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Make Your Own Wrapping Paper: 4 Ideas for Rolling Pin Printing

December 5, 2012
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Making your own wrapping paper is an easy way for kids to get involved in gift giving at this time of year.  Children of all ages can easily be involved with creating wrapping paper. From abstract toddler paintings to hand stamped designs by older children, you can use many different artistic ideas and techniques to [...]

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Homemade Gifts for Kids: Sewing Kit

December 3, 2012
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Here is a simple gift idea for preschoolers or bigger kids who enjoy the challenge of beginner sewing activities. Beginner Sewing Kit You will need: A small toolbox, tackle box or sewing basket – I picked up this plastic toolbox for just $3 Embroidery thread Blunt tipped wool or tapestry needles or bodkins Needle threader [...]

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LYBFL: Pressing Pause

November 30, 2012
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I am so tired of being busy. This Living Your Best Family Life series began because I felt like our life was passing me by on fast forward – juggling children, a household, a marriage, work and ‘life,’ often on little sleep as our smallest family member takes time to find her rhythm. It’s hard. [...]

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Christmas Stocking Stuffers for Baby’s First Christmas

November 29, 2012
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Immy’s first Christmas was such a special time for our little family unit and we are really looking forward to our first Christmas as a family of four – young children bring such joy to family holidays and celebrations. Here are some suggestions for baby’s first Christmas stocking… ~ A personalised Christmas decoration with their [...]

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Homemade Gifts for Kids: Puppet Making Kit

November 26, 2012
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This puppet making kit is great for using up all sorts of leftover crafty scraps and is a fun way to  encourage the recipient child’s creativity and language development. As well as making a great birthday or Christmas gift, it would also work well as a sibling-made gift or even an alternative to a sugar [...]

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Our Play Space: A Christmas Sleigh Ride

November 25, 2012
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A peek inside a reader’s play space… “Go Dasher, Go Dancer!” A Santa sack and hat, hobby horses as reindeer and ribbons as reins transform Cam’s bed into a magical Christmas sleigh. This simplest imaginative play ideas are so often the best! Read more about Cam’s magical sleigh ride and the book that inspired this [...]

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Christmas Stocking Stuffers for Kids Who Like Tinkering & Building

November 22, 2012
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Do you have a child in your life who loves constructing – who enjoys stacking, assembling, disassembling, sorting, moulding and otherwise being busy with their hands? These stocking stuffer suggestions are for the all of the mini tinkers and builders in our lives… ~ Woodwork kit – small hammer, nails, offcuts of soft wood, wood [...]

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Christmas Stocking Stuffers for Outdoor Adventurers

November 15, 2012
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Today’s stocking stuffer suggestions are for kids who like outdoor adventures… ~ Magnifying glass ~ Kid friendly camera ~ Butterfly net ~ Bug catcher ~ Field journal and pencil roll ~ Kaleidoscope ~ Glow in the dark star stickers ~ Set of sand toys: spade, rake, funnel, sand wheel ~ Compass ~ Binoculars ~ Snorkel, [...]

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