When we end up with packets of stuff like Kool-aid, it ends up in our craft drawer for fun recipes like this one. The colors are nice and bright and it smells nice and fruity. 🙂 Scratch & Sniff Watercolors 1 Tbs. unsweetened powdered drink mix 1 Tbs. warm water several small containers (muffin tins…
Month: February 2009
Beating the Winter Blahs
A lot of people are feeling down right now. Winter has been dragging on and lots of us have been housebound and sun-deprived. Kids have cabin fever, parents are stressed about economic worries and the world tends towards gray and dreary. I’ve been battling winter blahs myself lately. It seems like this time of year…
Comments are Fixed!
Some people wrote and said they weren’t able to comment without subscribing to Live Journal. I went through the settings and I think I have that taken care of. It should be set now so that anybody can comment. Fingers crossed. 🙂
Hand Lotion Play Dough
Looking for a fun way to pass some time with the kids today? Here’s our family’s favorite quick play dough recipe. It’s no cook, easy and uses things you’re likely to have on hand. Best of all, it smells great and feels better than most no-cook doughs. Hand lotion playdough Mix 2 cups of flour…
Magical Moments
Calling all magical mamas! And dads and grandmas and others. 🙂 Some folks wrote me and said they were going to try doing the birdseed gingerbread house idea I posted the other day. If you do something from the Magical Childhood site/blog and take a picture or blog about it, I’d love to put it…
Pipe Clean Hairdresser
I hope you had a fun Mardi Gras. We did some sledding, had a tailgate party with some friends at a park and even did a little pancake racing (with some frozen pancakes and paper plate holders as griddles). Here’s a simple little craft that my daughter Victoria made up last year out of a…
Fat Tuesday!
Happy Mardi Gras! We’re spending the day at a sledding party out of town, but we’re going to do our best to don some beads and wear some green, purple and gold. If you want to celebrate the day with your kids, this site has just the right amount of history & fun to get…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
10 Ways to Make Today Magical….. 1. If you have snow, invite the kids to make giant "tracks" to attach to their snow boots. Cut strange looking feet out of a large cardboard box and cut two holes in the bottom to tie them on. Tie around each boot and have the kids tromp through…
Welcome and rambling thoughts
Welcome to the new Magical Childhood blog! For about 8 years, I sent out my Magical Childhood newsletter. First it was nearly weekly, then monthly, then it tapered off to once or twice a year. I always felt guilty, like I was letting down countless readers by being such a deadbeat. 🙂 I went from…