{"id":382,"date":"2010-02-01T06:55:53","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T06:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/?p=382"},"modified":"2010-02-01T06:55:53","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T06:55:53","slug":"10-ways-to-make-today-magical-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/01\/10-ways-to-make-today-magical-38\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways to Make Today Magical"},"content":{"rendered":"

1.\u00a0 Declare today pink and purple day.\u00a0 Serve pink and purple foods, wear pink and purple clothes, read books with pink and purple covers and so on. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Stage an “Iron Chef” style competition with the kids.\u00a0 For younger kids, pick a challenge that doesn’t involve the stove.\u00a0 For instance, put out a variety of fruit and challenge them to make a unique, tasty dish with the fruit and various add-ins you set out.\u00a0 Have multiple awards, so everybody wins.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Record a family greeting on the answering machine together.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Take the afternoon off together and go see a matinee.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Take wacky pictures.\u00a0 Put on bizarre clothes, use weird props and make crazy faces.\u00a0 You too!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 Cook together.\u00a0 Make dishes that are fantastic or messy or both.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 Put out a box of assorted recycling and some craft supplies, and challenge the kids to create anything they want.\u00a0 Join in.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 Go bowling.\u00a0 If you can’t go for real, set up some plastic bottles and a tennis ball and make your own game.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 Hide little jokes, notes and silly sayings on strips of paper all over the house.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

10. No matter what’s for dinner, serve it in style.\u00a0 Set out the good china, have the kids make a beautiful centerpiece, set out candles and make it a fabulous feast.<\/strong><\/span>
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1.\u00a0 Declare today pink and purple day.\u00a0 Serve pink and purple foods, wear pink and purple clothes, read books with pink and purple covers and so on. 2.\u00a0 Stage an “Iron Chef” style competition with the kids.\u00a0 For younger kids, pick a challenge that doesn’t involve the stove.\u00a0 For instance, put out a variety of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[253],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382"}],"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=382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}