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Ideas for Halloween Service Projects

Guest Post by Emma Rae of Emma Rae’s Halloween The autumn season brings cool mornings, crisp leaves, school days, and a holiday filled with costumes, cookies, and candy. It seems that kids’ main focus on Halloween is to rake…

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Operation Christmas Child Packing Party Invitations

Have you heard of Operation Christmas Child? It’s a ministry through Samaritan’s Purse that allows us to send a shoebox of gifts/personal items to a child in a third world country for Christmas–which is often the only gift they receive….

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Patriotism: What Does it Mean to You?

Guest Post by My Own Sweet Mom, Loretta, about my Grandpa Patriotism – the love of one’s country. This is a word that I have learned only thru “my father’s eyes”. My Dad served this country twice during the Korean…

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Red, White & Blue Bubble Snakes

With the excessive heat and dry conditions, we’re trying to find as many ways as possible to have fun this Fourth of July without igniting anything (although we still might do a little of that tomorrow, with the hose nearby). I found…

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Star-Spangled Sugar Cookies

Behold…the world’s greatest Patriotic cookies! I halved our World’s Best Sugar Cookie recipe to make some festive 4th of July cookies! Download and print the recipe here. Ingredients: ½ cup butter, softened ½ cup sugar ½ cup sour cream 1 egg,…

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Dot Art Flag (free printable)

If your kids love their Do-A-Dot Markers as much as mine do, they’ll enjoy making a festive American flag with this simple template. Print your dot art template now. Here’s what you’ll need: the free printable and dot markers. You…

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4th of July Apple-Stamped Windsock

Looking for an EASY 4th of July craft? Look no further! This SUPER SIMPLE project uses an apple core to stamp star shapes! Here’s what you’ll need: a piece of blue construction paper, the core of an apple, white paint,…

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Fireworks in a Jar

If you have a little one who is fascinated with colors and fireworks, this simple experiment is for you (and your child). The idea for this experiment originally came from Action Pack. You most likely have everything you already need…

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Jelly Bean Guessing Game

Do you have a million jelly beans and Easter eggs from yesterday? Here’s a simple and educational way to use both! This game is great for cognitive development…your child will have to listen to the sound each egg makes…

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Jesus is Alive!

Happy Easter from our family to yours!

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Resurrection Cookies

I’ve seen several ideas for making Resurrection Rolls (here and here are just two examples), but I wanted to try out a similar concept with cookies, particularly Snickerdoodles. The boys and I really enjoyed making these cookies and talking…

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5 Things to Fill Your Child’s Easter Basket (besides candy)

Looking for something besides candy to fill your child’s Easter basket with? Here are just a few ideas! Keep in mind, I’m not suggesting you include ALL of these items…but this list should at least give you a few…

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Holy Week Easter Banner (Product Review)

Update: Use the code “ICANTEACH10” to get 10% off your order through March 15th, 2013! Go here for your options. Over a month ago, Whitney from HeartFelt Truths asked if I would review her Holy Week Easter Banner kit. I was…

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Cupid’s Cafe: Our Family’s Valentines Day Tradition

The first year that Prince Charming and I started dating, I wanted to do something special for him for Valentines Day. I was a senior in high school at the time so with a little help from my mom, I…

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Binocular Valentines

This was one of those accidental ideas. I intended on making homemade binoculars using a recycled paper towel roll for our camping unit, but then decided it would be cute to turn it into a Valentine’s Day idea…albeit a little…

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Pretend Play: Valentine Cookie Bakery

I can’t take credit for this idea: Valerie from Frugal Family Fun is the genius behind this fun pretend play activity! I was motivated to make these felt cookies because we are in charge of Parents Night Out at our…

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What to do with your Christmas Cards now that Christmas is over…

This year we chose not to do Christmas cards. But I’ve already decided that next year I’m going to go back to doing Christmas cards. Here’s why… One of my reasons for not doing them was because I always felt guilty throwing…

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One of my New Favorite Christmas Books!

On a whim, I picked up Song of the Stars at our local Christian bookstore yesterday. It is written by Sally Lloyd-Jones, the same author as The Jesus Storybook Bible (our very favorite children’s Bible), so I knew I would love…

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