crafts

how to make super-easy, beautiful flower pens

May 8, 2012

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, a time I really believe teachers should get a little love, a pat on the back for all of their hard work, effort, and energy. Though my kids’ school has a whole committee who plans a week of total awesomeness for our teachers, the second day of the week is usually [...]

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5 easy ways to raise earth-friendly kids

April 20, 2012

Really, nothing about raising kids is easy. I so know this to be true.   I think I’m pretty honest about my own on-the-job struggles, and most people I talk to are pretty open about how difficult a gig this parenting thing is. But I think that raising three earth-friendly kids has been relatively easy. [...]

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preparing kids for disney: autograph books!

April 17, 2012

We are so very, very, very, very excited that we’re heading to the Happiest Place on earth in just a few days!  As part of the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration, our schedule will be packed, and it will surely be an incredible event! The kids are elated, my husband is elated, I am elated, [...]

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homemade alphabet book: get personal with the abc’s

April 11, 2012

There’s been a ton of little things that we’ve done over here to help Maddy, Owen, and Cora learn the letters of the alphabet, but I have to say that an all-time favorite of theirs has to be their Homemade Alphabet Books. And really, the Homemade Alphabet Books are not all that crazy, gorgeous, or [...]

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more secrets to an awesome fairy party: flower napkin rings

April 10, 2012

I promise that I’m not turning into a fairy party junkie–this is my last fairy princess spa party-related post, and it’s a quickie. It’s just that I so don’t believe in reinventing the wheel, so I do hope that another tired, inspired, determined parent out there finds these ideas for a fairy celebration and can [...]

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quick trick: keep. those. LIDS!

April 2, 2012

How many of you have recycle bins that are nearly overflowing by the end of the week? I know ours is, despite all of the recyclables that I ‘rescue’ for various cool and creative learning fun.  But before I toss anything into the recycle bin, I take off the lid (if there is one), throw [...]

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easy, super-silly april fool’s tricks

April 1, 2012

April Fool’s Day is another holiday where I’ve leaned more toward the silly than the really tricky. I love thinking about my ‘big’ April Fool’s Day tricks and hearing my kids’ belly laughs when I pull one on them. This year, because April Fool’s Day fell on a Sunday, I knew I’d have three little [...]

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secrets to a fabulous, at-home fairy princess spa party

March 29, 2012

Cora has spent literally the last six months talking about her March birthday party. She talked about the party every day.  Every. Single. Day. For the last six months.  (Maybe longer.) This was going to be her BIG #5 bash–actually her first really big par-tay–so we were all pretty excited. It morphed from a Barbie [...]

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how to make beautiful, no-sew fairy skirts

March 27, 2012

 Cora just turned five, and what better way to ring in this big and exciting year than with a Fairy Princess Spa Party? For months, my tiny one has been talking about this event and planning and changing and adjusting and planning and adjusting and planning some more–so much so that I am just a [...]

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quick trick: fun sticks– 150 things for kids to do

March 23, 2012

I’ve been in dire need of a little Quick Trick to hand Owen when he says, I’m bored. What can I do? My usual responses: Oh, I’m so happy you’re bored.  Many children in the world never have the pleasure of being bored because they’re working in the fields or going to work for their [...]

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beautiful butterfly tote bag

March 11, 2012

We’ve had two dancers in our family this year–Cora, who has been rockin her Hip, Tap, Toe class each week, and Maddy, who started out as a ballerina but who moved on to classes with a little more beat and movement by mid-year. Now she’s a tap-dancin’, jazzy-jazz dancer, and we’re really excited that both [...]

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