{"id":2181,"date":"2013-03-25T17:23:26","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T17:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/?p=2181"},"modified":"2013-03-25T17:23:26","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T17:23:26","slug":"10-ways-to-make-today-magical-123","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/25\/10-ways-to-make-today-magical-123\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways to Make Today Magical"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Monday!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I hope all is wonderful in your little corner of the world.\u00a0 Winter is holding on tight around here but we’re planting seeds and making plans anyway.\u00a0 My spring fun<\/span><\/a> Pinterest board is stocked with ideas I want to try with the kiddos.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s a few ways to make a little magic this week…<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Tie long sticks to ribbons<\/strong> and go ribbon dancing<\/strong> in the back yard or park.<\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Make grapevine wreaths and bracelets.\u00a0<\/strong> Click here<\/span><\/a> for a tutorial from my Victoria a few years back.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3.\u00a0 Mop the kitchen floor by letting the kids sock skate.<\/strong>\u00a0 Or take it a step farther like this family<\/span><\/a> did and make some sponge skates<\/strong>.\u00a0 If you go for the mop hockey idea (which is brilliant, if you have a large enough floor and the bravery to say yes to such a thing!), I\u2019d definitely recommend helmets though.<\/span>\u00a0 \":)\"<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Cheer up your bill-paying.\u00a0 <\/strong>Have the kids use crayons or colored pencils to draw a picture on the back of each bill as you mail it in, plus decorate the envelope and write something cheerful.\u00a0 You might make someone else\u2019s day magical as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Make some seed bombs.\u00a0<\/strong> You can make these little guerilla gardening goodies with shredded paper or clay, plus a bit of dirt, compost and wildflower seeds.\u00a0 Then have fun flinging them into unloved areas that could use a bit of color (including your own back yard!).\u00a0 Be sure to use native wildflowers that will not be invasive and follow all those commonsense sort of rules.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Find tutorials at every(nothing)wonderful<\/span><\/a> (with free printable labels!), The Ecologist<\/span><\/a> (where you can learn the very old history of seed bombs and lots more), Mademoiselle Chaos<\/span><\/a> (where you can make moldable little seed bomb shapes with recycled paper), or use this basic formula from BH&G<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Guerillagardening.org<\/span><\/a> recipe: Combine two parts mixed flower seeds with three parts compost; stir in five parts powdered clay (available at art or crafts supply stores), and moisten with water. Form balls one inch in diameter; let dry for 24 to 48 hours (stash in an empty egg carton). Gather in paper and tie with raffia; add easy how-tos on a tag.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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6.\u00a0 Got any Harry Potter fans?\u00a0<\/strong> Make their day with homemade Butterbeer<\/span><\/a>, complete with sugared rims on the glasses.\u00a0 Now if I could only figure out how to make those tiny brooms\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 Start a weekly project of making homemade toys together.\u00a0<\/strong> These can be simple (like turning unwanted stuffed animals into puppets) or sophisticated (like making homemade dolls).\u00a0 Check out my Homemade Toys <\/a>board for lots of tutorials and inspiration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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8.\u00a0 Start some seeds.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong> You can start them in egg shells, egg cartons, newspaper pots, muffin tins or toilet paper tubes (cut in half) in recycled plastic boxes (the clamshell boxes from organic salad mixes are perfect) for mini-greenhouses.<\/span><\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 Do electric griddle drawings.<\/strong>\u00a0 These are so much fun that even I have to take a few minutes to make some melty crayon art.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Click here<\/span><\/a> for our tutorial and be sure to be safe.<\/span><\/p>\n

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10. Go puddle stomping!<\/strong>\u00a0 You too.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

And with that, my pretties, I’m off to start a nice pot of soup to try to kick this spring cold that thinks it’s going to get us down.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Have a magical week!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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