Surviving Motherhood One Mess at a Time
My kids are obsessed with spinning things lately. It started with the Bey Blade trading mania during my oldest son's stint in public school last year, escalated when my boys discovered Lego's Ninjago sets, but they aren't picky - they'll spin anything they can get their hands on. They've turned our … [Read more...]
When you saw the title of this post, was your first question, “Why the heck should I bother making my own face paints?” Well, here’s the answer. Last year the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics tested 10 commercially available face paints. All ten tested positive for lead. Lead, as you … [Read more...]
My friend had some extra sand from filling her sandbox and gave me a bucket thinking I could do something with it. What do you do with a bucket of sand? Oh, so many things! But first you have to make it fun by adding a little color! We tried a few different methods and did not have much success … [Read more...]
Congratulations to April Bever! April is the winner of the Play-Doh Playset Giveaway! As a child, I remember playing with Play-Doh and loving every minute of it. It was so fun to cut it, mold it into unusual things, cut it with cookie cutters, make snakes, roll it with a small rolling pin … [Read more...]
Now that Easter is over, you probably have all kinds of leftover candy and plastic eggs that you need to do something with. This homemade matching game is really, really simple to make and is a great way to use up some of those extra plastic Easter eggs. Matching games are a fantastic way to … [Read more...]
Gardening can be a great activity to teach kids about the world around them.
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