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Easy Salt Dough Ornaments!
Easy Salt Dough Ornaments! We wanted to do something a little different with our Christmas tree this year so we decided to make our own ornaments! I put this off for a long time because I thought it would be too difficult or time consuming. I was surprised to find out that these ARE really simple and quick to make! We used gingerbread cookie cutters this time and we decided to use some of the more natural ingredients around the kitchen to color these with. We used turmeric for the yellow, cinnamon for the reddish-brown, cocoa for the dark grey and just plain salt dough for white. The “people” came…
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Great Products Homeschool Shirt Giveaway!
We are excited to be offering a giveaway again this year! Our whole family has Great Products homeschool shirts and we love them! They are wonderful to use for field trips and they make making new homeschool friends at the playground easy! This year there are two new ones that are our favorites. The lego one and of course the “MIND craft” shirt! Check out Great Products online to find your favorite shirt! [wp_ad_camp_2] Great Products has been kind enough to offer one FREE Great Products Homeschool T-shirts to one of my lucky readers! [wp_ad_camp_2] *This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.…
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Fulltime Families Summer Scavenger Hunt sponsored by Lazydays the RV Authority
Fulltime Families Summer Scavenger Hunt This summer we have had an awesome time as a family participating in the Fulltime Families Summer Scavenger Hunt sponsored by Lazydays the RV Authority! My friends have noticed all the fun pictures on Facebook and want to know where they can find the lists for each week! With permission from Fulltime Families I have printed them below and a free printable PDF is coming! While this was done online it can easily be translated to an offline game between friends or a group! It was so much fun! We still have one more week left to go, so I will update week 4 when…
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Homeschooling online with Time4Learning.com
Homeschooling online with Time4Learning.com Our Journey Towards Homeschooling Online Parents choose to homeschool for many different reasons. No matter the reason, the first step is exploring the various options. We won’t delve into all of the homeschool curricula available, but we will share with you our experience homeschooling online and the curriculum that works best for our family and that may work well for yours. Our decision to homeschool is based solely on economic reasons. We were never those parents who had dreamed to homeschool. Patrick, my husband, has a job that includes lots of travel. So much travel, that in our eyes homeschooling became a very real necessity. After…
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Minecraft creeper coloring page!
[wp_ad_camp_2] Minecraft creeper coloring page If your kids are anything like mine they would play Minecraft 24 hours a day! My boys love to build houses and create imaginary new worlds! They fight zombies and gear up to beat the Enderdragon! They protect villagers, raise farm animals, mine for materials, and build elaborate castles with secret tunnels! Minecraft is a great tool to promote creativity! It teaches creative thinking, teamwork, geometry, geology, physics and some survival skills! We have had the opportunity to go to the local museum and see in person the various mined materials like obsidian, sandstone, coal, limestone, diamond, gold, iron and redstone! Plus the use of…
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Washi tape toilet paper roll owls!
Washi tape toilet paper roll owls [wp_ad_camp_1] The kids were bored this morning so we decided to dig through the craft box! These are made with just a few simple items! Need: Colored Tape (I prefer paper washi tape since you can re-position it) Scissors Glue Embellishments for eyes and beaks! I cut about 3 inches at a time off of the paper towel roll. Folded the centers down to make ears. Cover with tape. Add eyes and beaks! **Like this and other crafts? Be sure to subscribe to my blog to be notified of new posts! ** [wp_ad_camp_3]
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Christmas Craft: Our Thankful Tree and Countdown to Christmas!
Our Thankful Christmas Tree and Countdown Chain! We decided to do a 40 days of Christmas countdown this year! With space being limited in the RV I decided to do an all in one countdown and thankful tree! We used construction paper to cut strips of red and green. We each got 10 since there are 4 of us and 40 days until Christmas! We each got to write 10 things we are thankful for and attach it to the chain! Each day we’ll remove one link and read it out loud and discuss it as a family! Yes, my 5-year-old is thankful for Batman!
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The boys learn to make Stop Motion videos!
I found a new app for my iPhone and it is a LOT of fun! It is called Stop Motion Studio By CATEATER, LLC The boys spent all morning brainstorming about what their video would have in it and how to do it! This what the end product looks like: (Be patient… they take a minute to load!)
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Cheyenne, Wyoming Bucket List
Yesterday the boys and I look a little 20 minute trip to the Wyoming Visitors Center to get some ideas about what to do in Cheyenne while we are here! What we found was quite the surprise! The visitors center was so nice! Not only did it have the typical brochures and books of places to see and things to do, but it also had a walk through history of Wyoming! This included a lot of informational push button displays, art installations, an unearthed dinosaur skeleton AND a jail cell with an escape hatch that led to a slide! The kids LOVED it and it made learning about Wyoming fun!…
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Update and de-clutter of the boys’ room!
We couldn’t take it anymore! The shoes, the clothes, the toys! We had way to much of all of it! Living in an RV you have to constantly be pruning your collection of “things”. We spent almost the whole day donating, cleaning, repairing, and trashing a lot of “STUFF” in the kids’ room! Now it is much easier to find the toys, clothes, and shoes they are looking for! It feels and looks much better and is easier for the kids to clean themselves! It’s a win/win! (you can click to enlarge) We had also collected a HUGE collection of books from various trips to thrift stores and garage sales.…
