10 Ways to Make Today Magical….. 1. Get some permanent markers and gather up your kids’ plain socks (and your kids!). Divide them in two piles and inside each sock write a word– nouns in half and adjectives in another. Let the kids pick the words. Some examples for nouns could be: frogs, kiss, homework,…
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Late night rambling
It’s the middle of the night and the rest of my family is sleeping. It’s so strange to hear silence in this house that’s usually so full of noise. We are a very noisy family! We’ve all been sick this week, but especially Alex (22 months) and now me. Daryl has been pulling all-nighters taking…
Scratch & Sniff Watercolors
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…
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…