"A three-year-old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm."— Bill Vaughn
Easy Lollipops!
I saw this fun recipe on The Decorated Cookie and thought it looked too fun to pass up! I am usually an all natural kind of mama, but anything that combines art and candy can’t be all bad. It’s so simple too… Just pick your candies (we used Jolly Ranchers) and arrange as you fancy. …
Mommy’s Little Helper
Alex (two years old) dearly loves to help me. Tonight, I was cleaning in the kids’ room and had a pile of dirty clothes I’d tossed to the hallway. He was clearly bothered by the clutter and started to scoop them up and put them in the basket of clean, folded laundry in the hallway. …
Homemade Fruit Roll-ups!
I’m in love with this idea from Gourmet Magazine and am definitely going to give it a go with the kids this week. Last week we made popovers, butter and lollipops (all easy versions!) and we are all really enjoying doing recipes together. The kids love fruit roll-ups but I love all natural foods. What…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
Sorry this is late! We’re at Grandma & Grandpa’s house for a couple of days and I had to wait in line for a computer turn. 🙂 10 Ways to Make Today Magical… 1. Let the kids arrange some 2×4 boards on the lawn in a funky pattern or their initials. Wait a few days and let…
Note to Self
Family goals for the week… Play in the mud Play more badminton Read more books Go to the lake Do more art Make bread, bagels or popovers Be more patient Get grass stained Laughmore Hug more Play more card games Find some puzzles Find the good in each other Donate more clutter Make every day…
Virtual Sand Art!
Here’s another fun web site to play with! Thisissand is a simple little program that lets you create pictures with grains of virtual sand that fall from the cursor. You change colors as you like and move the cursor around to plot your picture. When you’re finished, you can submit it to their gallery. There…
Party Printer!
What a fun site! Enter your text at Festisite and pick your layout, font and specifics, and it will create a wonderful graphic for you to print out. Think of all the nifty things you could do with this… leave coded notes for the kids in their lunches, make personalized Valentines, turn their short stories…
Busy Work: Doodle Assignments
I’m a big fan of busywork for kids. Bored kids get into trouble. Busy kids are easier to keep happy! 🙂 Here’s one way I keep Jack occupied while I’m busy with Alex or we’re waiting at the doctor or just buying time so I relax a bit. Doodle assignments! I have him find some…
Free Fabulous Art
I’m in love with these wonderful, whimsical prints that artists have contributed for free downloads to print and frame at Feed Your Soul! Here’s just a few of my favorites….