When I was a kid, the best part of St. Patrick's Day was making people think you weren't wearing green. Then, just when they were going in for the pinch, WHAM!, you flashed them your green. If you saw this post, then you know I'm all about the free printables for St. Paddy's Day. Today I've got one for creating secret green tattoos or stickers to be hidden under sleeves until reveal time. First you'll need to gather your materials. For tattoos you'll … [Read more...]
Free Printable: St. Paddy’s Day Limerick Hunt
I mentioned last week that I'll be contributing some playtime activity posts over at momtastic and today is my first one - yay! It's a treasure hunt game with free printables so you can play along at home. There are four limerick clues to print out and hide as well as a template for making your own pot of gold for the end of the hunt. I was originally going to sew together the pot of gold but then I spied these stapled Valentines. How ironic is it that it took my … [Read more...]
Candy-Free Valentine Inspiration
Magnifying Glass Valentine at dandee. I know everyone is doing the Valentine round up post but I just couldn't resist. I was so excited to have Design Mom, Ucreate with kids, Kidzlist.com, and The Crafty Crow share my Valentine that I had to pay it forward. Plus, there are so many inspired ideas out there, especially of the candy-free variety which I'm loving as a mom of a toddler. (Side note: there are 3 from dandee alone - which is why it's officially my new favorite site, check … [Read more...]
Tutorial: Shaving Cream Valentine
It's almost February and that's got me thinking about, what else, Valentine's Day. I love that C is finally old enough to get into holidays so I wanted to make something special for him to give to his pals. Since chocolate candy isn't really appropriate for a bunch of 2 year olds (at least not in my world), I came up with this instead. Process based art and play has been big around our house lately (as evidenced by Monday's post) so these shaving cream Valentines were kind of a … [Read more...]
Presents: How Many and What Kind Are Best? (Plus a Stocking Mini Tutorial)
I finally finished our family stockings. I'm sharing this picture in case any of you are interested in how they turned out but I'm not doing a detailed tutorial for a number of reasons: If you don't have stockings for your family on December 23rd then you definitely don't have time to make them and I don't want to stress you out. As is probably obvious, I barely got these done. Taking pictures to document the process was really not in the realm of possibility. I don't feel I'm … [Read more...]
Believing in Santa: The 2010 Way
Sending Santa a letter with your wish list and sneaking down the stairs on Christmas Eve to try to catch a glimpse of the big guy is so 10 years ago. These days believing in Santa has gone viral. Check out the evidence below: photo via parent hacks According to parent hacks the best way to tell Santa what you want is to have mom or dad take a picture of you holding the prized object with a camera phone and then emailing it directly to him. It makes me kinda sad to think … [Read more...]
Do You Like Your Elves Naughty or Nice?
If you're looking for more of a positive influence in your family elf, consider the Elf on the Shelf. This little guy keeps watch over the family during the day so he can report back to the North Pole every night on who's been naughty and nice. The kids know he's been to see Santa every night because he's always in a new spot when they wake up in the morning. I haven't tried the Elf on the Shelf yet but according to my group for moms of two - he is remarkably effective at keeping toddlers in … [Read more...]
Christmas Fun with Felt
I'm a little obsessed with felt this Christmas. I think it's because C is 2 this year and I'm feeling the urge to really do it up with homemade decor. To this novice seamstress felt feels like a very approachable and non-threatening material. It doesn't fray, comes in lots of beautiful colors, and conveys a kind of handmade goodness that goes well with imperfect stitching. Here are a handful of easy felt projects that I've been collecting over the last few weeks. photo via … [Read more...]