{"id":1059,"date":"2010-08-30T04:31:54","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T04:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2010-08-30T04:31:54","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T04:31:54","slug":"10-ways-to-make-today-magical-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/30\/10-ways-to-make-today-magical-62\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways to Make Today Magical"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Monday!\u00a0 How can it be the start of another week already?\u00a0 The end of summer is flying by!\u00a0 Here’s ten ways to make the most of it before it’s gone!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Hand out permanent markers and plain white socks, and let the kids make some fun feet!\u00a0 Check out these cuties that Victoria made for Alex!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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2.\u00a0 Put out a box of all sorts of wonderful art materials you don’t always let the kids use and let them do anything they want with it.\u00a0 Consider fun items like scrapbooking papers, glitter, glue dots, paint, cardstock shapes and feathers.\u00a0 Then just let the mess (and magic) unfold.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3. Gather up an empty spray bottle and some essential oils or other favorite scents and help the kids make custom air fresheners<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0 Help your child start a story stick<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Try to conduct your entire family dinner conversation in song.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 Find a nearby sculpture walk or sculpture garden and tour it together.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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7.\u00a0 Invest in a small box or bag of fabulous chocolates or truffles and indulge in them with your child as a special treat.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

8. Go find some milkweed pods, cattails or other magical bits of nature to throw up into the wind.<\/span>
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9.\u00a0 Head to an ethnic store and see what sort of unusual foods and special trinkets you can find.\u00a0 We headed to a wonderful Asian market last week and found darling little sauce dishes for 25 cents each, some wonderful sauces and some seaweed for a certain girl who loves the stuff.\u00a0 We passed on this particular item though…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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10. Mail your child a funny card.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And with that, chickadees, I’m off to catch up on some much-missed time in dream-land.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Have a magical week!
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