Here’s a fun craft using stuff you probably already have in your cupboards. You need: ~ flour ~ water ~ food coloring ~ 2 or more squirt bottles such as bottles from syrup, glue, ketchup or mustard ~ paper ~ bowl and spoon ~ disposable cardboard box (optional) 1. Mix some flour with enough water…
Words to the Wise
"Shouting to make your children obey is like using the horn to steer your car,and you get about the same results." ~Anonymous
10 Years
My littlest girl turns 10 years old today. Talk about bittersweet. Click here to see a picture of my Anna as a little baby (and to read 10 ways to play with your baby today). Wasn’t she edibly adorable? Click here to see her all grown up this month (and have her teach you how…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
1. Get some waterproof markers (or washable if you want this to be temporary) 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:…
Careful, You’ll Want to Get a Kitten!
Have you seen this video yet?It’s pretty insanely cute. I dare you not to smile! Happy Sunday!
Make Your Own Fireworks Show!
This page from Crayola is great fun for kids of any age. Design your own fireworks show with a variety of different colors and shapes of rockets. You can plan where they each go and then click to start the show. Fun!
A Puzzle for Big Kids (and Moms and Dads!)
I’ve been doing this puzzle of Northern Africa and Middle East countries for a couple of days now when I have a spare minute and want to unwind online. I was rather shocked at how little I knew about the geography of those regions! Eek! I didn’t even know a couple of them were countries! …
Helping Haiti
If you haven’t donated towards rescue efforts in Haiti yet, look for an organization or business that will match your donation and effectively double it. Design Notes is matching funds up to $25,000 to UNICEF and the homeschooling store CurrClick is matching funds via World Vision (starting with just $5). I’m sure there are more,…
String painting!
Here’s a fun way to paint if you’ve never tried it. Try string painting! Simply give kids an assortment of tempera paint colors and a few long pieces of yarn. Make sure you protect your table and wear craft clothes as this gets messy! We had fun guessing what each painting was supposed…
5 Good Things
In no particular order… 1. We’re halfway through doing this craftand I hope it looks half as pretty.I’ll let you know! 2. Magical Mama Sara has written up a list of 20 family activities to enjoy in winterand had some lovely ideas!3. This project is so awesomely cool that it makes me forget that I…