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Recycle Your Crayons

February 4th, 2009 · 3 Comments

 
This blog post explains how to melt your junk-y crayons together.  Using a cookie cutter, you can make shapes that would be easier to grip/grasp.

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How NOT To Take The Kids’ Picture For Your Holiday Cards

December 15th, 2008 · No Comments

 
Ten tips for mom and dad-

Pick a good time of day when the kids are fed and nobody is too tired. 
Keep the card you are sending the photos in mind (if the picture needs to be up and down, remember that!)
Say a THANK YOU for digital cameras.  (Or buy 4 rolls of film if you haven’t [...]

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Gingerbread House Alternatives

December 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I love the idea of a gingerbread house.  But I don’t like the taste of gingerbread or all the measuring and cutting and WORK to have a boards of gingerbread to make a house with.
We will make ”alternative” gingerbread houses.

We make ours with a Tim Horton’s snackpack timbits box for the base (much sturdier than just the graham [...]

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Tags: christmas · craft · things-to-do · tips