* Pop Rocks: Valentine, you ROCK! * You Rule! – Attach to a ruler or Fruit By The Foot * Gum: We “chews” you to be our Valentine! * Gummy Bears/Teddy Grahams, etc: “Bag of bear hugs”, “You’re unbearably cute!”, “Join the cub!”, “I can’t bear being without you!” * Squeeze-it kids drink: Valentine, Will […]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756. A child prodigy, Mozart began performing piano pieces at age three and composing them at five. In honor of this great talent, play a CD of one of your favorite Mozart pieces and waltz with your child to the music. Supply flowing silky scarves and […]
Large and small paper plates … paint … paint brushes … construction paper … scissors … glue sticks … hole punch … yarn or ribbon. Paint a face on the small paper plate and paint three buttons on a large paper plate. Punch a hole at the top of the large paper plate. Punch a […]
Get a grip on clutter and keep track of your life with a Command Center. Here are some ideas for a wall mounted one, for use in a small space Every home has a place that’s a magnet for piles (unopened mail, shopping lists, permission slips). Clear your family’s clutter spot by creating a “Central […]
 ½ cup liquid starch 2 cups rock salt ½ cup glue with food color  Mix and create 3D structures on cardboard.
¾ cup flour ½ cup corn flour ½ cup salt Powder Paint 3/8 cup warm water  Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Add water gradually until mix. Can be kneaded into a stiff dough. To reduce stickiness dust with dry flour. Pierce each bead with a tooth pick or large blunt needle and allow […]
 Cut three bumps in a row from a cardboard egg carton, leaving them attached. This will be the snowman. Paint the entire outside of the three bumps white. Glue the snowman to blue paper. Cut facial features, buttons, boots, stick arms and a hat for the snowman from colored construction paper. Glue them all […]
Construction paper (white, black, red, orange, green and brown) Contact paper Ribbon Glue stick Winter-theme sequins and/or glitter, various blue / silver bits of paper, feathers, etc  Trace three circles onto white construction paper; small, medium and large. On largest circle, cut a round opening in the middle the size of the medium circle. […]
