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Homemade Easter Gifts for Kids

It's hard to believe that Easter is next weekend.  It's so early this year!  I never got around to bringing up the Easter decorations from the basement and in fact I think there are a few stray Christmas decorations still out around the house (oops). I have a hard time figuring out gifts for my kids… Continue reading Homemade Easter Gifts for Kids

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Homemade Foaming Hand Soap

When my son was potty training he HAD to have "foamy" soap. And I was so desperate to get him potty trained that I was willing to give him anything.  It wasn't long before I figured out that foaming hand soap is expensive, runs out quickly and produces a lot of waste with all those bottles… Continue reading Homemade Foaming Hand Soap

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Kool-Aid Dyed Play Silks

Play silks are exactly what they sound like - big pieces of silk you play with.  I ran into the idea when I was searching for non-toy gift ideas for toddlers and preschoolers in December.  I found a great list on Nourishing Minimalism, and #16 was play silks.  I had never heard of play silks… Continue reading Kool-Aid Dyed Play Silks

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Velcro Stick Art

I mentioned a few weeks ago that for this past Christmas Benzo and I did a lot of DIY gifts for our kids.  One of them was velcro stick art.  We've been playing with it a lot lately so I thought I would share the project on the blog.  It is literally the EASIEST project… Continue reading Velcro Stick Art

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Valen-Slime

I saw a recipe for homemade slime on Pinterest (of course) and thought it would make a fun DIY gift for my boys for Valentine's Day. I had never made anything like it before and since my 3 year old loves Play-doh I figured he would like slime. It seemed simple, only three ingredients other… Continue reading Valen-Slime