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 My girls had a blast making these cupcake liner and pipe cleaner flowers while Johnny was in preschool! Emma thought they were so pretty that they should smell good – I think she was a little disappointed when they only smelled like cupcake liners (which smell like paper). They are very simple to [...] My kids love exploring the great outdoors with this big magnifying glass I got from Lakeshore Learning! I tracked it down after seeing it on Ticia’s blog, and I’m so glad I did! I don’t see it for sale there right now, for some reason… Johnny (4 years old) and Lily [...] This week I let the kids play with shaving cream – for the first time ever! Shaving cream isn’t my favorite substance, but it seemed worth the sensory experience. Emma surprised me by digging right in – but quickly decided she wanted to wash her hands and use utensils instead: We added [...] Sensory play is one of my top strategies for dealing with “difficult” days. Putting play dough (we love this play dough recipe) and rocks together was my inspired solution for a day that started with a nightmare-induced meltdown from one of the kids at 4am. Tired mom plus tired kids = we need something [...] I stuck with simple crafts for Emma’s birthday party, after considering several much more elaborate options. Luckily, the kids liked them! These boxes were the main craft – I gave the kids foam shape stickers and stick-on jewels, and they went to town. No mess, and accessible to everyone, aged 2 to 6. [...] It’s hard to find really good computer games for kids – even if you’re willing to pay good money for them. Here are a few we love that are free – including ad-free! Tuxpaint is the best free drawing software for kids that I’ve found. You download it, so your child is not on [...] One of my primary goals as a parent is to raise children who get along with one another. My three kids may all love crafts and creating, but they each have their own, distinct personality – and I’m certain that number four will be no different. And distinct personalities mean we get personality clashes! [...] I think one of the best ways to encourage children to be creative is for parents to be creative alongside them! Every once in a while, Mike sits down with Emma and Johnny for a “drawing lesson”, which consists of brainstorming things they want to draw – and drawing them! It’s not about technique, [...] Johnny discovered the joy of tracing last week! He got the idea when his attempts to draw the lego figures pictures on the back of his Lego City: Fight This Fire! didn’t meet his expectations. He was trying to trace through regular paper, so I got him some proper tracing paper – and he [...] Library Lion wins the comfort book award for this week! I thought we were all done being sick (for a while, at least), but Emma came down with a fever Thursday afternoon and was too sick to do much of anything on Friday. Her one request? That I read this book! There is something [...] |
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