Cap Trapper Giveaway Winner

by Marie

What a fabulous response to the The Cap Trapper. Thanks to all of you who entered the giveaway. Two comments were randomly picked through the fun website Random.org.
#10 Angie and #39 Kari are the lucky winners. Your coloring markers are now saved from drying out and getting thrown out too early! I will give your [...]

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Live Caterpillars are Here

by Marie

We received our order of Live Caterpillars. We got them from the company called Insect Lore. I wrote about Live Butterfly Gardens earlier. We can’t wait to see what they do. Here they are the day we got them.

Here they are 4 days later.

Here they are 8 days later. It’s creepy how fast they grow.

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Giveaway Reminder

by Marie

Don’t forget to make a comment on the Cap Trapper Giveaway post to enter to win. You have until Tonight and winners will be announced Tomorrow. Good Luck!

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Pop Up Pancakes

by Marie

We love to eat Breakfast for Dinner. It’s easy and I have all the ingredients. One of our favorites is Pop Up Pancakes, or as my husband’s family calls them, German Pancakes. I like to put a little twist on them by cooking these in muffin tins. They cook up as little puff balls and [...]

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Rumblin’ Rainsticks

by Marie

Rainsticks are one of my favorite musical toys. My sister has a really large wooden rainstick they got in Mexico. It’s super big and the sound of rain seems to go on forever. I have wanted to make one for a long time, and with the rainstorms we’ve been having, now is a great time.

Rainstick [...]

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The Cap Trapper Giveaway

by Marie

I have just been introduced to the The Cap Trapper, a new crafting product. Rebecca, a mother of 3 and a former teacher, came up with this inventive idea for trapping your marker’s caps. She got tired of losing caps and markers drying out. So she developed a way to keep the markers together and [...]

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Happy Mom’s Day

by Marie

Happy to be Mom to 2, almost 3 kids.
Happy to have my Mom close by and so helpful.
Happy to have a great Mother in law.
Happy to have my sister’s and their greatness.
Happy to have 2 living Grandmothers to share memories with, and grateful for the ones who have passed on and left their legacy!

Have a [...]

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Curse of the Cheese Pyramid

by Marie

Today’s storytime with Make and Takes brings us to the book my son and I just finished reading, The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid by Geronimo Stilton. It’s an adventurous chapter book, part of the Geronimo Stilton series.

As I mentioned earlier in my Chapter Book post, my son received this book on CD and had [...]

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Daisy Stitched Card Pattern

by Marie

Stitch this Daisy card just in time for Spring. It’s the perfect card to bring on the blooming flowers. Stitch this card to be given with a gift, framed as a gift, or make a bunch to give away with as gifts.

Supplies: Everything is available at your local craft or fabric store.

Punching Awl
Pattern for Daisy [...]

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WOW for MOM

by Marie

Here’s a fun card for Mom at Mother’s Day. It can be made for Grandmas, or other Mother’s you think are fabulous. It’s also a great activity for students to do in class, to take home to their Moms.

Fold your paper in half. Write the word MOM at the bottom of a paper, cardstock paper [...]

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