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Coloring for Kids – Ice Cube Rainbow Painting

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Coloring for Kids - Ice Cube Painting

  Coloring with dyed ice cubes in a roasting pan is a great way to work on blending colors and experimenting with them. Ice cube rainbow painting is an activity that does just that. This idea popped into my head last week and I really wanted to try it. Sometimes when you get a great idea like ice cube rainbow painting, turns out better Continue Reading

{St Patrick’s Day} Yogurt and Cereal Parfait

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{St.Patrick’s Day} Yogurt and Cereal Parfait

  Every morning JDaniel asks for a piece of cheese on a  tortilla (I have tried serving them to him with fancy food additions), fruit and yogurt for breakfast. I thought I could convince him to try something new by creating a St Patrick's Day cereal and yogurt parfait for him. It isn't St Patrick's Day yet, but I didn't think St. Patrick Continue Reading

Booking Across the U.S.A.- South Carolina’s Pick Hungry Mr. Gator

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{Booking Across the U.S.A.} South Carolina's Pick Hungry Mr. Gator

There are bloggers all across the United States sharing children's books that relate to their state or about a state they are interested in. I live in South Carolina and am going to share a wonderful book with you about animals that live long the Carolina coast called Hungry Mr. Gator by Julie McLaughlin Hungry Mr.Gator is a wonderful counting Continue Reading

St. Patrick’s Day Activities: Leprechauns Never Lie Learning Fun

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St. Patrick's Day Activities: Leprechauns Never Lie Learning Fun

Last week I shared the book Patrick's Day with you along with several St. Patrick's Day themed activities in a post called St. Patrick's Day Activities- Part  One. Today I wanted to share with you another wonderful St. Patrick's Day themed book called Leprechauns Never Lie by Lorna and Lecia Balian.Wait you may be thinking! Haven't you shared this Continue Reading

Opening the Door to Playing in the Snow

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Opening the Door to Playing in the Snow

  Last Saturday we took JDaniel to a puppet show called Glow Tales. All of the puppets and much of the stage glowed. It was really very cool. The theater was kept most dark so the black light could do it work. As we left the theater, we walked into a world that looked just as magical and pretend as the one we had just been apart of. The Continue Reading

Science for Kids- Experiments with Green

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I was contacted to try some science for kids experiments by TndrBox late last year. JDaniel loves to do science experiment especially ones that have chemical reactions so, I agreed to look over one of their monthly kits. We got the kit quickly and would have done five of the science experiments that came with it if JDaniel had gotten his way. We Continue Reading

Family Fun- Over the Veggie Rainbow

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Family Fun- Over the Veggie Rainbow

If you happen to look through the March issue of Family Fun magazine, you will see that their Treat of the Month looks a lot like this snack that I created for a guest post on the Kid's Activities Blog. It doesn't look just like this snack. The food stylist made a few changes to it, but it is really based on mine. The addition of carrot coins was Continue Reading

St. Patrick’s Day Activities: Paper Plate Emotions Activity

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St. Patrick's Day Activities: Paper Plate Emotions Activity

I have some many St. Patrick's Day books I want to explore with you. I will  be sharing one book this week,  one next week and one on March 9th .  Why spread them out? Well, I have post exploring a Dr. Seuss book coming up  for Dr. Seuss' birthday and one about a book with a special birthday. (JDaniel will turn five in early March.) This week I Continue Reading

Valentine Cards Idea – “You Rule” Robot for Kids

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Valentine Cards Idea - "You Rule" Robot for Kids

Dear Readers, This is valentine card idea is one I made in Paint for JDaniel to pass out to his class with a ruler attached to it. He fell in love with some cards at the store that had pop out eyes and really wanted to give them to his classmates instead. These cards will be set aside until next year. Well, maybe not all of them. I do wish I could Continue Reading

Making Cookies with My Little Valentine

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He has decided that when he retires from being microbiologist he is going to be a robot scientist. When he retires from that job he is going to be a chef or maybe just have fun making cookies. Baking has become a new passion for him I think he would like to bake cookies everyday. That may be because of the rolling pin I got for him for Red Continue Reading

Taking Time to Play with Little Artists

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'Lee Ann Womack had a song out a few years ago called I Hope You Dance.  When I read the post below, the words of that song came rushing into my head. It is such a wonderful song. I hope you will not only take a moment to read the post below by Little Artists ,but also take the time today to dance.   Playing together with your Continue Reading

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