How to Make a Life Saver Candy Tree
Here’s an edible Christmas gift idea, that’s quick and easy to make. Consider giving a Life Savers candy tree to co-workers, your child’s teachers’, or anyone on your list. All you need are a few craft items and Life Savers candies individually wrapped. Supplies needed: 1 (1 pound bag) Life Savers individually wrapped candy 1 [...]
Christmas Paper Chain
Christmas is my favorite holiday and I wasted no time getting my girlfriends and our children together to make a Christmas paper chain to start counting down the days til Christmas. This is a easy fun family project. Express your creativity and joy of Christmas or let your little one’s get carried away. Let their holiday spirit spruce up your [...]
Thanksgiving Candleholders
Recycle your baby food jars and turn them into Thanksgiving candleholders. Use them to light up your table or to decorate around the house. Decorate them with stickers or with real leaves. Make them part of your centerpiece or table settings. Your kids will be happy that their work of art is something to be thankful for. [...]
What to Do If Your Little One Fears the Scariest Night of All
Hallow’s Eve is not for everyone. As scary as Halloween decorations and costumes can be, part of the Halloween fun is Trick or Treating and seeing the gruesome lawn displays in or around the neighborhood. What to do if your little one fears the scariest night of all. Here are some tips [...]
How to Make Face Paint
Howl bout making your own face paint for Halloween? All you need are some common household ingredients and you can make it yourself face paint. Keep this idea in mind for an added flare to your child’s birthday party, showing some school spirit or at your next sporting event. Clown Make-up 2 tablespoons shortening 5 [...]
Create Jar O’Lanterns
Create your own Jar O’ Lanterns. Recycle and reuse your clean baby food jars, pasta jars, pickle jars, mason jars and even fish bowls. Use any kind of jars that will give this project a variety of shape and sizes for your goofy and ghoulish jar o’ lanterns. What you will need: masking tape paintbrushes [...]
How to Make a Puzzle Picture Frame
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Every mother is probably familiar with the experience of spending minutes to hours painstakingly attempting to complete a puzzle with your children, only to realize at the last minute that the puzzle is missing several pieces. Rather than chuck the puzzle unceremoniously into the trash, why not make puzzle picture frames with your kids? Children [...]
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
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After all the fun of carving the pumpkin is over, and the kids are proudly admiring their (or, in reality, quite possibly your) handiwork, you’re left staring at the mess left behind: pieces from the pumpkin’s tough rind, and a large mass of gooey, disgusting pumpkin guts (or, if you’d prefer to use adult-speak for [...]
Getting Your Kids to Read
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Good literary skills are becoming a more and more important part of life, but, as parents, we all know how hard it can be to get your kids to read, particularly given the distractions provided by television, computer games and the internet. If you can somehow convince your child that reading is fun, your life [...]
Help Your Kids Stay Healthy and Active
An obese child and adolescence have a greater chance of being an obese adult. Help your kids stay healthy and active by promoting healthy eating habits and daily exercise. Obesity is the easiest medical condition to diagnosis, and the most difficult to treat. Lack of physical activity contributes to childhood obesity and an increase in [...]
