Nov

29

Family Gift Making for the Holidays

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November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Most of last week was spent planning the craft projects that we would do in order to have gifts for everyone that we love and hold dear. This planning was done by myself, my daughter (16), and my nephew (11).
We had done some pre-planning as well, collecting candle and holder cast-offs, as well as flowers […]

Nov

28

A Single Mothers Thanksgiving Celebration

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November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

On Wednesday, I made two cheesecakes and three loaves of bread: Cinnamon streusel, apple and lemon poppy-seed. My daughter baked two pies from scratch: Apple and pumpkin. We already had a good start on our Thanksgiving meal by this point.
Wednesday evening we cleaned up the living-room and kitchen, and Zowie took out the trash and […]

Nov

20

A Review: The Family Homestead - A Wonderful and Free Resource

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November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I am on a saving money kick today, and am checking out frugal type web sites. You are benefiting from this in two ways: 1. You do not have to do the searches yourself, and 2. You and I can learn more ways to live frugally in these leaner times.
Thefamilyhomestead.com is another great resource, though […]

Nov

13

Thanksgiving Crafts for Young Children

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November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I took some time to gather some links for a blog post to give you some ideas of what you and your younger children can do to make your Thanksgiving a little more memorable. Here is some of what I came up with:

Kaboosehas a few crafts that your child may be interested in, including a […]

Oct

25

The Seasonal Tree: Decorating for Halloween

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October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I have a tree in my living room, purchased from TerrysVillage.com, that I am keeping up year round. It does not take up much space, and I am decorating it for different occasions.
At this time, I do not have a lot of Halloween decorations to hang on a tree. I have a few small witch […]

Oct

25

Fun Halloween Activities for Families

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October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I love Halloween. The decorations. The costumes. The merriment.
The merriment? Yes. This is a great time of the year. I would like to share with you the ways in which I have enjoyed Halloween over the years:

Make a graveyard from construction paper and hang it in your window.
Make paper Halloween decorations to hang from the […]

Oct

16

Easy Halloween Crafts

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October 16, 2008 | 1 Comment

These are great for young children, and those a bit older. For the youngest children, mom or an older sibling will do all of the cutting.
Materials:
construction paper: black, white, orange, brown
scissors
glue
pencil
1. Draw bat shapes out on black construction paper. Make these big. You could also draw eyes and mouths and noses on white or brown paper.
2. Draw big […]

Aug

20

Easy Insect Mobile

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August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Another easy craft for children. Young children will need help with cutting.
Materials:
foam sheets or scraps in various colors
markers
scissors
string
a stick
hole punch
1. Have your child draw insects on the foam pieces. Be sure that the insects are big enough for hole punching.
2. The insects should now be cut out.
3. Punch a hole at the top of each […]

Aug

18

Foam Butterfly Magnets

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August 18, 2008 | 2 Comments

I hope to soon be able to post photographs of the crafts that we are doing here. Right now I am drawing on past projects that we had made as gifts for people, and I regret that I do not have photographs.
Foam butterfly magnets are easy to make if your child can draw butterflies, or […]