Make Your own Castle
Published 11.18.2008 | Permanent Link | Comments (0)
Joslyn of Simply Lovely had a marvelous Sunday painting a handmade cardboard "fort" with her young girls.
We've always thought adding pink would make anything lovelier too, Joslyn! And, to us it looks like a castle.
Really, cardboard boxes are everywhere and we prefer the DIY castle (some helpful links below). But if you have a Fancy Nancy at home and not just any cardboard box will do, here are some alternatives you can buy to decorate:
Check out this pre-fab Cardboard Castle.
This Cardboard Cottage is divine. Thank you for the tip, Cool Mom Picks!
Lastly this one's for the Rocket Girl or Boy who plans on making outer space her/ his kingdom one day.
Links for making your own Cardboard Castle:How to Build a Cardboard Castle at Mr. McGroovy's Cardboard Princess Castle
Have a Garage or an Estate Sale
Published 11.11.2008 | Permanent Link | Comments (0)
Last weekend Brenda's mom (Brenda of Secret Agent Josephine) moved into a new house and rather than hold an estate sale on the way out of her former neighborhood, she held one at her new home.
As Brenda tells it, the most pleasant surprise was the whole family was able to meet her mom's new neighbors and they her.
Some thoughts:
Go Play in the Leaves
Published 11.11.2008 | Permanent Link | Comments (1)
Yes, this is the time to go jump into a pile of beautiful fiery leaves like Miss Zoot's family did last weekend.
While you're there, you may want to consider taking your Holiday Portraits as well. Here are some tips:
- How to Take a Holiday Family Self-Portrait
- How to Take Great Photos of Your Kids
Host a Shadow Puppet Theater
Published 11.04.2008 | Permanent Link | Comments (1)
By Isabel Kallman
We had fun this weekend with our handmade shadow screen (which we bought) and shadow puppets. The theme was, of course, Halloween. Can't wait to see Orange Moon Toys' new seasonal additions to their puppet line.
Organize Your Halloween Candy into Beautiful Decor
Published 11.04.2008 | Permanent Link | Comments (0)
The brilliant Design Mom and her five kids sorted their colorful loot into these candy jars. How lovely!
I'm thinking that this could work well for spools of thread, crayons and markers too.
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