No Sugar Added Valentine’s Day Party
Does your kid react to sugar like a werewolf who’s just seen the full moon? Then Valentine’s Day is sure to make you cringe almost as much as Halloween and …
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Start a Mini-Greenhouse
As you can see, we used carryout containers, but you can use whatever you have on hand- butter tubs, cat food cans (run them through the dishwasher first, trust me) …
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Stage A Table Play
If you’re thinking that you don’t have any wooden peg people or that you aren’t that crafty, think again. You can make some characters from clothes pins, play dough, or …
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Write with Invisible Ink
Do you remember writing with lemon juice as a kid? Yeah, me too. Do you remember why it works? Nope, me either. Mostly what I remember was that it didn’t …
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Indoor sand/rice play
Everyone who knows me has remarked on my indoor sandbox at least once. If you don’t have the stomach for sand in the house, get a 20 lb bag of …
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How to string popcorn like a boss …with kids!
This is a hands on indoor play idea that is perfect any time. Tradtionally used as holiday decorations, these strings also make great bird feeders. If popcorn gets boring, alternate with cheerios or cranberries or anything else you can think of that sounds fun. And don’t forget- even if the stringing isn’t going that well, there’s plenty of popcorn to eat.
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