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My one and a half year old wants to do everything his three year old sister does. But, when it comes to arts and crafts, he still constantly puts them in his mouth. Just the other day I fished a bitten off marker tip out of his mouth. So, playdough is always a struggle. At […]
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When my daughter was really young, I went to a really cool and weird book sale. A man had bought a lot of books from local thrift stores to sell for really cheap while the libraries were closed. And when I say a lot of books, I mean 3 foot tall boxes of books that
Job Jar: A Fun and Simple Spin on Chores for Kids Read More »
Keeping a toddler quiet and still during church is one of the hardest things. So, when we forgot the kids’ quiet bags at home, my husband and I considered ourselves doomed. The silver lining was I hadn’t removed my toddler’s and preschooler’s entertainment out of the car from our recent road trip. I quickly went
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While trying to limit my three year old daughter’s ability to drive us crazy on a road trip, I accidentally made a really fun toy. To prepare for our trip, I made her a bunch of fun activities to keep her busy in the car. But, I worried she would want to try a new
The Ultimate Road Trip Hack for Kids: Activity Currency Read More »
You never know how a road trip with young kids is going to go. We went on one last year and it went great, but that means nothing a year later. This time around, it was really easy to come up with a whole bunch of activity ideas for my three year old daughter. But,
Modified DIY Tissue Box Toy That Doubles as a Toddler Car Activity Read More »
Playing outside and games involving water are summer staples. We have been going outside so much lately and both my kids love playing with water while they are outside. My husband recently bought them water guns and we have already had a water gun fight. I think my one year old was mostly confused, but
Scavenger hunts hold fond childhood memories for me. There was a yearly scavenger hunt in the city I grew up in. Every day there would be a new clue about its location in the newspaper. My mom and I would always go look for it. A couple years we were really close, but we never
My three year old and I have been having lots of fun making different shapes of crayons. We started by making pumpkin shaped crayons. Then, we made seashell shaped crayons for her under the sea birthday party. Using silicone molds to make them was lots of fun, but I wanted a way to make them
Stickers have always been a favorite for my three year old daughter. We have used them as car trip entertainment, potty training motivation, and just plain fun. When coming up with favors for her under the sea birthday party, I wanted to give things that would actually get used. Since stickers are so loved in
“Tell me about pufferfish,” my almost three year old daughter said over and over again for several days. Her short lived pufferfish obsession started one night in the bath. She was playing with a pufferfish squirter toy. It was not a new toy, but for some reason that night she asked what it was. And
