Happy Monday! I’ve been having fun brainstorming about home improvements around our house and looking at lots of blogs and Pinterest boards for inspiration lately. I thought it would be fun to change up this week’s magical theme and focus on fun ways to make a little magic in our houses. Some of these are…
Category: neat stuff elsewhere
Download a Delightful Children’s Quotes Mini-Book!
I’m in love with this darling little free printable from Delightful Distractions. The book can be printed and used in a multitude of ways — you can cut it into strips to make a tiny book for your purse, cut it in half for a medium sized book, keep the pages intact for a binder,…
Read Stellaluna Online with Your Kids Today
Pizza Hut’s Book It! program is celebrating National Young Readers Week by putting interactive books online all week. Today’s book is Stellaluna. Click here to go read it with your little one! A free iPad app is also available in the iTunes store – search for BI! Book Week.
Free Printable Parenting Manifesto
“Above all else, I want you to know that you are loved and lovable. You will learn this from my words and actions–the lessons on love are in how I treat you and how I treat myself…” Here’s a lovely free printable for parents from Brene Brown, to help us remember the important things in…
Marble Mice!
Here’s a fun little printable craft from The Toymaker — Marble Mice! Just print out the pattern on cardstock, cut out, and add a large marble inside. The Toymaker says… These Marble Mice are fun to make and roll around on your desk. Cats love them! What fun!
Download 50 whimsical journal pages for free!
I’m not much of a journal keeper, but I think I could be if I got to use these delightful pages from Grace is Overrated. Blog owner and artist Christie Zimmer says: These pages were created out of a sense of delightful (and occasionally insightful) personal exploration. They combine fill-in-the-blank journal prompts with off-kilter to-do…
Altered Artwork!
Here’s a fun project to do for your next art adventure. Alter some artwork! Twisted Sifter posted the altered thrift store masterpieces by artists Chris McMahon and Thryza Segal, and the results are so fun! You can generally pick up oil and acrylic paintings at thrift stores for next to nothing, and then assign the…
Rules for Grown Ups (Free Printable)
Here’s a lovely little free printable from Growing Play. I love it! Head on over to print out the PDF freebie.
A Little Playful Inspiration
Have you visited the blog Let the Children Play ? I find myself frequently pinning Jenny’s lovely posts because they are so wonderful for simple, magical, child-led fun. Here’s a few examples that have inspired me for our lazy days at home… “This sunny day we set out a couple of shallow boxes and containers…
A Little Online Art Fun
Have you tried Brushster with your kids yet? This free painting program from the National Gallery of Art lets kids paint with a variety of “brushes” online, or they can click a button to watch the program create art on its own. NGA has tons of other cool art programs too. Check out the list…