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You are ONE in a Minion ♥

February 11, 2015 by Fotini Filed Under: free Valentine's printable, kids, kids crafts, minion, Valentine's printable, Valentines day Leave a Comment

It’s official… we are all currently in love with minions! You too? If so, you’re in luck today because I created a free minion Valentine’s printable for your little one to customize and take to school! I know, I’m cutting it pretty close on time, but hey, better late than never, right?

We created this adorable minion Valentine card box the other night, my son named him Stewart! I absolutely loved watching my sons creativity come out for this little project!! And his reaction to seeing the end result was absolutely priceless!!

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Have a very Happy Valentine’s Day!

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{ MC: Fun St. Patrick’s Day Activities }

March 16, 2013 by Fotini Filed Under: kids crafts, MC, mommy panel, St. Patrick's Day, The Mom Connection Leave a Comment

I am part of an AWESOME mommy panel with Cassie from Two In Diapers and Julie from Naptime Review.

Each Saturday, we will bring you fresh new ideas and advice about motherhood.

If you enjoyed what you read, we encourage you to tweet about it!

Coming on March 23rd, we will discuss:

How do you keep your kids’ play area organized?

Now on to this week’s topic!

What sorts of fun St. Patrick’s Day activities do you do with your preschooler?

Here is what Mom Connection shared:

Welcome! I’m Julie over at Naptime Review. I am a mom of two wild, crazy and beautiful girls. My oldest just turned 4 and my baby is 16 months old. These are some fun St. Patrick’s Day activities that I do with my preschooler:

Happy St. Patrick’s everyone! This year, we are taking Averie to her first parade. Yes, mom and dad are putting down their green beer and trading it in for some family fun. She will be in awe of all the people. I can’t wait to relive it through her eyes.

Sunday, I plan on messing up her bedroom and displaying a whole bunch of gold coins on the floor. I even found the template for some leprechaun footprints. I thought about dipping Alice’s feet in green paint, but I quickly changed my mind on that one. Don’t need to get too crazy here!

About a week ago, we made some Leprechaun Munch and went around looking for the little guys. We had lots of fun and the munch is very tasty. Click here to read the recipe and see my adventure with the girls. Lots of fun!

Wishing everyone a fun and festive day!

Hi! I’m Cassie from Two In Diapers, and I’m a mommy to three sweet babies, ages 5, 3, and 20 months. These are some fun St. Patrick’s Day activities that I do with my preschoolers:

Our family has never been very big on celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, surprisingly enough. However, although we don’t go out of our way to pretend leprechauns were in our home, we do enjoy the occasional St. Patty’s parade or other activity. The kids do plenty of celebrating through their school, and we do usually try to make sure we’re all wearing green. 🙂

We also like to take the opportunity to make these festive cookies to give as gifts to our family and friends. Besides that, we simply enjoy the occasional printable coloring page and St. Patrick’s Day themed television shows on our favorite channel – Sprout!

My name is Alexa from No Holding Back. I am the mom of Nayner Bug (male, 5), Jelly Bean, (female, 3) and Tiny (female, 1). These are some fun St. Patrick’s Day activities that I do with my preschooler:

I am one of the least creative or artsy moms in the world. OK, maybe not in the world, but honestly, if I hadn’t had this post to answer, St. Patrick’s Day would come and go and my kids would hardly know the difference.

But, when given a prompt, I can search Pinterest like a PRO! And I found some really cool and fun activities. So thanks to the Mom Connection, my kids might have the best St. Patrick’s Day EVER!

First I found a pin that led me to a whole collection of crafts, activities, and recipes on Parenting.com () “http://www.parenting.com/gallery/st-patricks-day-crafts-recipes?pnid=632002)

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Check out this fun Printable wordfind for older kids (courtesy of kaboose.com ).

As I clicked through, I found this really great St. Patrick’s Day Treasure Hunt, courtesy of Spoonful.com. “http://spoonful.com/printables/st-patricks-day-treasure-hunt

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This has just become my new favorite blog for activities and crafts! Spoonful.com has a ton of ideas for all occasions, printables, recipes, party invitations, treats, you name it!

I think my kids are going to have a blast and I’m looking forward to trying this Shamrock Kiwi Lime Pie! Yum! “http://spoonful.com/recipes/kiwi-lime-pie

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Top o’ the morning to ya!

My name is Fotini! I blog over at Glamorous Affordable Life. I am the mom of (Isabella 2 years and Christian 6 years). These are some fun St. Patrick’s Day activities that I do with my preschooler:

I feel sort of out of the loop on this one because we don’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day! Neither my husband nor I were raised celebrating the Holiday, so it’s not something we’ve incorporated into our household. With that said, I have came across many cute crafts to make with your little ones and I’d be happy to share them with you today! Here’s what I found: an adorable leprechaun hand print craft (here), lucky clover rice krispie treat (here), rainbow hand print pot-of-gold (here), rainbow water (here), and over the rainbow (here).

Do you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Surely we’re not the only ones who don’t 😉

Your Turn:

What fun St. Patrick’s Day activities do you do with your preschooler?

Leave us a comment; we love to read your tips and advice!

Need advice? Check out these previous Mom Connection topics:

Setting Goals with Your Children

Teaching Your Kids to Share

Getting your Preschooler Dressed

Balancing Blogging and Motherhood

{ MC: Fun Holiday Projects to do with Kids }

December 8, 2012 by Fotini Filed Under: kids crafts, mommy panel, The Mom Connection, time with your kids Leave a Comment

I am part of an AWESOME mommy panel organized by Two in Diapers and Naptime Review. Each Saturday, we will bring you fresh new ideas and advice about motherhood.

Coming on December 15th, we will discuss:
Getting your preschooler dressed: Drawing the battle lines

Now on to this week’s topic!

Fun holiday projects to do with your kids

Here is what Mom Connection shared:

Welcome! I’m Julie over at Naptime Review. I am a mom of 2 wild, crazy and beautiful girls. My oldest turns 4 on Christmas Eve and my baby is 15 months old. This is a fun holiday project I do with my kids:

Well, if I was Martha Stewart, I would be able to make an awesome Gingerbread house with my daughters. It would be picture perfect and mess free. It would be soundly constructed and be the centerpiece in our kitchen. However, in the spirit of traditions, I have attempted 2 years in a row and failed miserably at this task. So I am sticking to what I know best. Giving and Simplicity!

We are making Turtle Bite Cookies and placing them in decorative tins (purchased at the Dollar Store) and passing them out to our neighbors and friends. Every holiday, we try to bake something EASY to share with our neighbors. I like Turtle Bite Cookies, not only because they are super delicious and yummy, but they are so easy that my preschooler can help. Averie helped me place the pretzels on the tray, unwrap the Rolo candies, and even search for the perfect pecan while they were in the oven. She is a great helper in the kitchen.

Click here to view the entire recipe.

Trust me, you will be a hit with your family and neighbors.

Hi! I’m Cassie from Two In Diapers, and I’m a mommy to three sweet babies, ages 4, 3, and 18 months. This is a fun holiday project I do with my kids:

Well, we have two actually! While I’m not the craftiest momma around, I definitely love to bake and have a killer sweet tooth. Not surprisingly, my kiddos and I like to get into the holiday spirit by doing activities related to sweets.

We definitely always decorate a gingerbread house. I use the word “decorate” because until this point we have always bought the prebaked ones that you “glue” together with frosting and decorate. You can view our latest here. When I was a kid, my mom used to bake these elaborate gingerbread villages from scratch. I would love to do that someday, but for now my kids are little and these things don’t last long around here! We do have SO much fun putting them together and decorating them! Our only complaint is that there always seems to be a large shortage of frosting…

Our other holiday tradition is baking and decorating sugar cookie cutouts to give out as holiday treats to our friends! We actually do put quite a bit of effort into decorating them beautifully, and they are SO tasty! I’ll be posting photos and a recipe after we create this year’s batch this weekend! The kids really enjoy handing them out to their friends and teachers at school as well. The fun time spent in the kitchen baking and grooving to holiday tunes is priceless, and the end result is pretty special too.

My name is Tricia from Mama Marchand’s Nest. I am the mom of N (her name on my blog) who will be three in March. This is a fun hoilday project I do with my child.

Last year, we made salt dough ornaments with N’s handprint on them that turned out pretty cute and ended up being a very special Christmas present for the grandparents. This year, I wanted to do something a little bit different since she’s older and very much into arts & crafts now. Click over to my blog, here to see the pom pom ornament we made together!

My name is Fotini! I blog over at Glamorous Affordable Life. I am the mom of ( Isabella 19 months and Christian 6 years).

This is a fun holidayproject I do with my kids: Our latest Christmas project was the “Handy Reindeer”. Isabella didn’t participate in this craft, she was still feeling the -ick from the stomach virus we are getting over.. Anywho, this is a fun project and my son, Christian used his creativity creating one-of-a-kind snowflakes! Click here to check it out. Hope to see you there!

My name is Kristen from The Mrs. & The Momma. I’m the momma of three girls (ages 7, 5, & 3) and a little boy (18 months). This is a fun holiday project I do with my kids:

My oldest two girls are finally at an age where they can take part in service during the holiday season…and actually understand the significance of it. For the second year in a row, my girls helped bake lots of goodies for their bake sale (happening today, actually) to raise funds for my annual diaper drive. This project not only cultivates a spirit of giving in my children, but also is an opportunity to teach them lessons in money (I let them set the prices and take the donations) and working hard towards a goal (I let them do most of the cooking and packaging). My prayer is that my children can (and will) continue to enjoy this holiday project of ours and take pride in their service to others less fortunate. If they end up being talented bakers in the future…well, that will just be an added bonus!

Your Turn:

What fun holiday project do you do with your kids?

Leave us a comment or share the link!

Love to hear from you!

Kids Craft – – Handy Reindeer

December 4, 2012 by Fotini Filed Under: art, Christmas Craft, Christmas crafts, diy, handprint art, kids craft, kids crafts, reindeer handprint 6 Comments

Crafting with your kids is a lot of fun! It’s a great time for them to use their creativity and imagination! We always really enjoy making fun crafts that relate to the current season or Holiday. With Christmas right around the corner, we are in full swing around here with crafting 🙂 I thought it would be fun to take our mind off the hustle and bustle and get our hands dirty, literally!

Here’s what you’re going to need:

construction paper
craft paint, paint brush
googly eyes
pom pom balls, or similar
hot glue gun and glue
white crayon

I started by letting my son pick his page colors, he chose green and yellow. Paint the entire hand with brown paint. Expect giggles and wiggles. Christian is so ticklish, love those little laughs 🙂 Have them spread their fingers and firmly press the hand onto the page. Let dry and glue on the googly eyes and pom pom balls. Christian wanted to make both of his pictures Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, so we glued red poms for the nose and green on what’s to be the antlers! We added a small piece of MERRY CHRISTMAS washi tape at the bottom, too! It was Christian’s idea to use a white crayon to make snowflakes around the page, and it looks so cute! He made one for us and one for our Nana and I know she’ll just love it!

What fun crafts do you like to do with your kids during the Holidays?

Thanksgiving Crafts

November 10, 2012 by Fotini Filed Under: crafts, diy, holiday crafts, holidays, kids crafts, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving crafts 11 Comments

I have just been itching to start decorating for Christmas, but instead I’m embracing the important Holiday before Christmas, Thanksgiving! Let’s not forget about it people, it depicts a very important message to our children about being thankful and spending time with family!

Enjoy spending time with your little ones and spark their creativity…Here’s a few adorable crafts to make with them!!

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