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review: superheroines isabella, lulu and tille

By On February 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I’ve been volunteering in my daughter’s school library for over 4 months now. My job is to help the kids pick out books. Not to choose topics, but to help them locate different subjects and authors and to use a shelf marker when browsing so books stay in order.

I usually start with, “What are [...]

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angry bird

By On December 27, 2011 · 2 Comments

I’ve never played Angry Birds. My husband and daughter have, though. It’s not my first choice in children’s video games, but once my daughter was exposed to mean pigs stealing eggs, there was no going back.

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review: books for young artists

By On December 15, 2011 · 2 Comments

We’ve been doing a lot of reading lately and the main subject has been art. Since it’s too soon to write about my holiday projects, I thought I’d share some of the books we’ve been enjoying. (All book links go to amazon.com)

Matisse the King of Color: This was a spur [...]

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thanksgiving thumbkin pumpkins

By On November 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment

It never fails. Whenever I make pumpkin pie, I always have a little bit of squash and pie crust dough left over. I save the squash for muffins, but there’s not much I can do with the dough.

This year my daughter suggested we make thumbkin pumpkins with the leftover ingredients. She made them [...]

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creative gift idea: make your own pop-up book

By On November 23, 2011 · 4 Comments

Last month I posted about my daughter’s suncatcher. Today, I’ve got another kid-approved creative gift idea: Create Your Own Pop-Up Books. The day after my daughter received this she was tearing into the box before I was even awake. She actually had a lot finished before she woke me up for [...]

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my creative space

By On November 17, 2011 · 1 Comment

I found my daughter’s scarf. It was on the lost and found table at school. She’s no longer wearing it, though, because she likes the fleece scarf better. You saw that coming, didn’t you?

Of course, I had just started working on a cowl to match her hat and mittens. Will [...]

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five minute fleece scarf

By On November 8, 2011 · 2 Comments

They are the words that all knitters, crocheters and sewists don’t want to hear:

Mom, I lost my scarf.

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handmade gift: skinny pink scarf

By On November 1, 2011 · 4 Comments

I’ve been wanting to make this scarf since I learned how crochet. It worked up fast and I highly recommend it for your gift making/giving this season. This version is a little shorter than the pattern specs because it’s a gift for a little girl. I think she’s going to love it.

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how to make a cat costume in 3 easy steps

By On October 31, 2011 · 2 Comments

I tried to be proactive this year and started the Halloween costume conversation at the beginning of October. My daughter insisted she wanted to be Abby Cadabby again. I encouraged her to try a different costume and brought it up several times. Nope. She was sure. Abby Cadabby.

So I [...]

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birthday superhero cape

By On October 24, 2011 · 5 Comments

My daughter’s friend Mason loves Batman. We got him some superhero books for his birthday, but they didn’t seem fun enough. I thought maybe a special cape would make his gift more exciting.

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