I have just gotten into listening to podcasts, and one of my new favorites is the Creative Mom Podcast. The opening almost makes me cry, all those little voices, “what’cha makin?” “help me” etc, and the song about wanting just a little peace and quiet… and the stories are inspiring and touching.
I just organized Miri’s craft supplies, into two areas - one, a low drawer next to her learning tower in the kitchen, which has crayons, markers, chalks, paper, cardboard, containers, and all kinds of things she can use on her own - and a second, which has paints, brushes, glues, glitter, tiny stickers, and collage [...]
This is a very simple, fun, cheap recipe that can be adapted in all kinds of ways for all kinds of projects. There are many variations on paste paper – some more appropriate for high-quality bookarts than this particular version – but basically you make some paste, color it, glop it on and go! [...]
I thought about getting a Learning Tower for a long time. It looked like such a practical piece of kid furniture, and like it would help us out a lot - but I was nervous about the expensive price…
We finally got one a few weeks ago – ordered it through the wonderful local shop Happy [...]
We are participating in the Little People Care Package swap, organized by Meg and Mag… I ran across a mention of it on the Camp Creek Press blog, which is great, and decided to join in. We could use some extra fun this month! And I have some ideas for a “theme” but we’ll have [...]