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{Play} Weather Blog Hop | Make Your Own Cloud

I’m thrilled to bring you another great blog hop started by one of my kid blogger buddies. You’ll find so many weather-related activities, crafts, experiments, and play ideas in the linky at the bottom of this post. Our activity was a science experiment: Make Your Own Cloud It was raining last week and Jane and [...]

{Craft} DIY Personalized Bottle Caps

For Hubby’s recent 40th, the theme was Curry, Cake and a Keg. We had a keg of Sierra Nevada, lots of spicy Thai curries, and a special cake. Hubby said he didn’t want any type of theme-y cutesiness, but I had to make something. So, I ended up making two things - homemade tile coasters (like [...]

{Around The World In 12 Dishes} United Kingdom | Shepherd’s Pie

Welcome to Around The World in 12 Dishes! Starting this month, we - and 12 other amazing bloggers and their children - will be taking you on a culinary adventure around the world, exploring 12 different countries in 12 months by cooking one dish from one country each month with our kids. This project is [...]

{Bake} Twelve Tasty St. Patrick’s Day Treats

It’s March! Time to start thinking about St. Patrick’s Day activities and treats. Even though Hubby bah-humbugs St. Patrick’s Day, we still celebrate the day at our house for fun. Last year we made these delicious green Shamrock Rice Krispies Treats: Recipe and complete how-to here. Here are 11 more goodies I’d love to make or [...]

{Play} Book Club For Babies And Toddlers

Book clubs are not just a chance for exasperated mommies to get together and drink too much wine. And as for book clubs where actual reading and literary discussion take place, they’re not just for reading age kids. Babies and toddlers are the perfect age for Book Club and will love this pre-reading activity. Years [...]

{Live} I’m Back And Pleased As Punch!

I’m finally back from my overseas trip - without the kids or Hubby - and am happy to report I survived! More on that later when I can dig myself out of the jet lag haze. Just wanted to share my excitement that our Sparkly Treasure Box was included in Elmer’s Memory Keeping Holiday catalog! [...]

{Live} Bye For Now + Raspberry Milk & Love Coasters

If you can believe it - I can’t - I’m off on holiday WITHOUT the kids. I’m going on about the 20th breakdown for the week, missing them so utterly madly, even though I’m still here. But, it’s a well-needed rest and an opportunity that won’t come around for many years more, so here I [...]

{Play} Valentine’s Day Art, Craft & Activity Ideas For Kids

I never said I wouldn’t post more Valentine’s ideas…just that I thought you might be sick of them! I’ve given you a few, like our Valentine’s Day Lacing Hearts Activity Valentine’s Day Stained Glass Heart Cookies Valentine’s Day Jar of Hearts and Valentine’s Day Jello Play but here’s one more - not necessarily the last! Heart [...]

{Play} Tinkerlab Challenge | Paper Bag Fan

You’ve probably seen some of the fun challenges put on by Rachelle over at Tinkerlab. If you haven’t, check them out here. For her latest Creative Challenge - Paper Bags - we made a Paper Bag Fan! Materials paper bags anything to decorate your bags: markers, paint, pencils, or glue + gems/feathers/any small objects a round [...]

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{Celebrate} Homemade For The Holidays | Toddler Thumbtack Ornaments

December 22, 2011 in All Posts, Celebrate, Play, Toddler Activities

We’ve been having lots of fun making ornaments, like these Recycled Paper Ornaments, these Sequin Ornaments, and these sparkly, painted, and filled ornaments, and we’re still on a roll! I’m sure you’ve seen this stunning thumbtack wreath from Madigan Made Source: madiganmade.com via TheOutlawMom on Pinterest or these thumbtack trees around blogland. As an experiment, I wanted to see if Jane [...]

Tags: christmas, concentration, fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, holiday, manual dexterity, material manipulation, ornaments, styrofoam, thumbtacks, toddler activity
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{Bake} Milk Caramels #SmartFinalSupportsSoCalSchools #CBias

December 21, 2011 in All Posts, Bake, Sponsored Posts

It’s safe to say I’m a bit caramel obsessed. Who can resist the ooey, gooey goodness of a warm Caramel Sauce drizzled over an inside-out Apple Crumble Cheesecake or thick, creamy Caramel Frosting Brownie Sandwiches? This holiday season I’m making lots of caramel-drizzled desserts, but I’m also making caramels. Salty ones like these delicious, divine [...]

Tags: baking, caramel, holiday, milk, school, sugar
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{Live} We Got Serve’d

December 20, 2011 in All Posts, Giveaways, Live, Sponsored Posts

This post is sponsored by Serve from American Express. Sign up for Serve and receive $10 credit towards your first use. Comment below within the next 7 days for your chance to win an extra $100 credit to your account! How many wine-drinking girlfriends does it take to figure out how to pay the bill [...]

Tags: dinner, drinks, friends, holiday
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{Play} Fun With Food! Marshmallow Snowflake Craft

December 19, 2011 in All Posts, Fun With Food!, Play, Toddler Activities

Jane is too young to cut out intricate paper snowflakes (trust me, we tried). So we tried to have some snowflake fun another way: with marshmallows and toothpicks! Materials Mini-marshmallows Toothpicks How To This is similar to our Gumdrop Sculptures activity, except instead of standing the sculptures up on their own, we just made little [...]

Tags: christmas, concentration, fine motor skills, food, holiday, marshmallow, patience, snowflakes, toddler activity, toothpicks, winter
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{Live} The Holiday Card We Would Send If We Were Honest People

December 17, 2011 in All Posts, Live, Outlaw Posts

We weren’t a holiday card family growing up. But Hubby is a big time card guy. He takes pride in being the first card of the season and it’s the primary way he keeps in touch with many of his relatives overseas. I always wonder, though - especially in times like these - what goes [...]

Tags: family, happiness, holiday, holiday card, parenting, raising children
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{Bake} Eggnog Cranberry Cookies

December 15, 2011 in All Posts, Bake

It’s time for The Improv Cooking Challenge with Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker again! October’s Challenge was apples and caramel and November’s Challenge was pumpkin and cream cheese. December’s challenge: a baking or cooking recipe using this month’s two featured ingredients - egg nog and cranberries. There are a lot of things I don’t know much about and [...]

Tags: baking, christmas, cookies, cranberry, dessert, egg nog, eggs, flour, holiday, sugar, winter
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{Craft} Homemade For The Holidays | Sequin Frames & Ornaments And A Sparkly Treasure Box #Elmer’s Holiday #GlueNGlitter Giveaway

December 15, 2011 in All Posts, Celebrate, Craft, Giveaways, Sponsored Posts

Well, we’re continuing on our homemade kick this holiday season with a Sequin Picture Frame, some Sequin Ornaments,and a Sparkly Treasure Box! Sequin Picture Frame You know I love glitter and sequins are just glitter amplified, so I LOVE sequins! This gift was so simple to make and my favorite because of the bright colors. I used [...]

Tags: cardstock, elmer's, gift, glitter, glue, holiday, homemade, present, scissors, sequins, specialty cardstock, tape
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{Celebrate} Homemade For The Holidays | Rainbow Play Dough Tubs

December 14, 2011 in All Posts, Celebrate, Play, Toddler Activities

For some reason, even though we start out with full tubs of store bought Play Doh, we end up with only a tiny smidgen after a day’s play. Do the kids eat it? Is it stuck underneath the couch? I have no idea. But I do know that it’s a pain to keep going out [...]

Tags: cardstock, food coloring, gift, holiday, playdoh, playdough, present, specialty cardstock, toddler activity
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{Bake} Salted Double Peppermint Bark

December 10, 2011 in All Posts, Bake, Sweets, The Outlaw Mom's Recipes

Remember this peppermint latte I made with my Simple Peppermint Syrup last weekend? Well, I went a little crazy with the peppermint and made some Salted Double Peppermint Bark, too! Salt and chocolate is my new favorite sweet combination … and I don’t even like chocolate. I especially don’t like white chocolate, which is why I [...]

Tags: baking, candy, candy cane, chocolate, christmas, gift, holiday, peppermint, present, white chocolate, winter
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{Celebrate} Homemade For The Holidays | Menorah Handprints

December 8, 2011 in All Posts, Celebrate, Play, Toddler Activities

Here’s a super easy Hannukah gift that your child can make in just a few minutes. Jane made them as teacher’s gifts. Materials Blue and yellow paint (or any other colors you wish) Paper Step 1 Using the blue paint, have your toddler make a handprint with each of her hands, with the thumbs [...]

Tags: family, gift, holiday, homemade, paint, painting, present
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