Dying Easter Eggs

Have a little extra fun this year dying your Easter eggs! Create themed eggs! We had fun this year creating a few characters for our eggs! Create your own characters with us! It’s easy and fun. Supplies: Hard boiled eggs Food coloring Vinegar Edible pens are great for adding details like a smile, eyes or […]

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18 Mar

Rainbow Craft

Create an adorable sunshiny rainbow with your littles! Supplies: Crepe paper (red, yellow/gold, green, blue & purple/pink) Paper plate Yellow & pink paint Paint brush, black marker, scissors and glue Yellow construction paper Instructions: To begin fold your paper plate to create a straight line (see image). Fold it about 2/3 of the way down […]

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17 Mar

Whipped Cream Easter Eggs

Dye your Easter eggs with this unique technique & strange ingredient! This technique is a lot of fun and your kids will enjoy playing with the whipped cream! Supplies: Food Coloring Whipped cream Large pan (at least a 9×12) Hard boiled eggs Plastic gloves First hard boil your eggs and then allow them to cool. […]

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11 Feb

Table Talk

How is your table talk?! When you sit at the table is everyone tempted to be on their phone? To watch TV? Do you only get yes or no in answer to your questions? How can you make table time more special? We asked ourselves this question a few years back… and came up with […]

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4 Feb

Painting with Food!

Painting with food?! How fun is that!???! What a fun way to change things up with your kiddos and to do something completely unique! Grab various food items that you think might work, and give it a try! We started with “roses”. We made our beautiful roses with the base of Chard plant (Bietole in […]

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31 Jan

Valentine Card Holders

Love Month Challenge 2021! Before we get to the fun part and see how to make these too cute love note holders, let’s talk Love Month Challenge. According to the work of John Gottman and Robert Levenson, who closely studied the effects of negativity with couples, the suggested ratio is 5:1, meaning that for every negative encounter, there should be a […]

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