{"id":2741,"date":"2018-10-29T15:05:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T15:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2018-10-29T15:05:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T15:05:03","slug":"10-ways-to-make-today-magical-142","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/29\/10-ways-to-make-today-magical-142\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways to Make Today Magical"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color:#800000;\">Happy Monday!\u00a0 <\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color:#800000;\">It&#8217;s been too long since I&#8217;ve popped in and I&#8217;m once again resolving to find a way to do so more regularly.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#800000;\">So let&#8217;s start by getting back to some ways to make the day more magical.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42 <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Here are 10 ways to make a little magic this week&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color:#800000;\"><strong>1. Go on a nature scavenger hunt.\u00a0<\/strong> I have a free fall nature scavenger hunt printable page <a href=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/author\/wp\/2018\/10\/11\/free-october-nature-find-printable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> that you can use, or you can make up your own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2742\" src=\"https:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/10\/october-nature-find.jpg\" alt=\"October nature find\" width=\"794\" height=\"1123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/october-nature-find.jpg 794w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/october-nature-find-212x300.jpg 212w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/october-nature-find-724x1024.jpg 724w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/october-nature-find-768x1086.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#993300;\"><strong>2.\u00a0 Make a leaf crown!\u00a0<\/strong> All you need are some pretty leaves (nothing else!) and about five minutes to make a gorgeous leaf crown.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a short video showing how to do it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"5 MIN AUTUMN LEAF CROWN - using just leaves, that&#039;s it!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lkDk6s58KNE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"><strong>3.\u00a0 Teach your child how to make a favorite recipe.\u00a0<\/strong> Even little kids can learn to make simple things like sandwiches, and big kids love to learn how to cook fancier dishes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2746\" src=\"https:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/10\/fiona-pizza-sauce.jpg\" alt=\"fiona pizza sauce\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/fiona-pizza-sauce.jpg 960w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/fiona-pizza-sauce-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/fiona-pizza-sauce-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/fiona-pizza-sauce-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#800080;\"><strong>4.\u00a0 Go see a free presentation.<\/strong>\u00a0 Local libraries, museums, schools and other community centers tend to sponsor all kinds of free talks on everything from butterflies to meteor showers to prohibition.\u00a0 See if you can find some upcoming talks that your kids would be interested in and go learn something new together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2745\" src=\"https:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/10\/alex-still.jpg\" alt=\"alex still\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/alex-still.jpg 960w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/alex-still-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/alex-still-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/alex-still-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#993300;\"><strong>5.\u00a0 Make up some homemade instant hot cocoa mix.\u00a0<\/strong> I shared our basic recipe in the Instagram post below. You can adapt the formula to make it vegan, sugar free or otherwise meet your dietary needs and preferences (chime in if you have a favorite paleo version!).\u00a0 Adjust the proportions until you find the proper ratio for your tastes and then you have your own personal hot cocoa mix that the kids can mix up when they want to warm up with something sweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BpF6oD6g3pp<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#808000;\"><strong>6.\u00a0 Help your child start a collection.\u00a0<\/strong> Kids love to collect things &#8212; any things!\u00a0 Some of our kids&#8217; favorite collections over the years have been rocks, artist trading cards, bugs and bottle caps (Jack&#8217;s favorite collection).\u00a0 You can even collect non-physical things, like types of clouds you&#8217;ve spotted (check out <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">The Cloud Collector&#8217;s Handbook<\/span> for a great book for doing that!).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2743\" src=\"https:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/10\/bottle-caps.jpg\" alt=\"bottle caps\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bottle-caps.jpg 960w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bottle-caps-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bottle-caps-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bottle-caps-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#333399;\"><strong>7.\u00a0 Have some fun with photo apps.<\/strong>\u00a0 We created this fun picture of Alex with the free <a style=\"color:#333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/photolab.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo Labs<\/a> app.\u00a0 Or just open up Snapchat and take some fun selfies together.\u00a0 Print out and frame your favorite, if you like.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2744\" src=\"https:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/10\/alex-comic.jpg\" alt=\"alex comic\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/alex-comic.jpg 960w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/alex-comic-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/alex-comic-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/alex-comic-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ff6600;\"><span style=\"color:#ff00ff;\"><strong>8.\u00a0 <em>Leaf\u00a0<\/em>a message.<\/strong>\u00a0 Use pretty leaves to write sweet or silly messages outside and see who will wander onto them!<\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BZ4YB6CBg_N\/<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BK3oAbYjRSH<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ff6600;\"><strong>9.\u00a0 Make some marbleized fall leaves.<\/strong>\u00a0 Even if you don&#8217;t have fall leaves where you live (or not right now), you can make some gorgeous ones with your kiddos.\u00a0 <a style=\"color:#ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apartmenttherapy.com\/how-to-make-a-marbleized-leaf-centerpiece-180158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apartment Therapy<\/a> tells you how to use shaving cream, acrylic paint and watercolor paper to make these pretty leaves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2750\" src=\"https:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/10\/marbelized-leaves.jpg\" alt=\"marbelized leaves\" width=\"540\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/marbelized-leaves.jpg 540w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/marbelized-leaves-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#800080;\"><strong>10. Have an early morning picnic and watch the sunrise together.\u00a0<\/strong> Get up a little early and grab something simple like muffins and a thermos of hot tea and go sit and watch the sunrise together.\u00a0 You can watch from the back yard, your balcony, the roof of your apartment, a local park, or even pulled over in the car in a pretty area on your way to work and school.\u00a0 Take some time to just talk and soak in the beauty.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_media-50\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-media-50\" style=\"width: 1880px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2751\" src=\"https:\/\/magicalchildhood.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/10\/pexels-photo-1529080.jpeg\" alt=\"photo of toddler standing near lake\" width=\"1880\" height=\"1253\" srcset=\"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pexels-photo-1529080.jpeg 1880w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pexels-photo-1529080-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pexels-photo-1529080-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pexels-photo-1529080-768x512.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pexels-photo-1529080-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pexels-photo-1529080-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1880px) 100vw, 1880px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-media-50\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by K\u00e1\u0165a Prouzov\u00e1 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/photo-of-toddler-standing-near-lake-1529080\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pexels.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And with that, my pretties, I&#8217;m off to find some food for a hungry little girl and try to wrestle my house in order.<\/p>\n<p>Have a magical week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Monday!\u00a0 It&#8217;s been too long since I&#8217;ve popped in and I&#8217;m once again resolving to find a way to do so more regularly.\u00a0 So let&#8217;s start by getting back to some ways to make the day more magical.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42 Here are 10 ways to make a little magic this week&#8230; 1. 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