Hooray for Mother’s Day! Check out these great tips, ideas, activities and recipes to make the most of your Mother’s Day:
Crafts: http://www.pbs.org/parents/crafts-for-kids/category/holiday/mothers-day/
Recipes: http://www.pbs.org/parents/kitchenexplorers/?s=Mother%27s+Day
Resources: http://www.pbs.org/parents/special/mothersday.html
St. Patrick’s Day Fun Fact Lunchbox Love Notes for your children—easy, printable notes perfect for lunchboxes that include a fun fact about St. Patrick’s day. Great for early readers and more advance. It’s quick, it’s easy, and anyone can do it. From teachmama.com:http://bit.ly/lunchboxLOVE
Even the littlest crafters can help make this pot o’ gold craft for St. Patrick’s Day!
No tissue paper on-hand? Gold foil wrappers work well for this too. Have fun!
Find more fun and family-friendly crafts at www.youtube.com/innerchildfunmedia
If liking something called “bark” is wrong, then I don’t want to be right.
Easy (2 ingredients!) Chocolate Bark Recipe: http://www.pbs.org/parents/kitchenexplorers/2012/11/29/easy-2-ingredient-holiday-chocolate-bark/
Looking for ways to keep the kids busy? Try some of these wonderful holiday and/or wintertime crafts!
Cardboard Menorah: http://www.pbs.org/parents/fun-and-games/activities-and-crafts/cardboard-menorahs/
Homemade Snow Globes: http://www.pbs.org/parents/fun-and-games/activities-and-crafts/snow-globes/
Christmas Tree Ornaments: http://www.pbs.org/parents/fun-and-games/activities-and-crafts/christmas-tree-ornaments/
Thumbprint Christmas Lights: http://www.pbs.org/parents/fun-and-games/activities-and-crafts/thumbprint-christmas-lights/
Pasta Menorah: http://www.pbs.org/parents/fun-and-games/activities-and-crafts/pasta-menorah-craft/
Mini Christmas Lights: http://www.pbs.org/parents/fun-and-games/activities-and-crafts/mini-christmas-lights/
Kwanzaa Kinara: http://www.pbs.org/parents/fun-and-games/activities-and-crafts/kwanzaa-kinara/
Snow Mitten Letter Scramble: http://www.pbs.org/parents/fun-and-games/activities-and-crafts/snow-mitten-letter-scramble/
Holiday Coffee Filter Garland: http://www.pbs.org/parents/fun-and-games/activities-and-crafts/coffee-filter-holiday-garland/
Bottle Cap Dreidels: http://www.pbs.org/parents/fun-and-games/activities-and-crafts/spinning-tops/
Thanksgiving can be a recipe for drama with “quirky” relatives topping the ingredient list. Even so, Helicopter Mom gives thanks for some…interesting things. What are you grateful for?
(Source: youtu.be)
Awkward Family Photos vs. Stock Photos… which ones are which??
Posting awkward pictures of others on Thanksgiving is a wonderful tradition we have here - mostly because it helps us realize it’s not only OUR families that are weird. Test yourself: try and guess which pictures are from a stock photo company and which are posted on awkwardfamilyphotos.com… then click on the pictures to see if you were right!
CLUE: The ones from AFP say so in the bottom right corner…
In case you needed a reminder on when holidays were, much like Rebecca Black reminded us of the days of the week, here is “It’s Thanksgiving” by Nicole Westbrook. And yes, that is a turkey leg in place of a microphone.
Just wait for the breakdown at 2:30. “Can’t be hateful, gotta be grateful, mashed potatoes on my table.”
(Source: youtube.com)
I’m so thankful for food. THIS food, in particular. Sources can be found by clicking the pictures.
Absolutely Amazing Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids: http://www.pbs.org/parents/fun-and-games/activities-and-crafts/thanksgiving-crafts-for-kids/
We’ll probably post this again before the holiday, but just in case your family wants to get started early, here you go!
(Source: pbs.org)
Cook up some fun in the kitchen with these grrrrrrrrrreat animal bread ideas and recipes!
(Source: pbs.org)
