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Spicy chicken pot pie
There’s nothing like a dinner that makes the whole family happy, which is harder to pull off than you might think. My tot isn’t excited about this or the husband isn’t in the mood for that. So the...
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Fine Art for Kids: Staying in the lines with Robert Delaunay
It’s been raining for days, and today we all got a bit stir crazy. While the husband busied himself cleaning the garage, the tot and I sat down with an art book she had pulled off the shelf and looked...
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Kid-friendly holiday cookies: Red velvet sprinkles
My tot is in love with the color red. She had to have red shoes, only uses red paint when getting creative, and wants us to paint freshly painted white walls of her room red. So I wasn’t at all...
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Fine art for kids: Cardboard creations with Victor Vasarely
After the holidays there always seems to be a large amount of cardboard hanging around my house. From packages sent, to boxes that held toys, I never want to just toss it in the recycling. So the...
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Repurposed artwork thank you cards
I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a drawer that’s always overflowing with my tot’s artwork. I save her creations from preschool, the fun doodles she makes on her own at home, and the exciting...
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The Birch Aquarium
While we were down south, there were a couple of days the weather wasn’t right for hitting the beach, so we explored the area for a few fun things to do. And we found ourselves heading to La Jolla for...
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Tinkerlab: A Hands-On Guide for Little Inventors
My child loves to invent, explore, and create and we’ve been doing fun activities together since she was just a wee tot. Now that she’s a little older, she is starting to experiment on her own. I love...
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Sticker finger paint
This is such a simple project with fun – and educational – results. Along with honing fine-motor skills, it also encourages color recognition. Toddlers love getting messy – and finger paint doesn’t...
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Star binoculars
I don’t know about you but I always have a ton of those toilet paper rolls hanging around. I can’t seem to throw them out so find different things to use them for. From stamping to making binoculars,...
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Fine art for kids: Tints and shades
There’s nothing like the moment when your little one picks her favorite color. It’s awesome and so cute and then it becomes obsessive and overwhelming. At first it’s totally adorable when your tot...
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