What Do You Want to Make Today?
I’m a Parragon Books Book Buddy, so I was sent the coloring books featured in this post in order to review them. All opinions are my own. Now that it’s October I feel like it’s time we can really start thinking about Halloween. I just pulled the fall decorations out of the attic and am […]
Made with Happy is hosting a series on Kids Crafts from around the World, and I am pleased to share a craft the girl and I tried in celebration of Holi! What is Holi? Holi is a Hindu holiday that celebrates the beginning of spring. It’s a moving holiday, celebrated on the full moon in […]
I told you earlier about how we like to celebrate Chinese New Year. We attended the new year celebration at our local library over the weekend, which got me excited to make a Chinese New Year craft. It happened that Daria, of the blog Tiny Tapping Toes, a world music site for children, had sent […]
A lot of the world’s problems seem too big for individuals to solve, or even to have an effect on. We know little moves can make a big difference if everyone does them, but it’s easy to get overwhelmed when thinking about the big problems of the world. One place where we can all make […]
I have always liked the idea of volunteering and giving more than just money to a cause, but the thing is, I don’t really like doing the things that volunteering for a lot of organizations would require me to do. I detest talking on the phone, I’m not too great with people in person and […]
I’m a big fan of the idea of Advent. Looking forward to a season, anticipating what’s going to happen, making ready (in our case more for winter than for Christmas, but still), are all good things in a society that pushes instant gratification and rushing the holiday season. This may, in fact, be the only […]
Over the weekend we put up the Christmas tree, and I was a little surprised at the lack of homemade holiday ornaments. You’d think a crafty mama like me would have a tree teeming with kid-made adorableness, but other than a couple of things the girl made at school, it just isn’t so. This may […]