*This post is a giveaway. Check out the end! After you read all about the book, of course. Make and Takes for Kids by Marie LeBaron is a f-f-f-f-FABULOUS family craft book. Let me simply tell you why: You won’t spend $187.56 at your local craft store to finish any of the projects. Heck, you
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Sweet Kelly asked me to be part of the “Holiday Craft Along” again (remember I made *these* last year) and of course I said yes! Three bloggers, Kelly from According to Kelly, Rachel from A Southern Fairytale and Cindy from Skip to My Lou host this Holiday Craft Along. They find guest bloggers to post ideas
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I have received a lot of emails and Facebook messages asking me some of the same questions. I have been lazy with replying to emails. Plus, the fact that I read them on my phone and then forget about them doesn’t help. Sorry about that, but here are some answers for you! “Where did you
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We are working hard…such hard work, I tell you. We sure have it rough trying to get through our Summer Fun List. So we recently had our “Art Group.” In the past, I have done these groups every month during the spring, summer and fall months but with the new baby, doing it one time
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My girls love anything to do with “detective work,” as you know. So when I remembered this activity from my grade school days they were very excited. Invisible Painting Activity Supplies: White Crayon White Paper Tempura Powder Paint mixed with water OR watercolor paints Paintbrush Directions: 1. Write your “secret message” on the white paper
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Last week (or was it the week before? everything is a blur) all the girls caught some sort of infection that weirdly came out through their eyes and ears. Of course they passed it down the line: Abby to Cameron and Cameron to Shae and probably to me too, but moms don’t have time to
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For one birthday, nearly everything Abby got as presents from friends and family was from the kid’s aisle at the local craft store. Oh man, that girl was in HEAVEN! She loves everything on that aisle, complete crap or not. Near our home, we have Michaels, JoAnn’s, Hobby Lobby and Robert’s jam packed full of
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Do your kids like that new show, Jake & the Neverland Pirates? My girls do! So when Poki told Tyler that she “needed to make boats like on Jake with the Neverland Pirates,” he was right on that! Adding Pet Shoppes to them and turning on the jets to make a “storm” makes it even
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I don’t know if my girls are old enough to really understand this as a science experiment but either way it was a fun activity to do. This teaches them about “High Pressure.” When you blow through the straw in this activity, a jet of air whooshes up under the foil ball. This high pressure
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Yes! I have to put the standard “baby name” somewhere in the room but I wanted something to go along more with the 20′s/30′s fabric theme so decided to do fabric covered letters. They really are simple and inexpensive to do! Supplies: Gift Boxes Scissors Fabric Scissors Fabric-tac (it’s the adhesive/glue to attach the fabric
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