If the choice is between a candy Valentine and a noisy Valentine, which do you choose? If you picked noisy, then stick around and I'll show you how to make these darling DIY High Five Valentine printables featuring a small hand clapper toy for your kids. These were a huge hit in my kid's class! As I previously mentioned all the Valentines I made for my kids this year were non-candy. If you are interested in more non-candy Valentines check out the "I Spy My Valentine" with a toy magnifying … [Read more...]
Parachute Printable Valentine Card
Valentine's Day is drawing near and it's time to get those creative juices flowing. Because I LOVED our non-candy cards from a few years ago (I Spy My Valentine, You're The Star of My Show, High Five Valentine) I wanted to find another awesome toy to turn into a Valentine. So this year our non-candy, super awesome toy Valentine is the Parachute Printable Valentine Card featuring a parachuting animal! Have you ever seen parachuting toys? All I had ever seen before stumbling across these cute … [Read more...]
The Ultimate DIY Valentine Round Up
Valentine's Day is my jam. I LOVE creating new, homemade, printable cards for my kids to take to school for their parties. As a result, I have an awesomely huge selection for you to choose from if you are also interested in DIY Valentines. Check out all my candy and non-candy options below. I also have some awesome recipes, crafts and fun odds and ends. I will update this list as my new Valentines get published! Happy Valentine's Day! DIY Valentine Cards What is better than gummy bears and … [Read more...]
Free Printable Christmas Games
This year has flown by! But to be prepared for the holiday season, I'm already stocking up on fun and games to be done over the Winter break. Free printables are some of my favorite things, so I'm really excited to be offering a couple free Christmas game printables today! These are really fun games. You can print them out and let your kids enjoy them now or over winter break! I can't believe it's almost time for Winter break! Free Printable Christmas Games Here is how it works, in case this … [Read more...]
Kids Valentines Cards You’re a Beary Good Friend
It's our favorite time of year - time to make cheesy homemade Kids Valentines Cards. My kids look forward to this every year. My husband and I come up with several ideas and they decide which they want to take to school. This year the overwhelming favorite from all our options was this darling paper bear cut out holding a bag of mini gummy bears with a sign that says "You're a Beary good friend, Valentine." I think all three kids are going to take it to their parties. Kids Valentines Cards … [Read more...]
You’re the Star of my Show Valentine
It may be true that at your child's Valentine's Day party there is going to be so much junk food that you don't want to contribute to that with the Valentine they hand out. In the past I hadn't ever really thought the amounts of sugar until I helped with the party. Last year the room Moms in my daughter's class threw a very fun party, but boy was there a lot of junk food getting consumed! Since I didn't want to add to the sugar-fest this year we created non-candy Valentine's that you can simply … [Read more...]
Robot Valentine’s Day Mailbox
My kids love going all out for their Valentine's Day mailboxes. Once Christmas wraps up discussions begin on what theme they want their mailbox to be. At our schools the kids have a big Valentine's Day party and so each child brings a "mailbox" to collect their Valentines from their classmates. My son was very excited when the idea of a robot got brought up. It seemed easy enough, so here is how we created it using our Silhouette Cameo . The Box The box that we used for our robot is … [Read more...]
You Brighten My Day Valentine Card
Sometimes a Valentine's Day card doesn't have a play on words (like our Starburst or Airheads cards) with the candy at all. Sometimes the color of the candy offers the inspiration. Perfectly yellow, little drops of sunshine inspired our "You Brighten My Day" homemade Valentine card. These cute handouts will be for my son's Kindergarten class. Let me tell you, once I got this idea in my head, it was HARD to find little boxes of Lemonheads. So, I'll save you the trouble. On Amazon you can get … [Read more...]
Love is in the ‘Air’ Valentine Card
Ever year we try to think of cute, creative and clever Valentine's to make our children for their school parties. My husband and I look at the candy available and then think of cheesy sayings and designs to put them on. This year, my daughter is getting a heart card with an Airhead mini to pass out to her classmates. I always love it when I can squeeze a pun into their Valentine cards. Here is the design we came up with This cut file includes the front of the heart with the … [Read more...]
How to Start Meal Planning
This post contains affiliate links. Why should you start planning your meals? A few reasons are that it’s healthier, it’s easier, and it’s cheaper. Rather than asking everyone what they want each night and trying to figure out what you have and don’t have, simply plan your meals for the week or month. No more debating. Planning meals allows for less takeout food and more fruits and veggies. If you plan your meals you will know exactly what is needed at the grocery store each week so that you … [Read more...]
Toddler Snack Game
Thank you to Gerber for sponsoring today’s post and inspiring my little one to eat healthy! We all heard, and perhaps said to our children, "Don't play with your food!" Well, today I want to share a fun and educational toddler snack game using Gerber snacks so your little ones can play with their food and eat it too! I'm always looking for yummy toddler snacks my little ones would enjoy. Snacks that would also be somewhere on the healthy spectrum. Of course my toddler wants to eat fruit … [Read more...]
DIY Car Maintenance + Car Maintenance Log
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SummerCarCare #CollectiveBias A month before we got married my husband's parents and my parents presented us with a very generous wedding present: a car! This car was purchased used and came with an awesome car maintenance log in a notebook from the previous owners. We have kept up our habit of tracking our car maintenance, repairs and purchases and wanted to share our method in case you … [Read more...]
Finding Dory Party Bags
June 17th Finding Dory is coming to theaters! As with all Disney movies, I'm sure kids will want to have Finding Dory themed parties. When this happens to you, come on back for these awesome party bag ideas! Fish Rice Crispy Treats Armed with a fish shaped cookie cutter I made rice crispy treats. 3 Tablespoons butter 1 Package (about 40) Marshmallows 6 Cups Rice Crispies 1 Package blue chocolate wafers, melted Over medium heat melt butter in a large sauce pot. Add … [Read more...]
Cultivate a Love of Reading in your Children
Thanks to Children's Mercy for sponsoring this post. All opinions are my own. Reading to my kids has always been one of my favorite activities. Of course, when I only had one child it was really easy to do. My daughter and I were home together all day so we could read books and play together. As more children entered our family things got a little more busy, but it also meant I had reading helpers. Though I like to read with my toddler, so do his siblings. One of my middle child's favorite … [Read more...]
Starburst Valentine’s Day Card
It's time to start thinking about what Valentines your child wants to take to school. This is a really fun and easy Valentine that your child can give to all their friends. Once you have the card printed your kids can help cut, glue on the stars and tape on the candy. Step 1 - Print out the shooting star shapes and stars Step 2 - Cut out shooting star shapes and the stars. I have included a printable for the shooting star shape and the stars. For those of you with a silhouette cutting … [Read more...]
