Easy and fun ideas on how to create things for your child
Making a birthday cake on your own can be a little daunting. You may think that it isn’t going to look anything like what you wanted or take way too much time. This castle cake that I made for my son’s first birthday party is a great starter cake. Since the main decoration is Hershey’s […]
Several months before my son turned one, I saw a tutorial on how to make a toilet paper roll dragon. When you blew on the other end, it made streamers move like fire. I immediately thought it would be fun to make a giant version of it and throw my son a knight and dragon
Kid birthday parties can either be very stressful or very fun to put together. I know that a few years ago, when I started looking for ideas for my daughter’s first birthday, I was overwhelmed with moms spending ridiculous amounts of money on a party that their kid will never remember. Thankfully, I was able
A couple of months ago, I was nursing my baby when I heard the clatter of over a hundred coffee stirrers hit the ground. Our hall closet turned pantry is always an overstuffed mess and my husband had knocked off our package of coffee stirrers. I didn’t want to just throw them away, but I
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Happy Halloween! To prepare for trick or treating tonight, I have been practicing with my shy 2 1/2 year old daughter. So far she understands that we need to go to the neighbors’ houses and knock or ring their doorbell. After she asked how many eyes and legs neighbors have, I think she has also
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My 2 1/2 year old daughter is still learning the concept of time. She will ask me if things are “this day” (today) or “next day” (tomorrow). For a long time every thing was Tuesday, so she is learning. To help her understand when things are, I created this two week toddler calendar for her.
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When I was little, I was absolutely obsessed with Winnie the Pooh. I was so obsessed that my mom painted a mural on my wall with all the Winnie the Pooh characters on it. Even though I later covered it up with dolphin wallpaper, I still remember loving that mural. So, when I found out
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OOPS! I think I got my toddler addicted to making crafts. Several times a day she asks for another thing, which is her way of saying she wants to make a craft. The other day, after just making bubble wrap octopuses, she started asking to make another thing. I asked her what she wanted to
Before having kids, I was a software developer. I quit about three weeks before having my daughter, knowing that I wanted to stay at home with her. I spent those three weeks napping, watching movies, and painting letters for a baby name sign. Her room was painted by my mom and I wanted to add
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I am very blessed that my two kids handle the car well. Where I grew up everything was 10 minutes away at most. The town I went to college was the same way. After graduating and getting married, I moved to the Denver area and thought with it being bigger everything would be closer. Instead
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