This is so true. Every time I am on the phone my son seems to radar in on me and want to sit on my lap or wants me to play hide-n-seek with him or something. It never fails. :)
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Every week thanks to Sarah’s Deals, we will have a great list of craft deals that you can use towards all of those Pinterest crafts you have been wanting to try. :)
Craft Coupons:
*Hobby Lobby – 40% off any regular price item printable coupon – expires 11/3/12
-Save your ink. If you have internet on your phone, you can just pull it up and show your cashier.
*Michael’s – an entire page of coupons! Coupons include:
40% off any regular price item – valid 10/30 – 11/3/12
Michael’s also allows you to pull up the coupon on your phone and show it to your cashier.
*Joann’s Fabrics and Crafts – 50% off any one regular price item printable coupon – expires 10/31/12
-If you have a smartphone, Joann’s also releases their coupons via their app.
FREE Craft eBooks:
*Just click on the picture to download the book or books of your choice!!!
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Cloud dough is a fun and cheap way to entertain your little ones. All you need is flour and baby oil, that’s it! Cloud dough has a light and smooth texture that can be formed into molds but can also be light and grainy like sand, which is why it is also referred to as Moon Sand. Kids can find hours of enjoyment out of it and the baby oil is a nice sensory experience not only because of the smell but because of the softness it adds to the dough.
-2 cups Flour
- ¼ cup Baby-Oil
- cups, spoons, toys for molding and playing with the cloud dough
You can use more or less depending on how much cloud dough you think you will actually need. This was our first time making cloud dough so I opted to make a smaller amount than what I read on Pinterest.
This is an activity that I would recommend doing outside as it can get pretty messy. Which is probably why kids enjoy it so much…the messier the better, right? :) Clean up outside was pretty easy, I just hosed off the patio and washed the blanket.
The cloud dough actually started in the container I mixed it in, but it was soon poured out by my son who was more interested in letting it be free and all over the patio. :) I showed him that he could make molds with it by using measuring spoons, he was more interested in letting his trucks ride through the cloud dough. So I just let him have fun and do his own thing.
One of his favorite things to do with the cloud dough was to “make it snow” on his trucks. He did this for quite awhile. He seemed to like the feel of letting it slide and slip through his fingers.
Making and playing with cloud dough was an overall fun sensory play experience and something that we look forward to doing again. You should definitely give it a try with your little ones!
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I have experience with this funny picture lately. My son has been finding it hilarious to flush gobs and gobs of toilet paper down the toilet. A couple times this past week it got suspiciously quiet, and you guessed it, I found him trying to flush a whole entire roll of toilet paper…yikes! That clean-up sure was fun.
Have a sneaky silent toddler in your house too? :)
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I love fall and I’d say that pumpkin is a pretty big reason why I love it so much. Pumpkin cookies, pumpkin pie, pumpkin bars, pumpkin rolls…I could go on and on. So when I looked up a few pumpkin cookie recipes via Pinterest I combined some aspects from the recipes that sounded delicious and made my own version: pumpkin cookies with vanilla-cinnamon cream cheese frosting. They turned out delicious and I’m excited to share the recipe with you so you can indulge in the pumpkin awesomeness too!
Pumpkin Cookies:
Preheat oven to 350°.
In your mixer (or handheld mixer), cream together the butter and the sugars.
Add egg, pumpkin and vanilla to butter/sugar mixture and mix until well combined.
In a separate bowl mix dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and pumpkin pie spice.
Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. (I like to break it up a bit so that the dry ingredients don’t blow everywhere from the mixer. So I add the dry ingredients in thirds until it is all incorporated nicely with the wet ingredients.)
Drop cookies by tablespoon-fulls onto a cookie sheet. (Don’t worry about making the cookies all uniform, I tend to make my cookies larger than a recipe calls for because when I make cookies I want a decent sized cookie to sink my teeth into.)
Bake cookies for 11-14 minutes. (My oven tends to cook things rather fast so I took my cookies out at 12 minutes.)
While cookies are baking and cooling, mix together the frosting.
Vanilla-Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting:
Mix together cream cheese and butter until nice and smooth.
Slowly add in powdered sugar until combined.
Add in vanilla extract and cinnamon, mix until combined.
Check out the awesome specks of cinnamon, yum!
Frost cookies and enjoy!
Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
These pumpkin cookies are easy to make and turn out soft and puffy. The vanilla-cinnamon frosting just brings this spiced pumpkin cookie to perfection. I hope you try out the recipe and let me know if you enjoyed it as much as I did. :)
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With the beginning of fall there slowly becomes an ever-increasing chill in the air. Although I love fall and winter, the cold weather makes me want to stay snuggled in the comfort of my warm bed. A treat that can be enjoyed any time of the day is homemade hot chocolate. Something about the warmth it brings with each and every delicious chocolatey sip keeps you coming back for more.
I wanted hot chocolate but I didn’t have any store bought mixes at home…bummer! Then I thought, well it can’t be that hard to make my own. So I threw together this 3 step easy homemade hot chocolate recipe that is sure to please all chocolate lovers.
1. Pour milk into your mug of choice and heat for 1-2 minutes in the microwave on high. (Don’t fill up all the way because you will want to leave room to mix-in the “chocolate syrup” mixture.)
2. While milk is heating in the microwave mix together the remaining ingredients in another cup that has a very small amount of hot tap water in it. (The hot water will help combine all of the ingredients into a “chocolate syrup”.) Whisk all of the ingredients until you don’t see any cocoa powder lumps, adding a little bit more hot water at a time until you reach a smooth consistency.
3. Once milk is warmed to your liking, stir in the “chocolate syrup” mixture and you’ve got yourself the easiest and yummiest homemade hot chocolate!
Enjoy as-is, or top the easy homemade hot chocolate off with some delicious marshmallows!
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