Craft Ideas, Kids Crafts, Recipes and More

Valentine Hearts Letter Match Game

by Marie January 30, 2012

There are so many fun crafts and games to play with hearts. They are the perfect shape. We’re using hearts in our letter matching game today. I printed out another set of Valentine hearts from Juliann’s design we used in the 14 Acts of Love countdown. They are the perfect hearts, already colored and printed [...]

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Saturday Spotlight: Super Bowl Sunday

by Marie January 28, 2012

This week’s M&T Spotlight pics would have been even sweeter if the niners had made it to the Super Bowl. But these 6 ideas are fun for celebrating anyone who’s in the game. Whether you’re gathering with family or friends, these ideas are the perfect way to say “Go Team!” **Next week: I’ll be featuring [...]

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Contributor Spotlight: Crafts by Amanda

by Marie January 27, 2012

I’m taking the next few Fridays to spotlight my amazing contributors. Next up on the list is Amanda of Craft who contributes once a month to our Kids Craft page. Amanda is my kind of gal. She comes up with kid craft ideas that are the kind I wish I had come up with. Happily, she’s now writing [...]

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What Do You Love? ~ A New Valentine’s Day Tradition

by Mariel January 26, 2012

I have such mixed feelings about Valentine’s Day. I love boxes of candy. I love roses. I love the pink and red combo. I love cards. I love cute, homemade stuff. I love my kids. I love my husband. I should love Valentine’s Day, right? Well, I do. Really, I do. But, I don’t really [...]

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Mango Chocolate Chip Bread

by Two Peas January 25, 2012

Mangoes were on sale and I went a little crazy. I have a hard time passing up a good deal. I used the mangoes to make my usual smoothies and salads, but I still had ripe mangoes to use. I decided to mix things up and make Mango Chocolate Chip Bread. You might think the mango/chocolate combination [...]

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Counting Down to Valentines with 14 Acts of Love + a Free Printable

by Marie January 24, 2012

Valentines seems to come and go so quickly. Once February starts, I’m only thinking of what candy to buy and cards to make for my children’s classmates. I thought it would be fun to do more as a family this Valentines, counting down the days and turning it into a holiday of service. We’re going [...]

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Crafting Winter Animals that “Shred”

by Marie January 23, 2012

I recently wrote a post for Momformation all about a Snowman that “shreds” and I thought it might be fun extend the paper shredding to create a couple winter animals. We’re recycling our shredded paper, straight from our electronic shredder. I could even see a few old bills in pile! But it does make for [...]

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Contributor Spotlight: Maria of Two Peas and Their Pod

by Marie January 20, 2012

I’m taking the next few Fridays to spotlight my amazing contributors. Next up on the list is Maria of Two Peas and Their Pod who contributes once a month to our Recipes page. I want to be Maria! Fabulous remodeled kitchen, darling new baby, and always making yummy meals, snacks, and cookies! Oh, her cookies! She’s [...]

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Nix the Pancake Mix

by Sabrena January 19, 2012

We’re more than half-way through January. I have almost worked through the last of the snowman sugar cookies stashed in my freezer which means a couple of things: The holidaze have come and gone I’m most likely looking fat-tastic (that is not actually a good thing) It’s time to start my New Year’s Resolutions Wait, [...]

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Sophisticated Brownie Sundae For Two

by Lindsey January 18, 2012

Valentine’s Day is just a few weeks away. Since we’ve had kids, my husband and I haven’t taken Valentine’s Day too seriously. We stay home and put the kids to bed and try to have a romantic dinner together–usually between requests for one last drink of water and one more story. Dessert is something I [...]

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