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Sensory Play Must-Try: Rainbow Scented Glitter Slime

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Here's something fun.  Continuing with our focus on tangible ways to eat better, parent better, organize better and just generally live better this year, we're partnering with Ella's Kitchen over the next two months to bring you a collection of our favorite sensory play ideas for babies and young kids.  We've covered our fair share of sensory play ideas here on MPMK, but I'm not sure I've ever really gone into why we love these activities so much.  For an excellent primer on the benefits of … [Read more...]

Travel Tip: Magnet Magic

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Now that we've just barely finished unpacking all the boxes (inside at least - the garage is a different story), guess what - we're packing some bags and hitting the road to visit our family lake house in Montana.  Naturally, a 7 hour road trip calls for breaking out the big guns and this idea from Kaley is one of my favorites.  Hope you can use it too! With summer in full swing, we have been doing a lot of traveling (get more of our tips here).  Planes, cars, even buses.  And no matter … [Read more...]

Tools for the Modern Mama (Plus a Giveaway)

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Recently, I had the pleasure of attending a conference put on by Disney especially for "Mom-preneurs" (a term I wasn't even familiar with, let along associated with myself, until then).  The keynote speaker was uber inspiring and I met lots of great ladies. Since that time it seems like brilliant Mom-preneurs have been falling into my lap left and right. So I'm planning on highlighting some of my favorites in this little space of mine, to give you all a look at the awesome stuff moms out there … [Read more...]

Tips & Tricks for an Awesome Father’s Day Photo Print

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You guys have probably seen this photo print idea floating around pinterest - isn't the idea brilliant?  How amazing would it be to have one of these from every year showing how the kids have grown and changed? I'm definitely putting this idea on the "to-do list" for this Father's Day - which is why I'm so happy Kaley is here with us sharing lots of creative tips and clever ideas for getting it done right. Father's Day is this weekend (seriously, how is it June already?)  and we have a fun … [Read more...]

The Kitchen Experiment Garden: Growing Plants from Food Scraps

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The other day I walked into my mom friend's kitchen and found the top of a pineapple sitting in a jar of water. I thought it was odd so I immediately quizzed her about it and she politely told little-ol-woefully-uninformed-me that if you plant the top of a pineapple, it will sprout.  What?! I was still digesting this info. a few days later when my contributor Kaley (a wonderfully creative mom in her own right) emailed to ask if she could do her next post on growing stuff from food scraps. … [Read more...]

Watercolor Eggs: For a More Creative Dyeing Experience

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Hope everyone had a good St. Paddy's Day, now it's time for Easter - it's so early this year! Kaley's here sharing an awesome idea on how to make egg dying more fun for the littles.  I'll definitely be trying this with S and C for Easter.  In fact, boiled eggs have become a daily snack around here ever since New Year, New Rules so this might become a regular art activity for us. QUESTION OF THE DAY Speaking of Easter - how do you all hunt?  Do you prefer a small backyard gathering or do you … [Read more...]

Homemade Learning: Printable Counting Cards

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Kaley's here today with some lovely printable counting cards, perfect for teaching your littles their numbers at home.  At our house these have been printed, laminated and are already being used (and fought over - might need to print another set shortly). By the way - do you guys have home laminators?  I resisted purchasing one for a long time (just another thing to fit on the desk, right?) but finally caved when we hosted a busy bag swap.  I bought this one and, must say, I've squeezed a … [Read more...]

DIY Advent Calendar to Make with the Kids

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Kaley's here today sharing a cheerful and modern DIY Advent calendar - the perfect home for our 24 Family Advent Activities. A kid's art activity that is easy enough for all ages, cute enough to use as holiday decor, durable enough to last year after year, and doubles as a fun Advent calendar? Yes please! I have been wanting to try freezer paper stencils forever, and I thought Advent bags would be the perfect time to try it out. These cute little bags can be used in a million different ways, … [Read more...]