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Kidzui Blog: Handmade Thanksgiving Cards

Have your child stitch some pretty Fall cards to send to relatives this Thanksgiving.  My tutorial for these is over at Kidzui.

Spring Activity: A nature walk and craft project

Looking for a fun activity to do with your children this Spring?  They will love this one.

I'm over at the Creativity For Kids blog today, giving you tips on how to get your kids out in nature this Spring and do a fun craft project afterward using the Flower Press & Nature Cards Kit.  Come by and say hello.

 

Disclosure:  As a Creativty For Kids Ambassador I am compensated for my posts on their blog.

Friendship Gifts: Preschool

Instead of celebrating Valentine's Day, the twins preschool are celebrating Friendship Day.

Remember the Friendship Bracelets we made for the girls in the class.  Well we made these for the  boys.

These are very simple to make.  I found the train sand molds at Target.  Using the kids crayons I sketched out the picture, scanned it into the computer, added the text, then printed out enough copies for the boys in the class.  Then using a couple of Elmer's glue spots, I attached the train to the picture.

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A Valentine's Day Gift Card

I'm taking the kids to see Gnomeo and Juliet for Valentine's Day (with thanks to Collective Bias).  So when they asked me to come up with a giant Valentine's Day card using an Elmer's Tri-Fold Display Board I knew immediately what I wanted to do.

GNOMES!

And inside:

Along the sides I created pockets and popped in the free printables available on the Gnomeo and Juliet website.  I put pretend tickets in an envelope for the gnome to hold as their gift.

The kids will be so excited to find out that they are seeing the movie next week.

Disclosure: I was compensated for this project as a member of the #couchcritics and #gluenglitter communities on Collective Bias.

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to my hubby.

As you know I had to share my birthday with Father's Day, so I celebrated a day early.  My brother flew into town on Father's Day too - he's been coming and going for the past few weeks.  We decided to celebrate at home.  We ate way too much food, we rode bikes and we watched a movie.  It was a very relaxing day.

 

We started our late morning with brunch (eggs, bacon, toast, potatoes and mixed vegetables) and mimosa's.  In the afternoon whilst watching a movie we moved onto platters of cheese, crackers, fruit and variety of other yummy treats.  Later in the evening I cooked bacon-wrapped pork with a warm bean and tomato salad and a mixed lettuce & spinach tossed salad on the side.  Followed of course by a giant heart-shaped chocolate chip cookie, my hubby's favorite.

The kids hand-stamped and wrote on their own cards for daddy which was a real treat as he'd never seen Flynn write his own name before.  Marisol rode her bike for the very first time and they gave him some new bits and pieces for the grill.  After all, he is the grill master of the house.

He even managed to watch a little of the U.S. Open Golf, which after having spent all day at Pebble Beach on Friday being pampered in a corporate box I thought he would have been well and truly tired of.  Apparently not though. The man loves his golf.

How did you celebrate Father's Day?

Stampin' Up Build-A-Bear Workshop

Over the weekend Marisol and I attended a Build-A-Bear Workshop and Stampin' Up event. 

Our fabulous host was Patty from Patty Stamps.  She introduced us to the Build-A-Bear Workshop Stampin' Up products, and while we were happily snacking on the yummy treats she had put out and making beary cute cards and paper doll bears to take home we had a viewing of the Holly & Hal MooseTM: Our Uplifting Christmas Adventure DVD.  Marisol was a very lucky girl and was given a copy of the DVD - which she watched in the car on our long drive home. 

I love an opportunity to craft and more importantly to try products that I have never used before so this was a real treat for me ... not so much for hubby though once he views my wishlist which has now been updated in time for Christmas.

Marisol with our wonderful host Patty, and with the two paper doll bears in sleeping bags that we made.  She insists that her 'girl bear' sleep next to her bed every night now.

A demonstration on The Sizzix Big Shot

The Stampin' Pastels kit


I absolutely loved trying them out, they are so easy to use and blend beautifully. 

The little collection of cards and paper doll bears that Marisol and I made - as you can see Marisol loved stamping.

Some of the beary cute paper dolls and cards that Patty had created using the Build-A-Bear Stampin' Up products.

 

Disclosure: I attended this event thanks to MomSelect.com, Build-A-Bear Workshop and Stampin' Up.

MOTHER ’S DAY CARDS

Hand-made

Materials: Paper flowers, button, Mama sticker, colored pencils, needle & thread.

Materials: Die-cut scrapbook paper, chip-board flowers, permanent marker, alphabet stickers

Materials: Scrapbook paper, chip-board letters