1. Make your child a thank you card for being so wonderful. 2. Watch the sunset together. 3. Eat supper in a strange room, even on the floor 4. Play charades together as a family. (Which reminds me of one of my favorite kid stories– My friend Tiffany played with her family and her young…
Month: February 2010
Five Fun Links
Here’s five fun things we’ve done or want to do soon! 1. This fun alien laundry hamper… 2. Deviled eggboats… 3. Ice cube tray color mixing… 4. Recycled promotional magnets as fridge art from Creative Jewish Mom… 5. These sweet “why I love you” Valentine pillows (or my lazy version!)… What has inspired you lately?
Refrigerator Love
Strange things make me happy, like my refrigerator. No, not the fridge itself — the doors don’t stay shut and the door shelves fall off if they’re not arranged just right and I have been known to cuss and stomp my feet at it — but the stuff on it. Like this. Jack made it…
Painting Mommy
Here’s an idea from a reader in the newsletter archives… I often give my kids a bowl with a few squirts of lotion and a paintbrush and tell them to have at it! When they’ve filled their “canvas”, they can just rub it in and start all over!! No pesky decorations to try to remember…
Thought for the Day
“The work can wait while you show the child the rainbow, but the rainbow won’t wait while you do the work.” ~ Patricia Clafford
Giant Ice Suncatchers!
I saw this idea at Family Fun last month and kept meaning to try it. We finally did it recently and it turned out so well! Basically, you just freeze colored water in an ice cube tray and then fill a round cake pan half full of water. Insert a paper cup that’s filled with…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
1. Declare today pink and purple day. Serve pink and purple foods, wear pink and purple clothes, read books with pink and purple covers and so on. 2. Stage an “Iron Chef” style competition with the kids. For younger kids, pick a challenge that doesn’t involve the stove. For instance, put out a variety of…