Holidays

Weekend Make and Takes: Earth Day

by Marie April 17, 2010

With Earth Day coming up on April 22nd, here’s a few fun ways to celebrate this special holiday. There are so many fun and creative ways to reduce, reuse, recycle! Cereal Box Robins by Almost Unschoolers (via One Pretty Thing) pictured above Yearly Reading of The Lorax by Suite Spots Egg Carton Tulips by Make [...]

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Having Fun With Easter Candy

by Marie April 3, 2010

Remember doing this with good ol’ Robin Eggs? Gotta love em’. Happy Easter!

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Graphing Our Easter M&M Candy

by Marie March 31, 2010

We’ve graphed red and green Christmas M&Ms before, but today we’re tallying up all the different colors and flavors of Easter m&ms! With my son learning about tallying in 1st grade, I put him in charge of tallying our results on our graph. Supplies for M&M Graphing: graph paper – download this printable graph: Easter [...]

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Weekend Make and Takes: Easter DIY Crafts

by Marie March 27, 2010

With Easter just around the corner, I’m happy to share these hip-hoppity crafts for the holiday. Easter Egg Hand-Stitched Greeting Card by Make and Takes (pictured above) Free Easter Bag Printables by Green Lily Designs Easter Bunny Softies by Mmm Crafts Washcloth Bunnies by Petite Planet Creative Egg Coloring Ideas by Simply Modern Mom And [...]

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3 Simple Tips for Coloring Eggs at Easter

by Marie March 25, 2010

Every year when Easter comes around, we get ready to color eggs. My kids love it, but I tend to get a little pit in my stomach at the thought of the mess and stain of fingers or clothing. So I’ve come up with 3 simple tips that is helping our egg dying experience go [...]

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Using Freezer Paper Stencils for a Fun Passover Pillowcase

by Marie March 22, 2010

Guest post by Sara of Creative Jewish Mom Thanks so very much to Marie for inviting me to to do a guest post on her blog today! I share my daily creative adventures as a Jewish mom living in Israel over at creativejewishmom.com and would love to “see” you there! I’m so happy to be [...]

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On a Hunt for Mixed Up Eggs

by Marie March 19, 2010

I’m contributing again today over at Snackpicks with a fun and educational Mix and Match Easter Egg Hunt. Kids will be able to find their egg with their matching color card, helping to make learning fun too!

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Easter Candy Made Into Lollipop Flowers

by Marie March 18, 2010

After we filled our Spring bucket with colored green rice, we filled it with some yummy Easter candy made into lollipop flowers. Don’t you just love the idea of edible flowers?! Supplies for Easter Candy Lollipop Flowers: Springtime Bucket lollipop sticks – any size Easter candy – Reese’s peanut butter cups and eggs, Jet Puff [...]

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Coloring Rice Green for a Springtime Display

by Marie March 18, 2010

As I’m itching for Spring, we’re coloring our rice green today, helping to represent green grass. My own grass is now turning from brown to green and I think this Spring project is going to give it a boost. Let’s all say it together, “Stay out SUN!” Supplies for Coloring Rice: dry white rice – [...]

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Kid’s Crafts for Easter

by Marie March 18, 2010

Here’s a few fun Easter kids crafts and yummy treats we’ve made in the past. They’ll be sure to help you celebrate this Springtime holiday! Crushed Egg Shell Art ~~~ Growing Easter Grass in Egg Carton Baskets ~~~ Marshmallow Easter Bunny Treat ~~~ Teaching the Meaning of Easter ~~~ Stuffed Fabric Easter Egg

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