Doggone Goodie Cans Are Sooo Cute
September 3, 2008
I just couldn’t resist posting this idea out of the blue… it’s just so cute.
It’s a craft project that includes pictures, very good directions, and templates for creating dogs out of empty potato chip cans.
We’re goin’ to the zoo, zoo, zoo… How about you, you, you?
August 7, 2008
My youngest is sooo excited that we’re going to the zoo next week that she keeps singing that song over and over again… bless her little heart. Sorry if that title was a bit annoying, but I though that if I shared it maybe I could get it out of my head!!!
We’re planning the picnic lunch, mapping out the zoo, planning out each animal stop… you’d think we’d never been to the zoo before. I think the kids are just excited because we’ve planned our homeschool field trip to be the same day that public starts in our area.
Anyway, I thought I’d post some fun zoo crafts today in case anyone else could use them. Read more
What Do You Think About Webkinz?
July 28, 2008
I have to admit, a year ago I didn’t know what Webkinz were. I had heard of them, my kids mentioned them from school, but they really weren’t something that our family is into. Them my oldest daughter had a birthday party and guess what did nearly every friend give her?
You guessed it… Webkinz.
She received 14 Webkinz, which opened up a whole new world for our family… a world of commercialism, trends, collecting, and marketing messages aimed at my kids. In case you’re not aware of “Webkinz World,” here’s an article that will give you the lowdown.
Can You Ever Have Too Many Butterflies?
July 22, 2008
According to my five year old, there can never be too many butterflies. In fact, she saw a commercial for one of those butterfly kits where you grow your own butterfly and begged me for one so she could add to our local butterfly community.
Her little face looked so sad when I had to explain to her that those butterflies would die when we released them because it was so late in the summer now (But maybe we could try it next year, I told her.) Then I found out that she wasn’t sad because she couldn’t grow her own butterflies this year… she was sad because other people would buy the kits this year and their butterflies would die. “Those people shouldn’t sell butterfly growing kits when the butterflies will die. Poor butterflies!”
We opted to make some clothespin butterflies instead!
Bugs Aren’t Enough… We Must Have Butterflies!
July 15, 2008
At my house we’ve been doing many of the bug crafts that I blogged about last week, but my five year old wasn’t very happy to be doing bugs… she wants to do butterflies. And what self-respecting five year old girl wouldn’t want to do butterfly crafts?
So now we have butterflies! Read more
Bugs, Bugs, Bugs… Everywhere!
July 9, 2008
At our house we’ve gotten a little extra rain, which is great for the flowers, but also has one big side-effect… the bugs are completely taking over! It doesn’t help that we are out in the semi-country and it’s hatching time for a lot of those annoying little critters.
We decided not to fight it… we’re doing bug crafts!
