Teacher Gift: Upcycled & Altered Starbucks Frappucino Bottle

Teacher Appreciation Day?  Just need a way to thank them for doing something particularly nice?  Re-purpose a bottle! For a tutorial on how to alter not only the bottle but the cardboard carrier as well, visit iStamp/aka stampin at 6213.

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Raising a Caring and Compassionate Child

Like many things, kindness is a quality that children learn over time and through practice. Thankfully, there are many things you can do to encourage your child to be a kinder, gentler person. Research has found that the desire to help and comfort comes just as naturally to humans as being self-centered or hurtful. “It’s […]

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Lip Gloss

This is a fun, sweet, fruity lip gloss that gives your lips a little color too! Fun for girl’s parties! They can make it and take it home! Multiply the recipe to make as much as you like.   1 T. vegetable shortening 1 tsp honey 1 pack unsweetened Koolaid ¼ tsp hot water   […]

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Chalk Art

Make sidewalk chalk art reproductions AGES: Seven to 13 Masking tape (optional) Colored chalk White chalk Illustrations from books or comic books, or reproductions of master paintings (postcards work great) A sidewalk or paved driveway Be advised that some kids, especially younger ones, may rather make their own art as opposed to reproducing someone else’s. […]

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Simple Playdough

3 cups flour 1 ½ cups salt 6 tsp. cream of tartar 3 cups cool water 3 Tbsp oil Food coloring Mix dry ingredients in a big cooking pot. Blend liquids together in a bowl. Combine with dry ingredients and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat when dough pulls away from the […]

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Pancake Mix Cookies

I’m not much of a baker.  It’s generally too much work and requires too much preciseness for me to really enjoy it, ESPECIALLY with the kidlet.   Getting exactly one cup of this and 25g of that and 2 teaspoons of this other thing is hard enough for me.  Add the kidlet in — some ingredient […]

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Peanut Butter Playdough

18 oz. peanut butter 6 tbsp. honey Few tablespoons of Cocoa for flavor Non-fat dry milk as needed Mix all ingredients, adding enough dry milk to give make dough pliable. Shape, decorate with edible treats, and eat!

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Dryer Lint Modeling Material

3 C. Lint (from laundry dryers) 2 C. Cold or warm water 2/3 C. Non-self-rising wheat flour 3 drops oil of wintergreen Old newspaper Put lint and water in a large saucepan. Stir to dampen all parts of the lint. Add flour and stir thoroughly to prevent lumps. Add oil of wintergreen. Cook over low […]

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