• Homeschooling,  Kid Fun

    Remember These?

    I have such fond memories of watching my teacher use a felt board to tell a story.  LOVED it so much.  Gathering around her and finding a comfy spot to watch the story unfold. Always wanted to get some to play with as a kid but never did, seemed like a teacher “exclusive” item. I looked at my local Education store and they are so expensive I could not justify the cost. However, now that I started to homeschool I went to my favorite consignment sale to find educational materials.  Imagine how excited I was to find a Storyboard Felt set. Nothing fancy, in fact it looks like it could be from…

  • Homeschooling,  Kid Fun

    Homemade Valentine’s Day Cards

    This year I was invited to a Valentine’s Card making get-together and had so much fun that I had one for the women in my family, that was also a blast. When it came time to think about the kids Valentine’s cards this year, it was a no brainer that they would make homemade ones as well, I had all the supplies ready to go.  In previous years, especially since they were in school, it was easy to just go pick up some pre-made ones.  Now that we homeschool we do more homemade things then ever, we have the time and resources so why not?  The boys made some for…

  • Homeschooling,  Inspiration,  Kid Fun

    Easy Tie Dye Shirts

    I have always loved tie-dyed shirts, loved them.  Bright bursts of color splashed on a sparkling white tee.  Pretty!  I have wanted to make one for ever but just felt like it would be hard.  Until recently. I came across a spray bottled tie dye kit, it looked easy enough so I had to try it. We bought 3 white tee’s for only $3 a piece!  The kit was 7.99. We twisted and rubber-banded the shirts then sprayed the tie dye all over, set to dry… we let dry 24 hours… When we took the bands off there was still alot of white so we re-banded it and sprayed some more tie dye on, dried some more……

  • Blogging,  Thankful For

    A Blessing in Disguise

    I guess one thing about blessings in disguise, you don’t always see them right away. Last summer and fall my husband was unemployed, looking for work. I had the opportunity to increase my hours at work and my husband became the primary caregiver during the day. At the time I never truly stopped to think about what an awesome situation God presented us with, a time for a Dad to bond with his boys. I was steeped in work and admittedly, worried. I am thinking about it now and thanking God for that time. I found pictures on the computer of their adventures together. What a time they had! Museums,…

  • Blogging,  Inspiration,  Kid Fun

    Boys Love This Craft… R2D2!

    My boys are crazy for Star Wars, they love it!  I just picked up the box set of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi for them for Christmas.  It was one of their lightning deals for only $22! Recently, I came across a crafts section of the Star Wars website. They had a fun R2D2 craft made from felt.  I had tons of foam squares so we pulled them out and the boys went to work… They used construction paper for his top part and colored it silver. They also used construction paper for his body.  The rest was made from foam and they glued…

  • Blogging,  Homeschooling,  Kid Fun

    A Hit with Kids, Fun Candy Activity

    Preston enjoying Latkes – Last weekend we were invited to a Jewish Festival to celebrate Hannakah.  It was a fun opportunity to engage another culture.  The music, food, people were all great! They had plenty of activities for the children, all of them were fun but one in particular had me very excited.  It was an activity similiar to SandArt but it was edible sand, colored sugar.  All the kids swarmed the table and had a blast creating tubes of edible art. You can purchase directly from Sandy Candy or I just found a 10 person kit on Amazon. I will be ordering soon, look out for another post.

  • Blogging,  Inspiration,  Kid Fun

    2 Ways We are Celebrating Advent

    I have been looking around the web for ideas to celebrate Advent.  In addition to a cute book we purchased a couple of years ago, I wanted another way to add some more fun. The book is the Usbourne Advent Nativity Book.  It features 24 really detailed cardboard cutouts and a story.  You read a page a day and take out the corresponding days cutout and add it to the 3-D. Christmas Advent Calendar idea from The Rusted Chain blog, she got it from this adorable blog, that has many more ideas from other sites that are way too cute.  All the ideas are fantastic and a great way to…

  • Blogging,  Inspiration,  Kid Fun,  Recipes

    Fun with Lunch – Muffin Tin Inspiration

    Lunch.  Lunch can become boring for kids and they become uninterested and picky.  At least that is what has happened to my kiddies.  While browsing blogs I came across 2 really cute blogs FULL of ideas on making fun lunches.  They are: Muffin Tin Mom and Lunch in a Box; Building a Better Bento Inspired by other blog moms once again, I set out.  I had cutters so I didn’t need to get any.   I did pick up the muffin tins at the Dollar Tree and then some cupcake liners at my local grocery store.  I picked up 10 packs of fruit leather (.50/each), pretzels, crackers, cheese, almonds, turkey and…