I really wanted to make cookies for my daughter to partake of after school. One major problem I had no butter and no shortening! So I once again Googled something: no butter or shortening cookie recipe. Low and behold I found one that I had all the ingredients too! Applesauce-Oatmeal Cookies 3 c. oatmeal1 … Continue reading
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First Day of School
To make my life easier this week I spent the Sunday labeling and packing snacks for the week. I cut up carrots, measured out raisins, grapes, and olives put them in little baggies with labeled with my daughter’s name. I then packed all those snacks in two containers and wrote the contents on them with … Continue reading
Portfolio for Youngsters
My daughter loves to paint, draw and color, so much that our fridge is an over crowded art gallery. I decided to take my daughters pictures and trim them to 8 1/2″ x 11″ and put them in a spare three ringed binder with plastic sheets. Not only can she look through all of her … Continue reading
What’s for Lunch – Magnet Calendar?
I needed to think of some way to keep track of my daughter’s lunch/snack menu for the week. The only real criteria I had was that it had to be easy enough that she could do it herself because it is her lunch and she has a right to pick a healthy lunch/snack. Also needed … Continue reading
Craft Stick Puzzles
I have mentioned my giant box of Craft Sticks before and believe it or not I will have to replenish my supply shortly. My daughter starts school on Monday so she only has a couple more days of being “crafty” with mom. Today I wanted to do something simple and fun. My daughter loves puzzles. … Continue reading
Pom-pom Ladybugs…
Today’s craft project was all about Ladybugs! Before we started I looked up information on Ladybugs, so we could all learn something about Ladybugs (which aren’t really bugs they are beetles). Here are the two websites I read to my daughter about Ladybugs:National GeographicEverything About Ladybugs Once we had our fill of knowledge we made … Continue reading
The Search for a Clear Backpack…
The Littlest Pet Shop Case My daughter starts school August 30th and the only thing we were missing was a clear or mesh backpack. My criteria for this: it needs to at least appear that it will stay together longer than a week and it needs to be “girly” (my daughter wanted a pink one). … Continue reading
Wind Chime, out of old DVD/CDs…
I know I haven’t been posting a lot of new crafty projects lately primarily because my 11 month old has been a bit of a handful and doesn’t believe in naps! He finally took a half way decent nap and my daughter and I got to work! I have been saving old DVD/CD for a … Continue reading
Homemade Ice Packs
So my daughter is getting ready for Pre-K in a couple of weeks and one of the things I have been thinking about is how am I going to keep her lunch cool. We have one ice pack that Jeff takes to work everyday and when it starts to thaw it leaks blue goo. Personally, … Continue reading
Craft Stick Trinket Box
Last year for Christmas I wanted the Princess to make Jeff something really, really special but it had to be with stuff I had. I had craft sticks lots and lots of Craft Sticks. I did a Google Search for Craft Stick Projects and came up with a Craft Stick Trinket Box (Family Fun). This … Continue reading
Who Are You Calling Crafty? 