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DIY Gifts for Toddlers and Preschoolers
I'd said no more gift guides, but I loved this one from Tiffany Marshall and had to share it! She offers some do-it-yourself ideas that toddlers and preschoolers will love. (I know mine would!)...
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Staying Sane This Holiday Season
The holiday season can be a stressful one, no newsflash there. Add in children and you've got stress overload. But while you can't avoid stress altogether (if you know how, message me!) you can...
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Top 10 Craft Kits for Preschoolers
Welcome to the Top Ten Holiday Lists gift guides as we share with you our favorite books, games, building toys, pretend play toys, crafting supplies/kits, and non-food stocking stuffers! Each...
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10 Unique Gifts To Make For Your Kids
This is the first year I've been really overwhelmed with the commercial-ness and the "gimmes". (Either that or I've just blocked it out the other years!) Either way, the idea of homemade presents...
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Plastic Spoon Christmas Puppets
I'm excited to be teaming up with Suzy Homeschooler to bring you 2 easy puppet-making ideas for the holidays. Enjoy! Puppets are a fun way to encourage story-telling and this plastic spoon version...
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Christmas Sensory Play: Weekly Kids Co-Op
There were some great Christmas activities linked up last week, including some wonderful sensory play suggestions. Be sure to check out this week's linky at the end of this post! Christmas Sensory...
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Oven Bake Clay Necklaces
My mother made these with Kay as necklaces for Christmas gifts, but they would make lovely ornaments too. They're easy to make and Kay was very proud of her work! We used (affiliate links):...
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We Love Weekends WOW Linky 12/13
There were 40 ideas linked up last week - that's a whole lot of inspiration! I loved reading through your posts, and narrowing it down was especially hard this week. My Nearest and Dearest shared...
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Monsters: Beware! Monster Defense's Brave Spray
Good news! Monster Defense's Brave Spray really does keep monsters at bay. But even more importantly, it convinces nervous toddlers and preschoolers that is keeps the monsters away, and that's what...
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Dyed Popcorn Experiment
When I read about JDaniel4sMom's experiment of dyeing popcorn kernels, I remembered we had some in the cabinet and thought Kay would get a kick out of it. We did ours a bit differently. I poured a...
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Bird Collage Ornaments
I was excited to be chosen to participate in the Mom Trusted Kids Craft Blogger Challenge. They send you a packet of craft supplies and you and your child(ren) come up with a craft from them. But...
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Top 10 Stocking Stuffers for Preschoolers
I chose these stocking stuffers because they're inexpensive, you can find them almost anywhere, and your preschooler will love them! (A triple win!) Stockings are so fun because it's the first...
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The Albums: For the moments you want to remember
You know all those great photos you have stashed away on your hard drive or on a memory card? There's a few problems with that. They're not organized, no one gets to see them, and they're not...
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Cardboard and String Ornaments
This year we're working on decorating our Christmas tree with more handmade ornaments. We're having fun trying out different ornaments and seeing how they come out. For this ornament we used...
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Unique Christmas Activities Weekly Kids Co-op
These are Christmas activity ideas you don't see everyday. An igloo made out of sugar cubes? Learning letters with superheroes? Christmas science? It's all here! Christmas Tree Candle Lights (Peakle...
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Fine Motor Fridays 2013 Round-up Linky
We're doing Fine Motor Friday a little differently today. Here is a collection of some of the best fine motor posts of 2013! Check out ones you missed and share your own if you have any. Happy...
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We Love Weekends WOW Linky 12/20
Christmas is near so this week I'm highlighting a few holiday activities! ~ What can you do with an ice cream cone in the winter? Why, make a Christmas tree, of course, as We Made That did! ~ The...
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Color-Mixing Water Station
After my bout of making liquid watercolors from old markers, I had a bunch left over and some of it was starting to get moldy. (And now I see the downside of this homemade watercolors - they are not...
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Christmas Trees and Temper Tantrums
This was supposed to be a lovely little post about a simple ornament craft for children. Parents could enjoy a quick activity with their little ones, kids could feel the accomplishment of hanging...
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Reindeer Fine Motor Game
These adorable clips were inspired by the awesome Lalymom and her Monster Munch game. She turned her clips into monsters; I added some pipe cleaner antlers and call them reindeer! We used:...
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