Science experiments are a fun way to let kids have a hands-on learning experience. One of our favorites is making slime. We'll show you how to make slime with common household ingredients: Borax (natural laundry detergent booster), white school glue and food coloring. Kids of all ages can have fun measuring, pouring, and stirring the ingredients. Educational Play with Slime Playing with slime is a sensory play experience. The slime allows ...
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DIY Locker Decorations and Accessories with Duck Tape
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Duck Brand. All opinions are 100% mine. School lockers are a home away from home. You need locker decorations and accessories that add style and personality to your space. Check out these Duck Tape locker ideas for inspiration. See how easy it is for you to create color-coordinated DIY locker accessories using your favorite Duck Tape colors and prints. Duck Tape makes craft ...
DIY Curly Ribbon Hair Ties
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Faultless/Bon Ami Company. All opinions are 100% mine. You will never hear me tell a story about how much I love to iron clothes. Ironing is a challenging chore for me. It actually takes practice and skill to iron the wrinkles out of clothes. Don't believe me? I dare you to iron a men's long sleeved dress shirt. It's a real job. My husband has to wear a suit and dress shirt to work. He has ...
Minion Craft: Make-a-Minion Lip Balm
This minion craft is inspired by our favorite Despicable Me and Minions movies. We love the minions! I happened to see my blue and yellow eos lip balms together and thought, these could be easily turned into minions. I was right. It only takes a few minutes with googly eyes and a glue gun. I'll tell you how I did it. My kids went way more nuts over these minion lip balms than I expected. Judging from their reactions, I think it is safe to say ...
DIY Greeting Card Organizer Binder
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SendSmiles #CollectiveBias My extended family keeps growing and growing. I'm about to become aunt (again) for the third time this year! Between my husband's family and mine, we have got tons of birthdays and occasions to keep up with throughout the year. The hardest ones for me to remember are all my nieces' and nephews' birthdays. I have ...
DIY Travel Toothbrush Kit for Kids
I received LISTERINE® Brand prdoucts and a Walgreens gift card from Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc. and The Motherhood as part of my participation in the LISTERINE® Brand Totally Taken Care Of program. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this post are my own. Now that the kids are out of school, we are able to go on some summer road trips. We almost always forget to bring the kids' toothbrushes because ...
Tractor Mac Books and Giveaway + Tractor Footprint Craft
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Macmillan. The opinions and text are all mine. A book series that features a tractor and farm animals? Those are some of my son's favorite things, so I wasn't surprised when he sat down and let me read two Tractor Mac books in a row! He is four years old, which falls in the middle of the Tractor Mac books recommended age range (2-7 years). The adventures of Tractor Mac and his ...
How to Make a Photo Collage Letter
A photo collage letter is a fun way to display your photos. They also make great gifts for parents, grandparents, graduation, anniversaries and other special occasions. Custom photo collages are a unique piece of decor that anyone can easily create. I made this photo collage letter as a Father's Day gift for my husband. I used my home printer to print out photos of our kids and him with our kids. It is a good idea to start out with a large ...
DIY Painted Rocks Garden Markers
We are finally getting around to planting our flowers and vegetable garden this year. As we try to get the soil tilled, it seems like there are more rocks than dirt in the ground! I happened to complain about it to my next door neighbor, who told me our houses are built on top of an old river bed. That explains a lot! The silver lining on our rock cloud is that the smooth stones are perfect for this painted rock garden markers craft I recently ...
