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 [...]
Best Book Series for Girls
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The following list of the ten best book series for girls, in no particular order, is comprised both of books that I enjoyed as a child and books that my younger female relatives have told me about. A you can probably guess from the titles of the books listed below, my family has lots of [...]
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 [...]
Mouth Guards
Mouth guards aren’t only important in high contact sports. According to the American Dental Association, “The safer we can be in a wide range of activities, the better.” Mouth guards should be used by anyone, both children and adults, who are involved in any contact sports such as MMA, wrestling, football, soccer, basketball, ice [...]
Baby Halloween Costumes
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As Halloween approaches, I’d like to take a moment to appreciate the cuteness that is an already-adorable baby dressed in adorable Halloween costume.
The Importance of Having a Schedule
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Mothers, and particularly if they are working mothers, have lots of demands on their time. Frequently, it can seem as though there are never enough hours in the day to get everything done. (Personally, a long-running fantasy of mine has been to figure out how to stop time so that I can catch up on [...]
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 [...]
