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Wednesday
May082013

Space Week Part 3: Aliens

I'm not sure what the fascination is with aliens but they can be fun to imagine! I love the green aliens from Toy Story ;)

I LOVE this Alien and spaceship craft from ikat bag. Especially because you can play with it afterwards!

This little guy is super cute too and may be easier for younger ones from A Little Delightful

If it's just the aliens you're after you can craft some up with pipe cleaners just like Craft Jr.

Friday
May032013

May the Fourth Be With You!

Happy Star Wars Day! Are you planning any fun activities to celebrate? Barnes and Noble and Toys R Us both have activities going on and your local libraries may as well!

StarWars.com has some crafts and printables like this Admiral Sackbar puppet

How about some new tees? at iLoveToCreate

How about some glowing balloon lightsabers from Filth Wizardry

Love these Tie Fighters out of cardboard and egg carton from Glory Laine

You can always make our Star Wars pillowcases (or tshirts or onesies)

Here is a post with some of our favorite Star Wars crafts

Star Wars costume (that's easy to put together) from Dana at MADE

And I still love the downloadable PDF Star Wars activity set from Star Wars Reads

If you're looking for a snack there are lots of Star Wars food ideas at Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons

Link up in the comments if you have other ideas! Happy Star Wars Day!

Sunday
Apr212013

Easy Playtown Set Giveaway!

We were recently sent an Easy Playtown Set from Square One Kids to try out for you all. It's a play set made from cardboard. The whole set comes in it's own box which turns into the "mat" and has 3 buildings...

----------------------> Click HERE to read more and enter to win an Easy Playtown Set!

Wednesday
Mar132013

St Patrick's Day Inspiration

St Patrick's Day is on Sunday and whether you do anything special or not - here are some fun ideas to add to your "I'm bored bank".

Fiskars made up some props for a St Patrick's themed photo booths. My boys love set up photos

Sassy girls shares how to make ShamROCK glowing glitter jars

Love this green pepper shamrock stamp from Family Fresh Meals

A Mickey themed St Patrick's day printable from Spoonful

A rainbow rice treasure box at Modern Parents Messy Kids

And I love seeing all the fun leprechaun traps!

from How Does She

from Tips N Tidbits

from Lovely Lovely Things

Do you do anything special for St. Patrick's Day?

See last year's inspiration HERE

Wednesday
Mar062013

Surviving Sick Days - DIY Catapult Game

I'm happy to be back with Part 3 of our "Surviving Sick Days" series with Children's Mucinex! In our first post we talked about staying healthy (we all try SO hard) but when the cold or flu does hit I definitely go into full blown Mom mode. In Part 2 we shared a super fun DIY dry erase album that many of you loved! Today I have a game that my sick kiddos really love and I think yours will too! It's a DIY catapult game!

You'll just need craft sticks (slotted or not - these were the ones we had on hand), rubberbands (I had the small clear hair elastics), a plastic spoon, and whatever you want to catapult!

The design is pretty straight forward - stack up 6 or 7 sticks and rubberband them together. Make a "V" around the stack with 2 more sticks and secure with rubberbands making an x over the 2 sticks (as shown in the images)

When laying down I used a clipboard for a sturdy base and placed a bucket at the end of the couch to try and launch the balls into.

My boys like it best when I participate by holding the bucket and moving it around to catch the balls. It's fun to experiment with different angles of the catapult (more sticks on the bottom) and different sized/weight balls to launch into the bucket.

It's such a fun game to make and play!  Luckily Children's Mucinex helps them feel a bit more up to playing games since it does help clear their congestion and perk them up a bit when they are fighting the bug. This allows us to experiment a bit more.

Don't forget that Children's Mucinex Multi-Symptom Cold is offering you a $2.00 off coupon to use on your next purchase!

Children's Mucinex Multi-Symptom Cold

When your child has a bad cold, you both can feel miserable. Children's Mucinex is the #1 children's brand for relieving congestion* and provides fast acting relief from your child's worst cold symptoms. Try Children's Mucinex Multi-Symptom Cold if your child needs relief from stuffy nose and chest congestion. Always use Children's Mucinex Multi-Symptom Cold as directed. (*Based on IRI unit share data for the 52 weeks ending November 2012)

GIVEAWAY! 

"What is your or your child's favorite game?" Share your answer as a comment below for the chance to win a $100 CVS gift card!

No duplicate comments.

You may receive 1 total entry by leaving a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post.

This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older. Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail. You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.

The Official Rules are available here.

This sweepstakes runs from 2/20/2013 – 3/31/2013


Be sure to visit the Children’s Mucinex Multi-Symptom Cold page on BlogHer.com where you can read other bloggers’ reviews and find more chances to win!

Tuesday
Mar052013

Travel Tuesday

I love getting travel tips because not only are they good for long travel but they are good for shorter car rides, waiting rooms, post office etc.

Love this DIY travel pack from How Does She - I can think of all sorts of things to put in those little bags! Crayons, LEGO, Playmobil, small puzzle, tangrams, post its & a pen, paper clips (these are fun to string together), tape - all little things you might not think about but that could provide lots of imaginative fun!

This DIY road trip pillow is such a cute idea - from amazing mae

Here are some toddler busy bag ideas - you could attach all of these together with a binder ring for easy access! from The Princess and the Tot

I love marshmallow building and think it's so cute they put it all together for easy travel. If your kiddo wouldn't eat all the marshmallows first this is a fun idea from Polkadot Prints

Housing a Forest made a really cute travel timeline for their road trip

Next week I'll share our adventure at the Hyatt in Scottsdale - just wanted to break it up a bit this week with some inspiration for you!

Friday
Mar012013

Celebrate Spring with Crayola - Giveaway

Crayola is probably one of the first brands I ever loved. I STILL love the smell and usually have my own fresh box for coloring (don't tell the boys). They wanted to celebrate spring with you and get some Easter basket ideas from Crayola lovers.

They sent us some fun Crayola products and asked us to make up a fun Easter basket with them. Here's what we came up with

--------------> CLICK HERE TO READ MORE and enter to win your own Crayola goodies

Wednesday
Feb062013

Surviving Sick Days - Part 1

I am so excited to announce a fun 3 part series with Children's Mucinex! I am going to share some fun crafts, activities, and ideas to do with your little ones on a sick day. We usually try to post very active and involved projects but sick days are a bit different because the kids need to rest which poses some difficulty! This series will hopefully give you lots of inspiration to keep your kiddos smiling and entertained even when they are sick.

Not only that, we'll also have a giveaway for each part of the series as well! Inspiration AND a chance at a gift card for my readers is icing on the cake!

We try VERY hard to stay our healthiest around here especially during cold and flu season! Hand washing, hand sanitizer for school (the petri dish of germs), green smoothies (smoothies with lots of fresh fruit and veggies), eating un-processed healthy food, staying active, and trying to get plenty of rest during those busy times of the year!

Unfortunately even with the best of intentions they still get sick from time to time. In fact I had one home last week and one home sick as I write this! How's that for timely.

As a parent the only thing you want when your children are sick is for them to feel better and show signs that they are back to their normal, busy selves. I don't use medicine often but my kids have a history of intense ear infections in one boy and pneumonia in the other. So if they do seem to be going down the road of severe congestion or the flu I do find a medication that works best for all of us. I actually had this bottle of Children's Mucinex before we started this partnership. It's a brand I personally use for my kids. It's what works for us to relieve some of the symptoms of the cold or flu. Plus the mucus guy on the label always gets a smile. Especially when we make him talk to get them to take the medicine (you are SO not getting a video of that)

The temprorary relief from the symptoms they get from taking Children's Mucinex allows them some time to put a smile back on their face and do some of our sick day activities.

 

Children's Mucinex Multi-Symptom Cold is offering you a $2.00 off coupon to use on your next purchase!

 

Children's Mucinex Multi-Symptom Cold

When your child has a bad cold, you both can feel miserable. Children's Mucinex is the #1 children's brand for relieving congestion* and provides fast acting relief from your child's worst cold symptoms. Try Children's Mucinex Multi-Symptom Cold if your child needs relief from stuffy nose and chest congestion. Always use Children's Mucinex Multi-Symptom Cold as directed. (*Based on IRI unit share data for the 52 weeks ending November 2012)

 

GIVEAWAY! 

"What activity makes your child smile when under the weather?" Share your answer as a comment below for the chance to win a $100 CVS gift card!

 

No duplicate comments.

You may receive 1 total entry by leaving a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post.

This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older. Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail. You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.

The Official Rules are available here.

This sweepstakes runs from 2/6/2013 - 3/31/2013

 

Be sure to visit the Children's Mucinex Multi-Symptom Cold page on BlogHer.com where you can read other bloggers’ reviews and find more chances to win!