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Colored Water Busywork
Here’s a simple way I keep my boys happy when they’re bored and I need a few minutes to finish supper. Fill an ice cube tray or muffin tin with water (half full) and add a few drops of food coloring...
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The Puddle Stomping Personality Test
A couple of weeks ago I found myself in a store full of very breakable objects with a small boy. Being a sensible sort, I left my friends and older kids to continue browsing and took my small boy...
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Rolling, Rolling, Rolling…
We painted our bathroom recently, and when I was finished with the mini paint roller I knew just what I wanted to do with it. Crafts! We coated some cardboard with aluminum foil and made palettes, and...
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Make Some Homemade Do-a-Dot Markers!
I love this idea for homemade do-a-dot markers from Counting Coconuts! I think I’ve seen it before but my brain is a bit like a collander these days and things are constantly new to me again. ;) These...
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Snow Day!
We got a wee bit of snow around these parts recently. I used the opportunity to have a bit of snow fun at the dining room table. I had my faithful assistant, Victoria, go get bowls full of fresh snow...
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Quick Bath Fun
Here’s a simple way to make baths a little more fun (and colorful!). Freeze some colored water in muffin tins or other medium sized containers, and then add a few to the kids’ baths when you want to...
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Easy Velcro Blocks
Here’s a fun and inexpensive way to make some neat building blocks for little ones. Our fabulous friend Jan, a local Head Start teacher, came up with this idea. She purchased a couple of $1 bags of...
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A Little Online Art Fun
Have you tried Brushster with your kids yet? This free painting program from the National Gallery of Art lets kids paint with a variety of “brushes” online, or they can click a button to watch the...
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Easy, Sturdy (Free) Building Blocks!
Here’s a little project that we’ve been doing for years. These fun blocks are so easy! I was planning on making a set of building blocks for Fiona for Christmas, but she kept trying to manhandle the...
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Our Craft Sheet
Those who have been reading Magical Childhood for a while know that I often recommend sheet painting. It’s even one of the first crafts I put up on the original Magical Childhood site. We have been...
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