{"id":497,"date":"2010-02-22T06:09:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T06:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/?p=497"},"modified":"2010-02-22T06:09:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T06:09:00","slug":"10-ways-to-make-today-magical-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/22\/10-ways-to-make-today-magical-40\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways to Make Today Magical"},"content":{"rendered":"

1.\u00a0 Start a pride jar.\u00a0 Every time you’re proud of your child, write the reason on a slip of paper and put it in a pretty jar. Encourage the kids to peek in their jars! <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Learn a childhood game you missed out on during your own childhood.\u00a0 Whether it’s marbles, hopscotch or jacks, learn it along with your kids and play together.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Send someone some happiness.\u00a0 Help the kids make up an envelope of confetti, glitter, flower petals, artwork, etc. and mail it to someone who might need a lift.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Gather a bunch of colorful fruits and veggies and some toothpicks, and make your own “Dog Food<\/a>” style critters.\u00a0 Take pictures and then gobble.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Play charades.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 Invent an ice cream flavor.\u00a0 Use vanilla or another basic as your base and then soften it.\u00a0 Mix in your new ingredients and freeze for a half hour to solidify.\u00a0 Be sure to name it!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 Have a dance off.\u00a0 Put on some great music and challenge everybody to keep dancing.\u00a0 The last one grooving wins the title (and maybe a silly prize).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 Mix tempera paint with dish soap and let the kids paint a cheerful scene on the windows.\u00a0 Give each child one window to decorate.\u00a0 The soap helps it clean right off with a wet sponge later.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 Go to an ethnic restaurant together and sample a cuisine you’ve never tasted before.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

10.\u00a0 Ask friends and family if you can take clippings of houseplants and start cuttings on a sunny windowsill in fresh water.\u00a0 After they root, plant them and spread them throughout the house.\u00a0 They’ll clean the air, look fresh and pretty, and remind everyone of the loved ones they represent.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span>
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1.\u00a0 Start a pride jar.\u00a0 Every time you’re proud of your child, write the reason on a slip of paper and put it in a pretty jar. Encourage the kids to peek in their jars! 2.\u00a0 Learn a childhood game you missed out on during your own childhood.\u00a0 Whether it’s marbles, hopscotch or jacks, learn…<\/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\/497"}],"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=497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}