DIY Color Mixing Station with Cornstarch Water

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I love it when I discover an activity that keeps my kids busy for hours – and I can promise you that mixing colors with cornstarch water is one of those perfect kids’ activities. Wonderful, wet, and messy, adding a fun touch of color mixing to cornstarch water (sometimes referred to as “oobleck”) is a

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Close the Computer: It’s Screen Free Week

Have you heard the news? . . . This week is Screen Free Week!

This week is the perfect excuse to close down the electronics in your house – the TV, tablets, computers, and smart phones – and enjoy the world without so much beeping, buzzing, and interrupting.

If going completely screen free is overwhelming,

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Painting with Kids {quick tip for less mess}

This week I figured out a great way to keep painting with kids less stressful! My kids love to paint, but the mess always makes me a little nervous. Even painting with water involves cups of open water laying out. Really? I still have my four (almost five) year-old kid drinking out a sippy cup.

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How to Dye Pasta {with leftover Easter egg dye}

When you dye only a couple Easter eggs for your family, it often seems a waste to prepare multiple containers of dye just to dump the dye down the drain. My kids and I dyed eggs several days ago, but we only dyed 10 eggs due to how young my kids are. After we finished

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Dyeing Easter Eggs with Kids {10 Tips}

I’ll be honest. Despite all the lovely photos of ideas for dyeing Easter eggs (many of which I hypocritically pin), I was a little nervous about actually dyeing Easter eggs with my kids this year. My children are four and two, and accidents and disasters happen on an almost daily occurrence in our home. Any

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Easter Craft for Kids: Egg Wreath

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Today, I have a simple Easter craft for kids: an Easter Egg Wreath. This Easter Egg Wreath is literally as simple as snapping eggs together and is cute enough to hang up in your house. Plus, it’s cheap. (That’s my type of Easter craft for kids!)

Supplies for a Easter Egg Wreath: Easter Craft for

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Shamrock Skin Therapy Play Dough

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This week I’m celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with my kids by creating simple kids activities. All my St. Patrick’s Day kids activities are easy, cheap, and something anyone can do (otherwise, I wouldn’t be doing them!) Today, I’m sharing with you my special St. Patrick’s Day play dough recipe: Shamrock Skin Therapy Play Dough. (Even

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Rainbow Bath: St. Patrick’s Day Activities

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St. Patrick’s Day is almost here, so this week I’m celebrating by sharing three easy St. Patrick’s Day kids activities. Today’s activity is so simple but loads of fun: a rainbow bath. The best part is the tub will be squeaky clean after the rainbow bath is over and the kids too!

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Easter kids craft: yarn wrapped Easter eggs

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I’m excited today to take a quick break from my St. Patrick’s Day activities to have Jaime from Frogs, and Snails, and Puppy Dog Tails sharing an Easter Craft for kids with us: Yarn Wrapped Easter Eggs. As you might have gathered from her blog title, Jaime is the mom

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kids treasure hunt: St. Patrick’s Day

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If you are like me, holidays like St. Patrick’s Day slip by very quickly, and its easy to forget to celebrate the holiday with the kids. So over this week, I will be sharing three simple St. Patrick’s Day kids activities that are inexpensive and can be set up in just a couple minutes. Today,

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