Wednesday, September 30, 2009
New Christmas Movie: Gotta Catch Santa Claus
With less than 100 days to Christmas (we can almost hear the jingles!) we're obligated to share the new Santa movie for 2009!
Lionsgate releases an all-new CGI animated feature Gotta Catch Santa Claus
, starring William Shatner as the voice of Santa. When a friend starts to doubt the idea of Santa Claus, 12 year old Trevor sets out on a mission to catch old St. Nick in order to prove his existence and put the skeptics to rest. Apparently, there are also bad guys trying to catch Santa too...
Check out this short trailer.
It is definitely going to be a fun family night watching it!
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Lionsgate releases an all-new CGI animated feature Gotta Catch Santa Claus
, starring William Shatner as the voice of Santa. When a friend starts to doubt the idea of Santa Claus, 12 year old Trevor sets out on a mission to catch old St. Nick in order to prove his existence and put the skeptics to rest. Apparently, there are also bad guys trying to catch Santa too...Check out this short trailer.
It is definitely going to be a fun family night watching it!
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Book Review: Baby's Binky Box
It's been awhile since we did a book review, and we're glad we finally got a chance to do one today! “Baby’s Binky Box” is an adorable book, set to capture your hearts. Thinking of taking your child's binky (pacifier) away? Do it in an organized manner!
“Baby’s Binky Box” is an adorable book that is also an instructional guide to taking away baby’s binky. The book tells the story of Binky and his best friend baby. Eventually Binky gets tired and asks for baby to make him his own bed which is the “Binky Box.” In the end both baby and Binky are happy and sleeping peacefully but separately.
Here are some activities we suggest you could do with your child after reading:
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“Baby’s Binky Box” is an adorable book that is also an instructional guide to taking away baby’s binky. The book tells the story of Binky and his best friend baby. Eventually Binky gets tired and asks for baby to make him his own bed which is the “Binky Box.” In the end both baby and Binky are happy and sleeping peacefully but separately.
Here are some activities we suggest you could do with your child after reading:
- Have a discussion with your child about how her binky was getting tired and wanted a bed of his own.
- Create a binky box together with your child. Get your child to decorate it, and provide a mattress for her/his binky to sleep on.
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Tutorial: Make Little Adorable Apple Yarn Favours
Get the kids involved in making these sweet little apple favours using yarn and pipe cleaners!
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Turn a Glass of Water Upside Down Without Spilling a Drop!
Can't keep the kids interested in water? Has the tried and true thirst quencher lost its pizzazz? Turn things upside down for a real jaw-dropper!
Fill your glass up to the very top with tap water. The water should come right up to the lip of the glass.
With a flourish, cover the glass with the card. Make eye contact, and pause to build suspense.
Holding the card in place, turn the glass upside down.
Carefully remove your hand, leaving the card in place.
Hold the water over your head if you dare! The card stays put, and the water stays inside the glass, even though its upside down!
Fill your glass up to the very top with tap water. The water should come right up to the lip of the glass.
With a flourish, cover the glass with the card. Make eye contact, and pause to build suspense.
Holding the card in place, turn the glass upside down.
Carefully remove your hand, leaving the card in place.
Hold the water over your head if you dare! The card stays put, and the water stays inside the glass, even though its upside down!
#9: Every Child Should Go Camping
You can create an outdoor experience in your own living room with just a few of the following fun suggestions!
- Stimulate starlight by placing small, white, twinkle lights in your plants.
- Attach glow-in-the-dark stars to the ceiling and walls.
- Play a nighttime nature sounds CD.
- Swim in your bathtub!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
We Love: Fun in the Tub with Bathtub Paint
This is bathtub paint. You can make it thick and use it as finger paint, or you can dilute it and use it with paintbrushes. This “paint” is washable, does not stain and will help you clean your tub.
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DIY: No-Sew Cutest Pencil Case, Ever!
I love no-sew crafts as I'm not a pro with the sewing machine, and neither do I have a top-notch one. It is rare that we come across a no-sew craft that is a looker, but have no doubts, this is one of the best we've ever seen!
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Tutorial: Create Dinosaur Pipe Cleaner Toys
I love pipe cleaners–there are a million things you can do with them! They come in endless number of colours, and cheap and readily available.
This is a great make-anytime activity that you can do with minimal preparation. Click here to visit the tutorial from Make and Takes.
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This is a great make-anytime activity that you can do with minimal preparation. Click here to visit the tutorial from Make and Takes.
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Tutorial: Learn how to make coloured salt butterfly
The colored salt butterfly activity is a great activity that is not only sensory(since the texture of the salt is rough on fingers) it is also great for fine motor skills.
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Tutorial: Turn a regular pants into comfortable maternity pants!
Before you say "NO WAY, skinny jeans and pregnancy DO NOT mix" ... drop by this easy to follow tutorial!
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Did you know that September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month?
Did you know that September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month. We discovered that a tad bit too late. Erin & Kristen have joint and designed a collection of free printables in respect of this month.
More than just colouring pages, these printables are each an activity page{s} and a coloring sheet. Print them out, laminate them, and take them out with you on long road trips to keep the kiddos entertained!
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More than just colouring pages, these printables are each an activity page{s} and a coloring sheet. Print them out, laminate them, and take them out with you on long road trips to keep the kiddos entertained!
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We love: Mindboggld's Baby Shower Felt Pins
Made for her sister's baby shower, we absolutely love the fact that they're made from craft felt, embroidery thread, buttons, pin backs, ribbon and glitter glue. Check out the rest of the pictures!
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We Love: Nelatankosic's quilled 7th bithday decoration!
So pretty! What a stunningly gorgeous, yet ridiculously simple idea.
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Tutorial: Turn photos into a contemporary piece of block art
We love this simple tutorial which teaches us how to preserve our favourite photo memories!
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Magic Finger Optical Illusion
This simple optical illusion is a great distraction, and all you need is fingers and a blank wall.
- Have the kids look at a blank wall. It should be at least six feet away.
- Then they should hold their arms out in front of them and bend their wrists, so their two index fingers are pointing at each other. Tell them to keep focused on the wall and bring their fingers together.
- A floating finger should appear between their two index fingers!
#8: Every Child Should Watch The Stars
It's astounding to know that these stars are the same stars that have fascinated people for centuries, the same stars they watched to determine when to plant their crops, to find their way home, inspired stories, legends, and folklore. Look up those legends and share them with your children.
Monday, September 28, 2009
FREEBIE: Teacher Thank You cards
Kim at The TomKat Studio has adorable Teacher Thank You cards.
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Reward Punch Cards for Kids
Printable reward punch cards for kids. Rewarding for them AND for us!
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Free Printable Robot Lunch Box Notes
Download super cute, robot-themed lunch box notes over at Tangarang. A printable teacher's note is also included.
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Free Printable Handwriting Greeting Cards
Feterie shares four different printable greeting card designs that will help the little ones learn etiquette while they practice their handwriting technique.
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FREEBIE: Lunch Bag Stickers
Oh my word, these Lunch Bag Stickers from Martha Stewart are awesome!!
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Pierce a Balloon with a Needle without Popping It
Blow up your balloon, conceal a stamp-sized piece of tape on the index finger of your left hand. When the balloon is passed back to you, discreetly place the tape on the balloon, near the neck.
Hold the needle up, pause for effect. Place the needle in the center of the tape. Push the needle in far, and remove. Volia!
The tape provides strength to the wall of the balloon and protects it from getting destroyed.
Hold the needle up, pause for effect. Place the needle in the center of the tape. Push the needle in far, and remove. Volia!
The tape provides strength to the wall of the balloon and protects it from getting destroyed.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Free Printable Space Themed Stickers
Illustrator Lotta Bruhn shares these adorable space-themed printable stickers, which could easily be printed onto cardstock and used in a garland or as gift tags or place cards.
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Days of the Week Clothes Tags
A fun and easy way to organize your kids clothes for each day of school, we love this freebie!
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Free printable "I Love Mom"
Click on the image for your link to the download page!
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Free Printable Pain in the Groceries to buy list
This is part of her list series. Mark the boxes when you find the item and to remind yourself if you have a coupon. Each downloadable PDF has 2 list sheets per page. Just print out on text weight paper {I print them on the back of old printouts or junk mail}, trim on the dotted lines, and leave loose or staple together. You could also print them on cardstock and tie together for a gift!
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Free printable "Freakin To Do List" Perfect for the creative parent
Get organized with these two FREE PRINTABLE list options. Each downloadable PDF has 3 list sheets per page. Perfect for the Mummies!
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Tutorial: Craft your own awards ribbon!
Hosting a contest or a party? Or are you in need of a great reward for a child who deserves recognition and praise? Little Birdie Secrets shares with us a simple tutorial to making these gorgeous awards.
Kids (and adults, too) would think they were pretty big stuff wearing one of these!
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Kids (and adults, too) would think they were pretty big stuff wearing one of these!
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Speak Pig Latin!
What's cooler than speaking different languages> This is easy. All you do is take the first sound of a word and add an "-ay" sound, and then stick it at the end of the word.
Eak-spay, Ig-pay Atin-lay! (Speak, Pig Latin!)
Eak-spay, Ig-pay Atin-lay! (Speak, Pig Latin!)
#6: Every Child Should Do Something to Make the World a Better Place
Encourage your child to try some of the following ways to make the world a better place:- Make a stack of Valentines' and deliver them to a nursing home.
- Donate a portion of a weekly allowance to a charity.
- Help pick up trash in a par.
- Donate clean clothes or toys in good condition to a homeless shelter.
- Plant some flowers or trees.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Free Printable Lunch Box Notes
Cindy from Skip to My Lou has created cute printable lunch box notes with sweet sayings like, "I love you bunches," and "you are 'pear'fect" that you can download at Alpha Mom.
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Free Printable Babysitter Checklists
Several free printable checklists for babysitters. They are all super cute!
These are cute little citrus notes that will help you remember all the things you need to tell the baby sitter.
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Free Printable Painted People Paper
The Small Object shares free printable painted people papers that you can use to make little signs or as stationery. Both lined and unlined pages are available. So cute!
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Enchanted Kitchen's Edible Miniature Sweet LittleTea Cups
Enchanted Kitchen is full of mouth-watering delights. One that we love as of late?
These are soooo simple to make, any Little Chef can make them for little treats.
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Tutorial: Jelly Bean Bracelets
We stumbled upon this fantastic idea from Mrs. D. Lightful.
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After school snacks just got a lot more fun!
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We Love: Czarque Shoes!
We're in love, again!
Have you seen anything (shoes, we mean) as beautiful? Czarque's shoes are made in Sydney, Australia with soft soles to protect your baby's feet. Gorgeous.
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Tutorial: Picture Perfect Switchplate
Head over to Smart Bottom Enterprises, where Darcy share with us her tutorial on:
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We Know You Love Us!
And it's nice being reminded often.
Our heartfelt gratitude.
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11 Cool Shark Facts!
- A shark's skin is covered in tiny, sharp teeth called denticles. In the past, people commonly used sharkskin as sandpaper!
- Sharks have been around since way before dinosaurs, and they haven't changed much over time!
- Sharks' teeth are normally replaced every eight days.
- A shark may grow, use, and shed over 20,000 teeth in its lifetime!
- 2/3 of a shark's brain is dedicated to its keenest sense- smell.
- Sharks are such amazing hunters because they have a sensory system called the ampullae of Lorenzini that they use to feel the vibrations, heartbeats and muscle movements coming from their prey.
- Great white sharks can go as long as three months without eating.
- More people are killed each year by dogs, pigs, or deer than by sharks.
- Sharks have no bones. A shark's skeleton is made up of cartilage.
- The average lifespan os a shark is 25 years, but some sharks can live to be 100.
- Most sharks need to be in constant movement to stay alive.
Be a Spooky Gyspy Fortune Teller
This is a fun trick to play at a Halloween party.
- Write fortunes with disappearing ink for each of thw guests and let them dry completely beforehand.
- Have each guest select a "blank" piece of paper.
- One by one, they can come to you to get their fortunes read.
- Set yourself up at a table with a warm heating pad under a scarf on your lap.
- Close your eyes and take the paper. Place it on the table.
- Cover it with the heating pad, covered by your scarf.
- Pretend.
- Check the paper, and when the fortune shows up, act exhausted!
#5: Every Child Should Experiment With Simple Science Projects
Who says science can't be fun? The results of simple projects will excite your children, even if they do not understand the theory behind them as of yet!
Friday, September 25, 2009
We Love: Scrapbook Calendar
We absolutely adore this calendar Jess from The Adventures of Rory and Jess created for Sadie.
Go ahead, get inspired and get those fingers working.
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We Love: Wooden Camera for the Lil' Hands
One word, WOW.
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Tutorial: Paper Fish Bowl
In our bid of looking for fun activities for children that are simple, cheap and require common household materials, we found (and love) this fish bowl!
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