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CRAVE IT. COVET. LOVE IT. This Week: Crave Local Artisanal Jams

This week I’ve been craving small batch artisanal jams and marmalades like the “garagiste” confitures created by Bay Area local (and Thai native!) Pim Techamuanvivit: Pim uses sustainably grown fruit from local farms and cooks up each seasonal batch in French copper jam pots. I’m dying to try the Blackberry Mirabelle Jam, Rangpur Lime Marmalade, and Joe’s [...]

{Play} Easter Egg Dye Crayon Resist Art & Kids Co-Op Playdate Linky

Welcome to The Kid’s Co-op Weekly Playdate! This is my first week as a hostess and I’m thrilled to be bringing you an opportunity to share your best play ideas from the week and a place to browse for new inspiration. Since this is our first playdate together, I don’t have any highlights from last week’s [...]

{Play} Fun With Candy! Easter Candy Math

If you don’t already, you know you’ll have an empty egg carton and leftover Easter candy in a few days. This is a great way to get a second life out of that carton and keep -at least some of- all that candy out of your kids’ bellies. Materials We just used a 30-egg carton [...]

{Play} Magic Rainbow Rice Letters

Making Rainbow Rice has been on my play to-do list since we saw these beautiful images and tutorial at Share & Remember. (She also inspired our Painted Toast Activity). If you noticed, I did say “my” list, and not “ours,” because frankly, sometimes my own desire to participate in cool preschool activities overtakes any goals [...]

{Play} Make Your Own Multi-Color Crayons

I so remember doing this when I was a kid. We have so many broken (and half-eaten) crayons, it was inevitable I’d end up doing this activity with the kids. All you need are peeled, broken crayons and a mold. Some people use muffin tins, but I decided to use a silicon ice cube mold. [...]

{Live} Leftover-Stuffed Bread Bowl

Hubby made a batch of gnocci with sausage the other day and half of the sausage went uneaten. Unlike me, the family is picky about leftovers, so I needed an easy way to repackage the sausage without them noticing and without me having to spend much time cooking or prepping. We had an Ecce Panis [...]

CRAVE IT. COVET. LOVE IT. This Week: Covet Retro-Inspired Shades

This week I’m coveting retro-inspired shades like these summery Round Croisette striped sunglasses from Dior: These vintage beauties simply scream “Beach!” don’t you think? Find them here in Crayola-inspired shades of red, blue, yellow and black for $325. CRAVE IT. COVET. LOVE IT. Kids For Her Frankie Ray Lulu Crystal Striped Sunglasses For Him Stephen Joseph Shark [...]

{Live} A Tooth-Friendly Easter Egg Hunt

It’s not Easter yet, but we are going on “practice” hunts in anticipation of the big day. Kind of like Easter Egg Hunt rehearsal. It worked well for us last year when Jane was 2 and Sam was under a year and they didn’t really understand what they were doing. Although, they definitely understood the [...]

{Craft} DIY Personalized Drink Charms

Here’s the final DIY party decor post from Hubby’s Curry, Cake & A Keg 40th birthday party: Personalized Wine + Beer Charms! When we saw the rows of glasses lined up on the table on the day before the party, it dawned on us that we didn’t have any wine charms or another way for [...]

{Bake} Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

The other day while Sam napped, Jane and I were watching a bit of “What Will Martha Teach Us Today” - more popularly known as “The Martha Stewart Show” - and Jane was inspired to make oatmeal cookies. After watching Martha stir up a batch, she squealed, “I LOVE oatmeal!” followed by, “I love cookies!” [...]

{Play} 30 Active Indoor Activities For Kids

When it’s too hot or too cold to play outside, these active indoor activities are just right! It’s supposed to sunny and warm here by now, but we’re going through a cold snap and suffering from repeated bouts of cabin fever with this extended winter season. The good thing is that we’ve built up a [...]

CRAVE IT. COVET. LOVE IT. This Week: Love Childcare On The Go

This week I’ve been loving the concept of childcare on the go, like Nanny in the clouds‘ in-flight nanny service: How cool would it be to not have to worry about lugging your tots along with your luggage through airport security? And I thought the GoGo Babyz Kidz Travelmate was the ultimate travel lifesaver. Read more [...]

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{Play} Make Your Own Multi-Color Crayons

April 3, 2012 in All Posts, Play, Toddler Activities

Tags: crayon, drawing, experiment
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{Celebrate} Easy Handpainted Wrapping Paper

February 23, 2011 in All Posts, Celebrate, Play, Toddler Activities

Jane loves to paint, so we decided to create a specially designed, one-of-a-kind art piece for Hubby’s birthday wrapping paper. This is just as easy as the simplest homemade wrapping paper we made for my Valentine’s Day present to myself, but a little messier. And, the results are a lot splashier! First, we headed to [...]

Tags: birthday, card, card holder, crayon, easel, fingerpaint, gift, homemade, paint, present, specialty cardstock, toddler activity, wrapping paper
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CRAVE IT. COVET. LOVE IT. This Week: Crave Local Artisanal Jams

{Play} Easter Egg Dye Crayon Resist Art & Kids Co-Op Playdate Linky

{Play} Fun With Candy! Easter Candy Math

{Play} Magic Rainbow Rice Letters

{Play} Make Your Own Multi-Color Crayons

{Live} Leftover-Stuffed Bread Bowl

CRAVE IT. COVET. LOVE IT. This Week: Covet Retro-Inspired Shades

{Live} A Tooth-Friendly Easter Egg Hunt

{Craft} DIY Personalized Drink Charms

{Bake} Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

{Play} 30 Active Indoor Activities For Kids

CRAVE IT. COVET. LOVE IT. This Week: Love Childcare On The Go

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