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It’s the first Monday of the month, which means it’s time to pick a featured post from last month’s Magic Moments Mondays! I’ve chosen a post from Racheous about how she instills in her children that “It’s okay to be who you are.” I like this post because it’s a reminder that you don’t have…
Well big surprise, I’ve got another shrinky dink project for you! We are having a lot of fun finding ways to use this fun material! It’s pretty easy to work with once you get the hang of it. I do recommend following the tips and tricks found on the packaging instructions as well as…
I think the stars are aligning! Somehow I have managed to combine two of my recent craft obsessions- babyfood pouch cap crafts and shrinky dinks crafts- into one fun idea! I noticed that when you use a 1 inch hole punch to punch a hole in shrinky dinks and then you bake them, the resulting…
Hi! Is this your first time here? We’d love to see you again on our Facebook Page to follow along with the fun! My 3 year old daughter has been going through a Robots phase now that her Circus fascination has ended. I saw this post on Artchoo‘s facebook page last week with a challenge:…
Hi! Is this your first time here? We’d love to see you again on our Facebook Page to follow along with the fun! Melty beads- sometimes called Hama Beads or Perler Beads-Â are colorful bits of plastic that you typically use to make designs and fuse them together using an iron or by baking them. They…
We have been playing a lot with Melty Beads this week, finding all sorts of ways to play with them- and we haven’t even melted them yet! This project gave my 3 year old a lot of opportunities for learning and development as well as a project that she and I could do together. Here…
With a three year old getting ready to start preschool, I wanted a fun, easy back to school countdown craft to help us build up some excitement. We did a store bought advent calendar at Christmas time but 25 days of wanting to open all the remaining doors on the advent calendar was a bit much. The…
 We’re back for another Magic Moments Monday, what a lovely collection of posts we had last month! They ranged from exploring fireflies on a warm summer night to a mother’s message about perseverance in parenting, and many more. This month I am featuring a post from Chelsea at Moments a Day about recognizing simple…
This picture was taken in my back yard and if you cannot tell it is a picture of my daughter using a magnifying glass to look at a GIANT MONSTER CICADA. At least that is what *I* thought she was looking at. To my daughter it was a new buddy. She found him on our…
We have a group of playdate friends who organized a Busy Bag/Activity Exchange so I was trying to think of something that would be fun and yet personalized, so that each kid would have their own special item. I’d seen I-Spy bottles and figured they are easily customizable, so I thought I’d give it a…
Disclosure: I am a member of the Collective Bias®  Social Fabric® Community. I joined this organization because I knew they worked with Mariano’s and I was really excited for the opportunity to work with them. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and Mariano’s. The opinions are all mine though!…
My 3 year old is really interested in the circus lately. It started with an Olivia book but I’ve been trying to find other ways to engage her with the circus theme. She still really likes obstacle courses and it has become one of our favorite things to do when we have time alone when…
It’s that time again for a wonderful bi-monthly series from Red Ted Art called Kids Get Arty. We participated last month with a craft that kept on giving, our Kandinsky Jello Art. You would think the jello would have been eaten right up but Ladybug only ate a piece at a time, so it kept for quite some…
I had the pleasure of getting together with another crafty blog mom recently- George from Craftulate– for our first ever messy playdate. The moms and the kids in this case were all a little mess-averse so we were nervous but excited for the playdate. The moms each mixed up a batch of messy materials. I…
Today we are joining Sun Scholar’s 100 Days of Play series with OVER 100 other bloggers! The point of this series is to really play with your kids every day- but also to find super simple ideas that don’t require a lot of gear or set up. I think I have something that fits that…
   Hi! Is this your first time here? I’d love to see you again, so please join us on our Facebook Page or on Twitter!  I recently started following a cool blog called Science Sparks. They cover all kinds of great science things to do with your kids, including preschool aged kids,…
 I’m back with yet another way to use pouch caps…this time it is Fairy Wands and Toadstools! I told you I was obsessed. When we did our guest post for Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails we made this fun Pouch Cap prince and princess wand set. They have really turned into so much more…
I took this picture on my cell phone last week and every time I look at it I get a little teary-eyed. This is my second child at 9 months old, touching a leaf for the first time. Seems pretty harmless I know, and maybe odd that it took that long for me to give him…
Thank you so much to those who joined us last month in sharing the cherished memories, milestones and moments you want to remember! Please visit all of the co-hosts to see who was featured! This week I am featuring Stir the Wonder who shared a post that could have been just another craft post, but…
It’s up, it’s up! My guest post about Pouch Cap crafts and activities is now up on the fantastic Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails! I am so grateful for the chance to share with her fans. We have had so much fun already with our pouch cap activities. I’ll have even more as…
