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Archive for the ‘Crafts’ Category

July 18th, 2008

Grieving children

My last living grandparent, my grandmother on my mother’s side, passed away on December 20th, 2006. My oldest was four years old when it happened, and is thus old enough to remember her great-grandmother. She took the news of her death very hard. It was hard on me as well, because it […]

By Sherry -- 0 comments

July 10th, 2008

Edible craft

I just found this great post that tells you how to make a fun craft that you can eat too, and it helps prevent waste.

We eat a lot of bread around here. My husband takes two or three sandwiches to work each day, my youngest eats a PB & J for breakfast, and I […]

By Sherry -- 0 comments

June 29th, 2008

Favorite Coloring Page Sites

Sherry had a great question yesterday in her post about keeping kids occupied. I commented that maybe printing out some coloring pages would help and thought I’d expand on that a little bit and list some of my girls’ favorite coloring sites.
We’ve been doing coloring pages for years and years now. Every once in a […]

By Heather -- 4 comments

June 26th, 2008

Chocolate Pudding as Art

Sherry commented to me yesterday that she hopes no one reading lately is on a diet, because between the recipe for granola bars and her post yesterday about s’mores, you’re in trouble!
And here’s another one: today is National Chocolate Pudding Day! I don’t know where they come up with these, and most of the […]

By Heather -- 1 comment

April 19th, 2008

Fun Craft: Fairy Beds

I am completely in love with this simple craft - a little fairy bed. This is perfect timing for me to find this idea. The weather is beautiful and the snow is all but gone, so we’ve been spending a lot of our post-school afternoons at the park. With all the insane […]

By Sherry -- 1 comment

March 19th, 2008

Craft Wednesday - Bird Feeder

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Spring is just around the corner (supposedly - right now I can’t even see out my sliding glass doors with all the snow pushed up against them) so here’s a really simple craft that you can do with your kids, even the toddlers. I’ve […]

By Sherry -- 0 comments