May 19, 2012

Easter Eggs

Easter Egg Dying Recipe: You will need Food Coloring, Vinegar, boiling Water, Bowls, Tongs, Paper towels and Wax Paper. Boil Eggs and let cool. For each color, combine ½ cup boiling water, 1tsp. vinegar and 10 drops of food coloring in a bowl. Dip the hard boiled egg in the dye bath for 3-5 minutes. If you want a darker color leave in bath mixture longer. Use tongs to remove eggs, gently place on wax paper and let dry. Blot the excess dye with a paper towel. Use Sticker(s) on Eggs: Use vinyl stickers in assorted sizes and … [Read more...]

Easter Morning Fun

egg hunt

Tips to surviving Easter Morning! As a child the "Easter Bunny" always hid our Easter Baskets in very sneaking hiding spots throughout the house. Instead of just playing just hide and seek with the basket, why not make it a scavenger hunt? Make up little notes with clues for your child to read to take him/her to various spots throughout the house where they will find another clue. After a few clues lead them to the all desirable Easter Basket. Once the basket is found play some math games with the eggs or candies in the basket. Count all … [Read more...]

Easter Bunnies

foam easter bunny

Make these cute little Easter Bunnies! It couldn't be easier. All you need is a foam egg, cotton balls, google eyes, and some pipe cleaners. This craft was found on Kaboose, com, a fabulous website full of crafts for every occasion. Click here to see all their Easter crafts. They also have Easter cards, different ways to decorate Easter eggs, colouring sheets, Easter brunch ideas and much, much more. Easter Bunny   What you'll need: • Cotton balls • Foam (polystyrene) egg • White chenille stem (pipe cleaner) • Thicker … [Read more...]

St. Patrick’s Day Treasure Hunt

Great St. Patrick's Day Treasure Hunt Idea

Looking for something fun to do this St. Patrick's Day? Try this great treasure hunt from oopsey daisy! 10 rhyming printable clues take your kids on a fun hunt around your home in search of the leprechaun's treasure! She's even made a cheat sheet to make it super easy for Mom & Dad to hide the clues! Have fun!     St. Patrick's Day Treasure Hunt (Printable) … [Read more...]

Winter Birthday Ideas!

Oil Kings Get a Goal

Do you need to Plan a Winter Birthday Party? In our house my kids where both Winter babies, which means that right after christmas I go into Birthday Planning mode. My son's birthday is a few days after New Years and my Daughters is just after Valentine's Day. So both of them come right after holidays, when they just got lots of gifts and they are both in the middle of WINTER. This year my son got lucky and got to spend his birthday in Kauai, HI so he finally got to experience a Warm Birthday. This Year we happen to be in Hawaii for my … [Read more...]