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Get @ActiveforLife with Your Kids This Summer with a Game of Giant Tic Tac Toss!

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Just like reading and writing and math, physical education must be taught and encouraged too! Click here to view this image in full size!Childhood Obesity is becoming a huge problem in our children. As parents, we all want the same thing for our children, for them to to be happy and healthy! We don’t always need to sign our children up for organized sports in order to help them stay healthy and fit. There are simple activities that we can encourage them to engage in right at home on a daily basis! Here is one activity that is easy to … Continue reading →

Bow-terfly Butterfly Craft ~ Artsy Play Wednesday {LINKY}

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Hosted by: Capri + 3Multi-Testing MommyShannon’s View From HereBaby Giveaways Galore Welcome to Artsy Play Wednesday, a weekly post featuring activities, crafts, recipes and more wonderful ideas to share with your children! Each week, we will have a Featured Activity for you to check out along with an opportunity for you to link up your child friendly activities or to check out ideas for you to do with your children! I look forward to seeing you again next week! FEATURED ACTIVITYWhat better craft to make than a beautiful butterfly during the warm, summer months! Feel free to check out the … Continue reading →

Spice Art ~ Artsy Play Wednesday {LINKY}

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Hosted by: Capri + 3Multi-Testing MommyShannon’s View From HereBaby Giveaways Galore Welcome to Artsy Play Wednesday, a weekly post featuring activities, crafts, recipes and more wonderful ideas to share with your children! Each week, we will have a Featured Activity for you to check out along with an opportunity for you to link up your child friendly activities or to check out ideas for you to do with your children! I look forward to seeing you again next week! FEATURED ACTIVITYThis is a fun idea that uses things that you already have in your kitchen. It will provide your children … Continue reading →

Edible Finger Paints ~ Artsy Play Wednesday {LINKY}

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Hosted by: Capri + 3Multi-Testing MommyShannon’s View From HereBaby Giveaways Galore Welcome to Artsy Play Wednesday, a weekly post featuring activities, crafts, recipes and more wonderful ideas to share with your children! Each week, we will have a Featured Activity for you to check out along with an opportunity for you to link up your child friendly activities or to check out ideas for you to do with your children! I look forward to seeing you again next week! FEATURED ACTIVITYThis idea for Homemade Edible Finger Paints would make a great idea for a rainy day activity this summer with … Continue reading →

Dinosaur Stick Puppets ~ Artsy Play Wednesday {LINKY}

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Hosted by: Capri + 3Multi-Testing MommyShannon’s View From HereBaby Giveaways Galore Welcome to Artsy Play Wednesday, a weekly post featuring activities, crafts, recipes and more wonderful ideas to share with your children! Each week, we will have a Featured Activity for you to check out along with an opportunity for you to link up your child friendly activities or to check out ideas for you to do with your children! I look forward to seeing you again next week! FEATURED ACTIVITYThese super fun stick puppets are easy and a great way to introduce or enforce the letter D with your … Continue reading →

D is for Dinosaur – Stick Puppets {CRAFT}

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How to Make Dinosaur Stick PuppetsMaterials: cardstock paper dinosaur print out or a black marker to draw one and a letter “D” printout white glue tape scissors popsicle sticks Decorating materials like googly eyes, stickers, markers, construction paper or tissue paper Steps: Print out a dinosaur and a letter “D” onto a piece of white cardstock (thick white paper). We got our dinosaurs from the Dollar Store in the craft section, all cut out for us! Provide your child with a variety of decorating materials (as mentioned above) and have them decorate their dinosaur and letter “D”. When the dinosaur … Continue reading →

Recycled Shredded Paper Fireworks ~ Artsy Play Wednesday {LINKY}

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Hosted by: Capris+3 Country Fit FamilyMulti-Testing Mommy Welcome to Artsy Play Wednesday, a weekly post featuring activities, crafts, recipes and more wonderful ideas to share with your children! Each week, we will have a Featured Activity for you to check out along with an opportunity for you to link up your child friendly activities or to check out ideas for you to do with your children! I look forward to seeing you again next week! FEATURED ACTIVITY Feel free to check out the details for Recycled Shredder Paper Fireworks

DIY Inexpensive Teacher Gift: A Button Monogram

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My neighbour and I had a great time making this DIY inexpensive teacher gift together! The idea started off with using yellow pencils, but quickly ended up with buttons as cutting the pencils seemed like too much of a last minute challenge for us to undertake. Materials: an inexpensive picture frame from the Dollar Store card stock buttons hot glue scissors Directions: Cut a piece of cardstock (or nice scrapbooking paper) to fit the picture frame. (We used a 5×7 sized frame) Find a printable block monogram letter. Re-size it to fit your frame, print it and cut it out. … Continue reading →

Homemade Knit Prize Pack #TGCBB via @knitwitshair {G!VEAWAY}

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My dear friend over at The Knit Wit by Shair is a VERY talented knitter. She has created a Prize Pack to giveaway to one lucky Canadian winner! Check it out: Enter below to win…. IT’S GIVEAWAY TIME!Prize: 1 Button Hole Scarf, 1 Cowl, 2 Dishcloths, 1 Pot Scrubber, 1 Coffee Cuff, and 1 set of 4 Dryer Balls!Giveaway Open to: Canadian ResidntsGiveaway Ends: July 11, 2013 12:00AM a Rafflecopter giveaway Check out our Canadian Online Shopping Directory and Multi-Testing Mommy’s Current Giveaways

Dinosaur Life Cycle Sensory Bin – Artsy Play Wednesday {LINKY}

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Hosted by: Capri + 3Multi-Testing MommyShannon’s View From HereBaby Giveaways Galore Welcome to Artsy Play Wednesday, a weekly post featuring activities, crafts, recipes and more wonderful ideas to share with your children! Each week, we will have a Featured Activity for you to check out along with an opportunity for you to link up your child friendly activities or to check out ideas for you to do with your children! I look forward to seeing you again next week! FEATURED ACTIVITYDo you have a child who loves dinosaurs?! I sure do and I know that he will LOVE this idea! … Continue reading →