Here’s a simple way to make baths a little more fun (and colorful!). Freeze some colored water in muffin tins or other medium sized containers, and then add a few to the kids’ baths when you want to make things a little more interesting. They melt pretty fast but it sure is fun while they…
Month: September 2011
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
Happy Monday! Here’s a few ways to make some memories with your kiddos this week… 1. Make a squirt gun carnival game in the back yard. Martha Stewart recommends setting up ping pong balls on golf tees as targets. 2. Have the kids write up a little message about your family and fold it up…
Watermelon Playdough!
Here’s a fun craft that we’ve been making for a few years now — watermelon playdough. This is a craft that is great for Sensory Integration work (with the bumps, the scent, the squishing and the warmth when you first make it) and it’s just plain fun. Steps… 1. Save watermelon seeds, rinse and bake…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
Happy Someday! Note: I started this post on Monday, but thanks to an autumn cold, a doctor’s appointment, an irritable uterus, a washing machine with a temper tantrum and various other roadblocks it got more than a bit delayed! I’m now working on it on Tuesday night and it may well be Wednesday before I…
Do What You Love…
“Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except the best.” ~ Henry Van Dyke
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
Happy Monday! Here’s a few ways to make some memories with your kiddos this week…. 1. Head to a park or other picturesque area with a digital camera and challenge the kids to take turns taking artistic pictures of each other. Whoever has the camera gets to play photographer and the others get to model,…
Good Signs
I love a good sign. I keep wanting to paint up some fun ones around the house with the kids. Being this pregnant with this many things I really ought to be doing more than making signs, I haven’t quite gotten to it yet. Somehow before the baby comes, I really want to make a…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
Happy Wednesday! We had a wonderful time in Iowa and Southeast Minnesota. The kids got to explore caves (Victoria is hooked, the others liked some of them but found some of them scary, and I found out that Niagara Cave is a really bad idea at 8 months pregnant!), we judged salsa and tasted heirloom…