Organization is the key to a happy and productive day! Check out some of these helpful tips to make your midweek madness go a little bit smoother.
Well, we all love our dear little ones.
They are so precious, so
wonderful... and so messy!! I will quite frequently go from cleaning the living
room of my home, to cleaning the kitchen, and when I've come back to the living
room, it's DISASTROUS!! Books and toys are out, shoes have somehow made their
way out of the shoe bin, and coats have been pulled down from the coat rack. So,
I thought this week for your Humpday Help I'd share a couple of very fun
activities to keep your dear little ones busy while you are
busy:
Temporarily turn your dining room table or another small kids table into a very small, very contained chaos table:
Temporarily turn your dining room table or another small kids table into a very small, very contained chaos table:
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| Photo Courtesy of Pottery Barn |
And get a few activities ready for them:
Moon sand, I have found, is very quick and easy to make. Plus, it will keep the kids busy for HOURS!!!! Click here to get the recipe (note: corn flour in Australia is the same thing as corn starch in the U.S.).
Moon sand, I have found, is very quick and easy to make. Plus, it will keep the kids busy for HOURS!!!! Click here to get the recipe (note: corn flour in Australia is the same thing as corn starch in the U.S.).
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Marble paint (aka Suminagashi) is a GREAT way to keep older kids busy for a
VERY LONG time. You may want to lay a plastic table cloth or a couple of place
mats down before you get the colors all out.
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| Visit Frugal Family Blog to get the tutorial! |
This website, first of all is in Spanish or something, so if you can read and understand Spanish then you're set. If you don't know Spanish, don't worry... the pictures are pretty self explanatory. Just a couple of erasers and a couple of minutes of your time will keep the little ones occupied for a good deal of time! Plus, I LOVE that it's easy enough for toddlers to do on their own! If you're really crafty you can even use this idea for some of your scrap booking.
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| Photo Courtesy of: http://www.perachapita.com/ |
These activities will not only keep them busy long enough to be able to get some of the house cleaned up but maybe even long enough for you to have some bon-bon's and catch up on the latest episode of Grey's!
Hope this is helpful for you on Humpday Help!
Your slightly obsessed host,
Christi
If you're anything like me organization is a huge problem. I love organizing my life and staying organized, but other not-so-adult-like-munchkins in my home just don't see things the same way. I haven't made this one yet, but the second I get a hold of a sewing machine it is going to be the first thing that I make!! I found this tutorial from "Penny Carnival" which can help to keep all of the little books cleaned up and let the kids have easier access to them. Hopefully this will help make organizing all of the little books around your house easier for you AND your munchkins!!
What
kind of blog host would I be if I only included something for the
kids?! Every mom wants a little something for herself too!! This great tutorial
that I found over at "The Feminist Housewife" is PERFECT for a small
entry way. A simple old window pane was created into a magnetic bulletin
and cork board. This would be perfect in my entry by our garage. I am
constantly writing notes for my husband on paper and throwing it on the
floor in front of the door so that he sees it when he walks in the door.
This is exactly what I need. The backing board was painted with three
layers of magnetic paint so it would also be perfect for hanging the
kids artwork! One substitution that could be used instead of painting so
many layers of magnetic paint would be to use a piece of metal that can
be picked up from any hardware store, paint it with a primer, then add a
cute pattern as your top coat, like these stripes:
As soon as I make my versions of these I will post them!! I am dying to make them and get MYSELF and my munchkins more organized!!
