Oct

16

Halloween Fun for the Single Mom Family

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October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Children love Halloween, and moms love to watch their children having fun. Parents can enjoy the fun with their children by cooking with them and making Halloween related crafts. These types of things build stronger bonds between moms and their children.
My daughters are 17 and 20. Only one lives at home. I will be in Salem, [...]

Oct

10

Single Moms Celebrating Halloween with Their Children

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October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Good day! October is a special month in the lives of children. They love the candy, decorations and movies that are available this month, but they also love to spend time with their moms.
Single mom families can make October a truly enjoyable month in many ways. Throwing a Halloween party and Trick-or-Treating are wonderful traditions [...]

May

21

Quick Tips for Single Moms: Crafty Children

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May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Crafty children have great imaginations. They are creating all of the time, and need many outlets to do so. Each household, of course, will have to take into consideration the ages of the children.
Here are some tips for providing children with opportunities to be crafty:
1. Summer rec programs often have crafts for children to do.
2. [...]

Apr

11

Easter Activities for Young Children

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April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I thought that I would share some links for those of you who are looking for some activities for your young children. Children love to feel as though they are accomplishing things. This gives them a sense of pride.
Easter coloring pages are fun for toddlers. You can print the pages, let your toddler color them, cut out [...]

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.
 

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 | 1 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 | 4 Comments

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 [...]

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