{"id":1711,"date":"2011-10-04T20:19:33","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T20:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2011-10-04T20:19:33","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T20:19:33","slug":"10-ways-to-make-today-magical-108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/04\/10-ways-to-make-today-magical-108\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways to Make Today Magical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"color:#ff00ff;\"><strong>Happy Tuesday!<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ff00ff;\"><em><strong>We&#8217;re less than 6 days away from meeting our little one and I&#8217;m feeling awfully tired these days.\u00a0 So today&#8217;s list of ways to make the day magical is courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#ff00ff;\">Pinterest<\/span><\/a>!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ff00ff;\"><em><strong>These are all crafts and activities that I&#8217;ve pinned to <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/magicandmayhem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#ff00ff;\">my boards<\/span><\/a> lately.\u00a0 Click on the photos to visit the sites&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\">1.\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"color:#0000ff;\">Marshmallow shooters\/pom pom poppers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cometogetherkids.com\/2011\/09\/mini-marshmallow-shooters-or-pom-pom.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net\/upload\/264871433_E5uyaM7C_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ff6600;\"><strong>2.\u00a0<\/strong> <strong>Powe<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color:#ff6600;\">r drills and pumpkins (eek! love the idea but with CLOSE supervision!)\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/playathomemom3.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/power-tool-to-pumpkin.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net\/upload\/243838900_1krv3zVm_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#008000;\">3.\u00a0 Angry birds in the back yard<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karaspartyideas.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/angry-birds-birthday-party.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net\/upload\/227547567_Otte6XU1_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#800080;\">4.\u00a0 Cave of stars via cardboard box and Christmas lights<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/playathomemom3.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/cave-of-stars.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net\/upload\/227507053_Fm9nmHL3_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#800000;\"><strong>5.\u00a0 Lawn Jenga<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/264844731\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net\/upload\/264844731_Ywaqy7SE_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"604\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"><strong>6.\u00a0 Homemade cough drops and cough drop lollipops (honey based)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thepistachioproject.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/homemade-cough-drops-and-cough-drop.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xPDordTe5Bg\/ToFItlaKj1I\/AAAAAAAAAPs\/DWnNampH4Mk\/s200\/DSC_3965.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#000080;\">7.\u00a0 Wand tutorial (we made these and loved it!)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Make-an-awesome-Harry-Potter-wand-from-a-sheet-of-\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net\/upload\/264890370_kX5FSdHV_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ff6600;\"><strong>8.\u00a0 Scratch-off pumpkins (black spray paint, then scratch your design)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/holidays\/halloween-ideas\/no-carve-pumpkin-decorating\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net\/upload\/227467412_aHPgO4jp_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"325\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#008000;\">9.\u00a0 Teacher Tom&#8217;s fabulous, kid-friendly version of crayon melting art<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/teachertomsblog.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/nothing-normal-art.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net\/upload\/269007143_OCle9Ykb_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\">10. Quick epsom salt geode egg shells<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyscientist.com\/science-experiment\/egg-geodes\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net\/upload\/254935246_PjSyVFKi_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color:#ff00ff;\">Hopefully I&#8217;ll get a post or two in before our new babe arrives, but otherwise I&#8217;ll be sure to arrange for some pictures to be posted ASAP when we meet her.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color:#ff00ff;\">Have a magical week!<\/span><\/em><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Tuesday! We&#8217;re less than 6 days away from meeting our little one and I&#8217;m feeling awfully tired these days.\u00a0 So today&#8217;s list of ways to make the day magical is courtesy of Pinterest!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42 These are all crafts and activities that I&#8217;ve pinned to my boards lately.\u00a0 Click on the photos to visit the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,18],"tags":[22,69,103,182,253],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}