There is still enough time do plan a quick Halloween craft for kids - make an adorable (and spooky) handprint black cat craft. *this post contains affiliate links* Handprint Black Cat Craft What you need:

Toilet Roll Crafts For Kids are the best fun for home or classroom crafting - so simple, so quick and so at hand! Made in less than 30 minutes too.

Whether it's a school Halloween craft or a neighborhood kids Halloween party, kids love making their own Halloween treats. Here are five easy ideas for homemade crafts for the kids to make this year for Halloween!

Natural Homemade Baby Wipes ~ Making homemade baby wipes takes just a few minutes of work and saves loads of money. You can make them with cloth, so they are reusable, or with paper towels if you need disposables

Award-winning duo Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal return in this latest addition to the Over and Under picture book series, this time exploring the rich, interconnected ecosystem of the ocean!Over the waves, the sea lions bark and seagulls wheel and call. The bay is smooth and bright in the sun. But under the waves, there's a whole hidden forest, full of whales and wolf eels, sardines and sea bass, leopard sharks and luminous jellies, as well as the waving kelp that shelters them all. Discover the magical depths of the kelp forest, and all the fascinating creatures living just a paddle's length away-over and under the waves. Read more about the author here.

Let me start off by saying I love to buy my kids toys. But their idea of what is a good buy and my idea of a good buy are two totally different things! They always want the latest craze..but I often find these toys don't get played with over the long run because they don't engage their imagination. Those are the toys I love to buy. I love my kids to play with things that can be played with in many different situations. I want them to use their imaginations to be creative. I love when we can go a whole morning where they are coming up with situations to play with just a few toys in hand. With that in mind let me tell you about my boys. My boys are B.O.Y.S. Do you know what I mean? They would love nothing more than to get up every morning and play in dirt and mud and make messes all day long. They love to wrestle, they love to EAT, and they LOVE TO PLAY THE COMPUTER. Awhile ago, they came up to me and asked if they could play "office". Their only request is that they could use my laptop to play with. Then came the quick "no" and then they asked they question, "Well, what can I use for a laptop then?" Thus prompted this project and so I introduce: The felt laptop! To get started you will need 3- 8 1/2x11 sheets of felt in blue, 1 - 8 1/2x11 sheet of felt in orange, 2 stiff sheets of felt in white, a sewing machine with thread, embroidery thread, rub-on letters, and a hot glue gun. Let me also add this disclaimer. If you don't sew, use hot glue to put everything together. Have you ever tried to take 2 pieces of felt apart that were put together with hot glue? Almost impossible! AND use what you have around your house..If your laptop ends up with 12 colors..even better! I also realize you could sew this up in any color and make it for a GIRL too!:) Which makes it even better, right?! Step1: Take 2 pieces of blue felt and 1 piece of stiff white felt and sandwich the stiff felt in the soft felt. Step 2: Sew all around the edges and one line down the center of the sheet. Step 3: Cut one white and one orange 6 1/2x5" rectangle. Sew it on the top and bottom halves of your blue computer. Step 4: Cut 2- 1" by 4 1/2" rectangles from your blue felt. Fold each of them in half and sew a rectangle around the edge. You will then sew them onto your computer on each side, 1" up from the middle and 2"down from the middle, thus making it sit open when you open it up. Step 5: Cut at least 36 -3/4" square white rectangles from the stiff felt. Get your rub-ons out and rub on a letter or number onto each square. If you want to add more keys, do it! I added the two extra pieces of punctuation which I think kids use most often. Everything is always SO exciting...and thus the (!). And there are ALWAYS plenty of questions....thus the (?).:) I also added a space bar key. Layout the letters/numbers/extras as you like them then hot glue them in to place. Step 6: Now you are ready to add as much detail as you want. I chose to add a mouse. (2 1/2x6" blue rectangle folded in half, sewed and stuffed and sewed a ribbon in to attach to the computer as a cord) I also added the right and left click buttons on the mouse. I put handles on....(2-8 1/2x4" rectangles folded in half and sewn around the edges and sewn right on to the computer) and I added the "x" on the screen by cutting a small white rectangle, a slightly larger black rectangle and using embroidery thread, made a red "x". Step 7: You are done! And what will your boys learn to do with this computer....Well, for starters you can teach them all about boy things: How to save the world: Most importantly, they can learn and imagine ANYTHING in the world! And it's super fun to listen to them do it!:) ALL that, in just a tiny little package. I'd say it's a keeper! This is one of my little guys in his "office". It is complete with his "No Smoking" sign, his "lamp"..made from a big rig and a musical instrument, his best buddy stuffed animal "Skunkers", and of course, all offices must have their "No Horses" sign.

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Explore the wonders and beauties of the ocean's kelp forests in this latest addition to the acclaimed Over and Under series. Award-winning duo Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal return in this latest addition to the Over and Under picture book series, this time exploring the rich, interconnected ecosystem of the ocean! Over the waves, the sea lions bark and seagulls wheel and call. The bay is smooth and bright in the sun. But under the waves, there's a whole hidden forest, full of whales and wolf eels, sardines and sea bass, leopard sharks and luminous jellies, as well as the waving kelp that shelters them all. Discover the magical depths of the kelp forest, and all the fascinating creatures living just a paddle's length away—over and under the waves. SO MANY FASCINATING FACTS: Kids are endlessly curious about the natural world and the wildly varied animals and plants living in it—and the ocean is FULL of amazing and surprising life! ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS MADE WONDERFUL: Preservation of our wilderness—and of our oceans in particular—is essential, and this book makes such a great, upbeat jumping-off point for discussions of the importance and wonder of our world's natural habitats and ecosystems. THE GORGEOUS UNDERWATER WORLD: This new book in the Over and Under series illuminates the magic and amazing biodiversity of the kelp forest by telling the story of one family's kayaking trip through a real-world ocean ecosystem. Lyrical prose and color-drenched illustrations will draw even the most reluctant readers into the world. STRONG CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS: The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) emphasize learning about animal habitats/biomes in K-2 curriculums, while later grades address topics like food chains, conservation, and endangered species. With a depth of research and an engaging, highly visual narrative, this book is an excellent resource for librarians and primary school educators.  FROM A FAVORITE AUTHOR-ILLUSTRATOR TEAM: Kate Messner and Chris Neal make nonfiction approachable and appealing! These two award-winning creators have received countless accolades and published books to critical acclaim, making them the perfect team to tackle any nonfiction topic. Format: Hardcover Pages: 56 Size: 8 x 12 V

Развивающая книжка для Мэйдлин необычна тем, что её маленькая обладательница живет в Аляске. Quite special quiet book for Madelyn, that lives in Alaska. По желанию мамы первый разворот книги посвящен животным Аляски. The first spread of the book dedicated to the animals of Alaska. В лесу есть три вида следов, нужно найти животных, которые могли их оставить. Find tracks in the forest and match animals to tracks. Игра в крестики нолики с морскими звездами и ракушками. Мама девочки присылала мне удивительные фотографии "охоты" на морских звезд. Мэйдлин их очень любит и поэтому им выделено особое место в книге. Tic tac toe with starfish. Madelyn's mom sent me amazing photos of starfish hunting with Madelyn and her family. Для Мэйдлин также шила кукольный домик, посвященный необычной жизни девочки и совсем непохожий на мои предыдущие домики. но это уже совершенно другая история.... Also I made very unusual dollhouse for Madelyn about her life. Можно заказать особенную книгу для своего малыша у меня в магазине или на Этси Order Personalized Quiet book

I don’t know about you all, but we have 8 days of school before Mommy Summer Camp commences. Some of you are probably already out of school, have year round school or might have a wee bit longer to go. At any rate, I think some fun Summer Boredom Buster Craft Recipes are in order. …

Last weekend, I went to a baby shower. Of course, I had to bring handmade gifts. I love making baby gifts. After contemplating several options, I settled on making some custom Onesies. This gave me a chance to play with my new heat transfer vinyl for my Silhouette machine. These Onesies just make me smile. I'm not sure if you can tell in the pics, but the middle three (the bomb, the bio-hazard symbol, and the diaper gauge) are placed on the backside, right on the baby's bum. Tee-hee! The Mr. T and the "awesome" Onesies are printed on the front. The baby's gender is going to be a surprise, but I think these will work for a boy or a girl, don't you? Girls don't always need pink ruffles, after all. Sometimes they need just a little sass. This project was very simple and fast, once I finally narrowed down my ideas for designs. The bomb illustration is just a dingbat I had on my computer. The bio-hazard symbol was a .99 download from Silhouette. The diaper gauge was inspired by something I saw on Etsy, and I recreated it in the Silhouette studio software. For the Mr. T image, I used a stencil image found here. I imported it into the Silhouette library and then used the trace function to cut it out. After the Silhouette cut everything, I just had to iron it onto the Onesies. Easy-peasy. If you don't have a Silhouette, you can still use an exacto blade to carefully cut the chosen design out of heat transfer vinyl (I bought mine from here: Impressions in Vinyl). Here is a closer look at each Onesie: To round out the gift, I also made some burp cloths. I followed this tutorial at Sew She Sews. They are ridiculously easy to make. Seriously. I whipped up the third one the morning of the shower. The result? A completely one-of-a-kind baby gift that got lots of oohs and aahs. Until next time, Megan I linked up at: Sunday Scoop at I Heart Naptime

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