1. Adorable Pine Cone Turkeys

    November 10, 2020

    Kids will have a blast decorating for Thanksgiving with these adorable Pine Cone Turkeys!  There are so many ways to make this classic Thanksgiving craft. I've seen pine cone turkeys…

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  2. Cereal Box Name Project for Preschoolers

    January 8, 2013

    This name project was so simple, but it was Owen's favorite out of everything we've done recently!  He has been becoming increasingly aware of letters that he knows on books…

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  3. Indoor "Texas" Snowballs

    December 21, 2012

    Well, we've made it to the point of the Christmas season where we are so close to the big day that the boys are completely wound up, and yet we…

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  4. Salt Dough Christmas Ornaments

    December 17, 2012

    In all the years that I've had children, we've never done salt dough ornaments at Christmas!  Well, last week I decided to give it a try.  The boys really enjoyed…

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  5. Easy DIY Christmas Candle Jars

    December 11, 2012

    These Christmas Candle Jars are a great homemade gift that kids can make and give! The boys enjoyed making fall candle jars, and I bought a couple of extra jars…

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  6. Pattern Block Snowflakes

    December 9, 2012

    Back in the fall, we made art with construction paper shapes made from tracing pattern blocks.  It was a lot of fun, and I was very happy with how our…

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  7. Turn Catalogs into a Christmas Collage

    November 29, 2012

    We can tell it's the Christmas season, because lately our mailbox has been looking like this: Before taking a pile out to the recycle bin, I had the idea of…

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  8. F is for Fish Preschool Unit

    November 26, 2012

    A few weeks ago, Owen learned that F is for fish is his preschool time.  (In fact, I was trying to remember when exactly we did this fish unit, and…

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  9. Make a Thanksgiving Book

    November 18, 2012

    Here is something to do with little ones to keep them busy during the holiday week! I made these Thanksgiving books with Gresham (6) and Owen (3) last week over…

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  10. Thanksgiving Creations with Duplo Legos

    November 16, 2012

    Keep the little people at your Thanksgiving celebration busy with some Duplo building ideas! (We also have a some ideas for "big boy" Legos here!) Aidan and Gresham designed an…

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