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DIY Leprechaun Traps for St. Patrick’s Day

March 12 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

We're making these this year and including the free printable temporary tattoos inside - excited to see the kids' faces when they see what the leprechaun left behind.

Making Leprechaun Traps for St. Paddy's Day is the latest tradition being adopted everywhere by families with young kids.  For ideas and instructions on how to get in on the fun and make your own trap, check out my post this week for eHow's Mom Channel. The best part about these traps is that your leprechaun can leave anything behind, some of our favorite ideas include: chocolate coins skittles lucky charms snack mix our DIY "no pinching" temporary tattoos the 1st clue from our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Creating & Engaging, Holiday Projects, Seasonal Fun, The Make & Play Vault Tagged With: DIY leprechaun trap, St. Patrick's Day activity, St. Patrick's Day craft, St. Patrick's Day Kid Craft

Learning to Explore Food Through Play: Fruit-Filled Jigglers

March 3 by Kristin

Today we're once again exploring ideas for building good eaters through food play with our sponsor Ella’s Kitchen, producer of some of my kids' favorite fruit and veggies squeezers (yes, big kids love them too) and big time believers in the importance of raising healthy and adventurous eaters. (Be sure to also check out our previous adventures with pancake decorating and rainbow, scented glitter slime.) I just love how these colorful fruit-filled jigglers will entice all of baby's senses … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kristin, Seasonal Fun, Sensory & Interactive Play, The Make & Play Vault Tagged With: ella's kitchen, exploring food through play, getting kids to try new foods, play activities for babies, seasonal fun, sponsored, spring activities, St. Patrick's Day activity, St. Patrick's Day treat

Free Printable: St. Paddy’s Day Limerick Hunt

March 8 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

St. Patrick's Day Limerick Hunt - includes 4 printable pages to hide around the house as well as a printable pot of gold to fill with goodies!

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...]

Filed Under: Holiday Projects, Seasonal Fun, Tutorials Tagged With: St. Patrick's Day activity, St. Patrick's Day craft, St. Patrick's Day DIY, St. Patrick's Day Kid Craft, St. Patrick's Day limerick, St. Patrick's Day printable, St. Patrick's Day treasure hunt

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