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Pin it Are you ready for spring? My kids are still hoping for more snow, but I’m ready for some warmer weather! Which is why I’m excited to be cohosting the spring edition of the All Year Round Blog Carnival, along with sunnydaytodaymama, Winding Circle, The Mahogany Way, Smiling like Sunshine, and Home Baked! [...] Pin it Happy Valentine’s Day! My kids are incredibly excited about this holiday, and it’s been fun celebrating with them – from making valentines to talking about things we like about friends and family members. Emma brought this cute heart guy home from school! Emma also made a heart pillow for my sister [...] Pin it As regular readers of this blog know, our house has been sick a LOT lately! I cut up an old pair of flannel pajamas into square-ish shapes, serged the edges (a zig-zag stitch prevents fraying on a regular sewing machine, or you could always get fancy and hem them), and created instant [...] Pin it I was thrilled to find this unfinished wooden castle at Michael’s before Christmas! The list price was $19.99, and I paid a lot less than that thanks to a coupon. It became Johnny and Lily’s Christmas present together with these knights and fairies – also purchased at Michaels with a coupon, thank [...] Pin it For Valentine’s Day this year, I made these kids some color-me heart stuffies, inspired by our decorate-a-monster stuffies! They were very simple to make: cut a heart shape out of muslin (twice), stitch together, trim seam allowance (could have done a better job with that to make the edges less knobbly…), stuff, [...] Pin it I love the variety five-year-old Emma put into these valentines – proof that sometimes it’s best to hand kids the supplies and leave them to it. They’ll do it differently on their own, and that can be a good thing! [...] Pin it These shape monsters are super simple and super easy to make – and they were such a hit with my kids that I think we’ll make some as part of Emma’s craft-themed birthday party next month! I gave each kid a sheet of construction paper, a bunch of shape foam stickers, and [...] Pin it My kids are into teeny tiny toys right now, so I thought we’d make some teeny tiny toy accessories. A glue stick, tape, and cardboard makes a simple and fun toy teeter totter that even a toddler can make (with help)! First, we assembled our materials. Then, it’s as simple as [...] Pin it Pipe cleaners are an incredibly versatile craft supply for kids, so I was happy to see them featured as the craft supply to explore this month in the kids art explorers project at NurtureStore. One way my kids love using pipe cleaners is to string pony beads. This is excellent fine [...] Pin it Emma made this adorable duck collage after perusing the (fun!!!) projects in The Fantastic Rainy Day Book, which we checked out of the library. There is a duck collage in the book, which is what gave her the idea, but she took it and ran, turning it into a very cute [...] |
 
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