A fun way to teach kids about the Chinese New Year red envelopes tradition is to let them make their own lucky red envelopes. In Chinese culture, the color red is associated with good luck. A popular Chinese New Year tradition is to give red envelopes filled with "lucky money" to family and friends. Lucky for us in the United States, the Chinese New Year is celebrated close to Valentine's Day so it was easy for me to find red envelopes at ...
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How To Make Confetti Balloons (Perfect For Popping at New Year’s Eve Party)
Confetti balloons are a must for your next party! They are perfect for popping on New Year's Eve, or use as balloon decorations for birthday parties and other celebrations. Thanks to our friends at Oriental Trading for providing us with everything we needed to make diy confetti balloons. Kids love confetti balloons for obvious reasons. Tissue paper confetti makes for a colorful explosion of fun when the balloon gets popped. It never gets ...
Quick Elf on the Shelf Ideas
Quick Elf on the Shelf Ideas perfect for the last minute. Check out our easy elf ideas to do with your Elf on the Shelf! Thank you in advance for shopping through any of the affiliate links below. Once upon a time when my family started inviting the elf on the shelf to our home every Christmas season, he didn’t really have to do very much. He just sat there on a shelf, changing locations every now and then when the kids were asleep. As ...
How To Make Fizzing Toilet Tablets
Fizzing toilet tablets are a quick and easy way to clean toilet bowls. Just drop in and let them fizz and freshen! Swish the water around the bowl with a toilet brush and you're done. The Best Fizzing Toilet Tablets Save money on toilet cleaning tablets by making your own with simple ingredients. Read on for the DIY directions. I am a big fan of anything that helps me clean the toilet faster and easier. Recently, I tried Blueland ...
Free Halloween Printable Candy Bar Wrappers
Easy and enjoyable Halloween activity for kids ideas include: Spread positive vibes this Halloween with Have a Boo-tiful Halloween! candy bars. These free printable candy bar wrappers are made to fit around a full size (1.55 oz) chocolate bar. We used Hershey candy bars. There are four different candy wrapper choices - pick and print your favorites. Get the Halloween craft directions below! What You'll Need: Have a ...
Halloween Countdown Chalkboard Pumpkin Craft
A Halloween Countdown Chalkboard Pumpkin is a fun way to help the kids count down the days til Trick or Treat night! Magically turn any color of craft pumpkin into a black chalkboard pumpkin with chalkboard spray paint. My kids love to countdown the days to all sorts of special events and occasions from birthdays to Christmas to vacations. This year, we will be counting down the days to Halloween with a ...
Wood Slices Craft Idea: How To Make Mini Pumpkins
This post may contain affiliate links for your convenience in finding items to create DIY wood slices crafts. Have you ever ordered something online and had it turn out to be not quite what you expected in person? I did that recently with wood slices. It was totally my fault for not reading the product description. I thought these Small Unfinished Wood Slices would be perfect to use as coasters. Turns out, each one is about 1.5 inches. I had ...
Free Printable Planner Pages | September 2023 Sunflower Planner
If you love sunflowers, these free printable planner pages are for you. Print September 2023 Sunflower planner pages on standard 8.5 inch by 11 inch paper at home or at a local print shop. It's free for you to download and print as many as you want for personal use. I updated the September 2020 planner pages template. The sunflower graphics look a little different and the dates and holidays reflect September 2023. September is the ...
Pink Himalayan Bath Salts Recipe
This Pink Himalayan Bath Salts recipe makes a relaxing diy bath soak. Easily switch out the scent with your favorite fragrance oil or essential oil. Pink Himalayan salt gets its all-natural pink color from trace minerals including magnesium, potassium, and calcium. Pink Himalayan Salt Bath Benefits Pink Himalayan Salt can help your skin retain moisture. It can also can reduce scaling, redness, and irritation. Use Pink Himalayan ...
