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4th of July Sensory Bin | A Sensory Bin for All Seasons
I have been wanting to do this forever. Put together a cute, classy, & simple sensory bin. I've walked by these little wooden storage boxes at Michaels a bazillion times but never bought one...until f...
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Dot Marker Paper Plate Chick
Well here I am rockin' the Easter projects and it's like yes... two days before Easter. I always did work better under pressure. Alas, this adorable little dot marker paper plate chick is super easy, ...
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Easter Basket Fillers | Big Kid Edition
This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. See full disclosure here. Easter is less than a month away. 1 month. Time to get crackin' people! (Did you catch that pun?) I don't know about ...
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Celebrate This!
This post was sponsored by Libbey as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. I received complimentary products to facilitate my review. Isn't it funny how every year seems to have its ...
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Aromatherapy Bags Gift Idea & Coupon Code
I had a chance to connect with a old friend this summer that is doing something rather cool so in support of her and her self-made small business, Sacred Space Aromatherapy Gifts, I thought I would sh...
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Easy Shamrock Puppet Craft
You have probably heard me mention that Mr. C 's imagination is blooming. The latest is he's turning everything and anything into puppets. He loves to run around the house with his socks on his hands ...
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Sparkly Lime Jello Play Dough
I always seem to get all my best ideas for holiday activities about a week before the actual holiday. Not necessarily ideal for my line of work as a blogger when folks tend to look for activities earl...
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St. Patrick's Day Marble Painting
Even though my brain is already starting to jump ahead to Easter (you know for the sake of the blog and all). I realize most of us are probably just getting around to doing some St. Patrick's Day proj...
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Glittered Shamrock Bouquet
Leaping leprechauns how pretty is this glittered shamrock bouquet? Sparkle, springy greens, what more is there to say? How could I not be happy working on this project! It was too pretty not to share....
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You've Got Mail - Valentine Mailboxes
I'm always looking to start new traditions with the kids so when I found these little mailboxes at the Target dollar spot I knew just what we were going to do with them. Decorate them (with some heart...
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Message in a Bottle
Alright Mommas, Valentine's day is (just slightly) less than a month away so I officially deem it time to start throwing out the Valentine's Day posts. I can only stay away from pink and red hearts fo...
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Fine Motor Filled Christmas Ornaments
Making Christmas ornaments has long been a Christmas tradition for our family. I made ornaments every year as a kid and these days I am thoroughly enjoying making ornaments every year with my own kids...
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Decorating (foam) Christmas Trees
We are currently hooked on foam shapes over here. Not to mention a little someone has discovered that he loves using glue. I've typically used glue dots in most of our projects up to this point (or gl...
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Foam Gingerbread Men
We keep Christmas pretty simple around here. I do most of my creative crafting & projects over Halloween. At Christmas we are very much about tradition and tend to do the same things year after year. ...
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Snowflake Ornaments & A Random Act of Kindness
This post is sponsored by Consumer Crafts as part of their Random Acts of Kindness Campaign. I am thrilled to participate and as always, all opinions are 100% my own. Every year we make ornaments. It'...
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Our Favorite Gifts; A Gift Guide for Kids of All Ages
Alrighty friends. Thanksgiving is right around the corner so if you are not already, you are eventually going to have to start thinking about Christmas shopping. I finally have started and I've put to...
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A Little Holiday Shopping with OshKosh B'gosh #oshkoshbgosh #mc
I participated in an Influencer Program on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for OshKosh B’gosh. I received a gift card to facilitate my shopping trip and to thank me for participating. Have you starte...
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A Thanksgiving Tradition
Explaining thankfulness and gratitude to a two year old is an interesting conversation (at least at first). It's even more interesting when you start in early November. Mr. C has told me, for more tha...
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Play Dough Turkeys
I am still desperately trying to get back on track after the hectic week we had last week and the time change this past weekend. Part of returning to 'normal' around here and returning to some reasona...
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Halloween Tea Light Holders
Alrighty friendlies, only a couple of days left until Halloween and I've got one more craft/activity for you. These Halloween tea light holders are made from upcycled baby food jars. They were as much...
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Halloween Glitter Garland
We are still cranking out the Halloween projects around here. With only a week left until Halloween we are out to make the most of it. It's one of my favorite themes of the year for projects! In fact ...
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Monster Stew - A Halloween Sensory Bin for Baby
We are cramming in all the Halloween fun we can possibly have over the next week and a half and sharing it with you. I hope that maybe you might find some inspiration for some "spooky" Halloween fun w...
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Ghost Bowling
Aren't these little guys darling? I told you I had been bitten by the DIY bug! I'm pretty sure I had as much fun making this ghost bowling set as the little Mister has been having playing with it. If ...
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Halloween Oobleck
Cornstarch and water (aka: Oobleck) is always a popular substance around this house. It's something that both my two year old and my nine year old can enjoying playing with together. Although I don't ...
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Toilet Paper Roll Ghosts
We are in full swing Halloween mode over here. I'm loving that the little Mr. is just the right age to be curious about Halloween this year and is starting to really get into it.We did this quick and ...
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DIY Halloween Treat Dishes #MSHalloween #sponsored
I must confess. I have typically abided by the theory that there are two types of people in this world. The ones that DIY, and the ones that buy the things that DIYers make. I tend to be among the lat...
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Halloween Sensory Bags
With all the Halloween activities in full swing I figured why should the babies be left out. I decided to get Little E in on the action with an updated and "spooky" version of our sensory bag for babi...
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Funny Pumpkin Faces
I recently made Mr . C a small magnet board out of a dollar store cookie sheet and some chalkboard spray paint. I actually did it for this post. Now that we've got it, I've been trying to come up with...
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DIY Firetruck Halloween Costume #pbkHalloween
Halloween is absolutely one of my most favorite times of the year. Maybe because it's fall. Maybe because there are pumpkins. Maybe because I like helping my kids think up costumes. It's always a bonu...
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Stirring Our Brew
With the unseasonably warm hot and humid days we had here in New England last week, I was trying to come up with something new and fun in the water play department. Given the season "witches brew" cam...
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10 Fabulous Father's Day Gifts
For someone who loves to shop I sure find the men in my life hard to buy for. Can you relate? I love my hubby dearly but I dread Father's Day, in terms of gift buying anyway. Maybe the men in your lif...
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Egg Buddies
Don't googly eyes make everything better? That's the idea that 'hatched' these little buddies anyway. Looking at our brightly colored eggs this year, we thought they needed a little something more. Pe...
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Holiday Lights Photo Backdrop Tutorial
A few of you have asked how I set up the background for the photos I posted on the blog the other day. You will probably find a few variations floating around pinterest but here's how I was able to tr...
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Christmas Pictures
So I've been playing around with a setup I've seen all over Pinterest since last Christmas. Convinced with my trusty 50mm lens I could pull this off myself and while no pro, I guess I sort of did. Of ...
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A Halloween Party & A Monster Project
I have said for quite some time that I would like to have a Halloween party for Mr. A and his friends. For whatever reason I just haven't gotten around to doing it. Well this year we finally did! What...
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Halloween Sensory Bowl for the Babe
Alrighty, so I am trying to get into the spirit for you all, or get the blog in the spirit as the case may be. We are actually very much in the spirit at our house. I was buying my fall candles in Aug...
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4th of July Desserts Round Up
The 4th of July screams for red white and blue desserts in my opinion. So in honor of, I am bringing you a Sweet Sunday round up of delicious desserts from a variety of blogs that I love. If you are l...
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Butterfly Footprints
If your looking for a quick but cute, yet meaningful little project for Mother's Day here's something you could use for almost any age. These butterfly footprints didn't take us long at all. Seeing as...
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What's in Your Easter Basket
Aside from fighting the cold germs that have taken over our house (and everyone in it), I've spent much of this week getting things in order for Easter. read: I have been trying to finish filling East...
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How to Dye Easter Eggs with Food Coloring
Have you colored Easter eggs yet? I can't remember a year I've missed. It's one of my favorite Easter traditions. That said... I can't believe it took me so long to try dying our Easter eggs with regu...
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Easter Sugar Cookies
This weekend's big project was our Easter sugar cookies. Now, not to toot my own horn, but the family has lovingly dubbed me the sugar cookie queen lol. Hey, if I get to be the queen of something...ev...
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The Easter Egg, a Virtual Book Club
Somehow I was lucky enough to stumble across this link up from Toddler Approved. A virtual book club... I was immediately in love with the idea!! The task was to read the book, do some kind of activit...
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Leprechaun Cakes & Leprechaun Traps
Well we are closing in on St. Patrick's Day so I'm going to hurry up and cram the rest of our St. Patrick's Day activities into one post. Pardon the length, but stick with me, I promise it's worth it....
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Lucky Little Pots of Gold
This was a project I found a while ago. I think it was in a Disney Family Fun magazine at the time. We first did it when 'A' was in kindergarten. I decided to revisit it this year because we had so mu...
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Shamrocks on Canvas
I was so excited about this project I couldn't wait to post about it. I've never done anything with canvas before, but like with a lot of other things...I was inspired by what I've seen on Pinterest. ...
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Getting a Jump on St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day it not-so-slowly creeping up on us. Now mind you, this has never been a holiday that I typically observed. My Mom decorated for every other holiday that I can remember, but St. Patri...
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Leap Day!
How did you spend your extra day this year? We made the most of it and didn't waste a minute. Here are some of the highlights :) We greeted the day with this little guy.... We exchanged backwards note...
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