From the category archives:

Outside

Ocean Air

Hi everyone!  We just returned from a quick beach trip – the girls just loved dipping their toes in the super-cold ocean!  Be back soon with some ocean-y crafts and projects….
Have a great day and happy playing!

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Flowerpot Wind Chime

We celebrated my husband’s birthday last week.  In addition to the veggie plants we bought him for the garden, the girls and I made him this fun flowerpot wind chime.

I had seen pictures of wind chimes like this – they seemed pretty simple to make, so we gathered a few things and winged it!

Supplies:

clay flowerpots [...]

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Ready, aim…

…BLAST!

The girls received these water blaster tubes at a birthday party over the weekend. They are basically a giant syringe with great blasting power! They played with them for at least an hour, first watering all the plants and then each other.
I love the simplicity – easy to use, no [...]

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Birdseed Cookies

Let me start by saying that about two minutes into this project, I was pretty sure it was going to be a flop. But, we persevered and our birdseed cookies actually turned out, so there you go! I wish I remembered where I got this recipe from – it is scribbled on a [...]

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Flower Planting Kit

We are always looking for simple, creative gifts to put together for the many birthday party invitations that arrive in the mail. Natalie and I put this flower planting kit together for two of her friends, and we just love it! Inside an inexpensive terracotta pot (6″) we put: organic potting mix, a [...]

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Landscape Photo Scenes

Last weekend, while out on a nature walk, the girls helped me find interesting landscape “scenes” to photograph.  At home, we printed our favorites out, full-page size.  Then, the girls chose some clip art and stickers to decorate their scenes with.  They also dictated some fantastic stories about their scenes.  You could also draw and [...]

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Toddler Time – Outside Fun

A couple of you have requested some “flashback” posts about things I did with my girls when they were toddlers.  It took some thinking to remember back — with little ones running around, things seem like a blur sometimes!  I thought I would start with outside activities, since the weather is still so nice and [...]

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Dandelion Fun

The girls have been serious dandelion hunters lately. Whenever we are near a patch of grass, they are searching for white dandelions to blow and wish upon. Last time we were at the library, I found the book Dandelion Adventures by L. Patricia Kite over in the kids’ science book area. It tells about the [...]

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Ice Treasures

The weather is already heating up and I’ve started dipping into my summer bag of tricks. This last weekend, we hunted for treasures frozen in ice.

Natalie had specifically requested diamonds and shells. We ended up using some glass marbles from the craft store, including some clear “diamonds” and a variety of shells too.

I like to [...]

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