Seashell Imprint Pendants
Most of the summer we are outside playing, adventuring, or at the park, not at home crafting. That said I always keep a couple activities up my sleeve for those inevitable rainy days or when we just n...
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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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46 Summer Activities Your Kids Must Do
(This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. See full disclosure here. Thank you for your support!) 1. Play in the sand 2. Blow bubbles {Kids Activities Blog} 3. Color with Sidewalk ...
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Summer Memories at the Fishing Hole #HelloSummerFun
I participated in a Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for OshKosh B’Gosh. I received an OshKosh B’Gosh gift card to facilitate my post and a promotional item to thank me for my part...
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It's a Tie-Dye Sleepover Party! | How to Tie-Dye Pillow Cases
This post is brought to you buy I Love to Create and Blueprint Social I always seem to have an over abundance of party ideas for the little kids but the big kids.....well not necessarily so much. What...
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Making Road Trips Easier
This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign withPollinate Media Group™ and Wet-Nap but all my opinions are my own. pmedia showusyourmess http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV We love a go...
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Sea Life Play Dough Imprints
My (now almost 3yr old) Mr. C was so taken with making imprints and star shapes in the play dough from our red white & blue play dough last week that I thought I would capitalize on his interests for ...
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Simply Curious
If you follow us on instagram or Facebook you know we have been living and breathing curiosity this week. You've probably seen more than a few sneak peeks of our caterpillars. Every summer we raise pa...
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10 Cool Ideas to Make Every Summer Day a Treat
“This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Fruttare, but all my opinions are my own. itsallgood pmedia http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV” With Memori...
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In the Heat of the Sun; Melting Crayons
We had a slew of 90+ degree days not long ago here in the NorthEast. You know, the kind of days that you swore during the middle of a cold snowy winter that you would never complain about. The kind of...
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Blueberries
The best way to spend family time on a weekend in the summer? Blueberry picking of course. We love it so much we often go multiple times throughout the season. This year was Mister C's first time pick...
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10 Boredom Busters for Surviving Summer
With Memorial Day Weekend just a couple of days away my thoughts are quickly turning to summer and what that will encompass for this Plain Vanilla household this year. I am not one of those parents th...
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Shaving Cream Slip N Slide
I am still trying to regroup from our vacation last week. Thankfully some posts need few words.... this is one of them! I don't think they knew what was more fun. Going down.... Or trying to get back ...
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Ice Ice Baby
I'm often inspired by the everyday simple things when it comes to thinking up activities for the babe. This time I was inspired by how much fun the munchkin man was having sticking his fingers in his ...
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Summer Bucket List 2012
Phew! We FINALLY got our summer bucket list made! I was beginning to think it would never happen. It started as random conversation one night over dinner and kept going from there. Before you knew it ...
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Summer Reading MeMeTales Readathon 2012
We interrupt your regularly scheduled Sweet Sundays to bring you a "sweet" summer reading program! Sorry folks, this one was too good I couldn't wait to share it with you! Do your kids participate in ...
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How to Set up a Bubble Pool for Baby
Poor little C was down and out last week with a nasty cold. There were a couple of days where he just couldn't stand himself. So....what do you do with a sick (almost) 9 month old on a hot day? Fill u...
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Our Butterflies of 2012
A few weeks ago I introduced you to the caterpillars that were to be our butterfly family of 2012. Well this is the continuation of their story. We had eight caterpillars in all and each of them turne...
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How Does Your Garden Grow
One of the many things I love about the summer season is the gardening. There's something very satisfying and luxurious about being able to run outside and grab fresh tomatoes and basil for dinner. Th...
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All Year Round Blog Carnival - Summer
We love summer here at Plain Vanilla Mom and don't waste a minute of it. That's why I'm so super thrilled to be co-hosting the Summer Edition of the All Year Round Blog Carnival with some fabulous blo...
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