Google + Weekend Hop

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Google+ Weekend Hop

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Rules are simple- PLEASE READ:

1. Please take a moment to add the Google+ Widget to your blog. It only takes a moment. Need directions how? Read Adding the Google+ Badge to your Blog.

2. Add the 2 Hostesses on Google+. We will gladly add you back!

3. Link up your Blog and NOT directly to your Google+ Page. Okay- so after a few weeks and getting feedback about how Google+ works for other bloggers, it seems as though following another via a business Google+ page directly from anothers blog is not as easy as a personal one (example- when you try to add someone to your circles from your business page it defaults to your personal page- hence it makes it harder for someone to add you back correctly). Also- I have noticed that about half of the blogs that link up DO NOT use a business page and the other half do. If you use a personal Google+ Page for your blog, please make sure that others can add you to their circles. I have been to some that require them to add you first. That is very frustrating in a hop like this especially if you do not follow others first!

So what does this mean? For now we will have to switch it and link up your Google+ Page.

I have sent Google countless emails about this- hopefully it will become easier!



Thank you for your patience and understanding with this!

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That's it! Check back every Friday and enjoy meeting new bloggers all weekend long.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY: Learning how to crawl!!!

Since my little 7 month old is not quite old enough to enjoy many of our adventures, I wanted to share with you in pictures one of her recent exploits....learning how to crawl!!!

Ready....

Set....

Go....

Not. Getting. Anywhere. Grrr!!!

President's Day Crafts For Your Toddler

President's Day is celebrated every year on the 3rd Monday of February to commemorate and honor the Presidents of the United States particularly George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.  My little one and I did two simple crafts for this day and at the same time, I was able to teach her a lesson through it... a lesson about honesty...as George Washington says..."I cannot tell a lie."

George Washington & the Cherry Tree

This was really fun for my little one to do because it involved paint and her fingers :)  She's been really into that lately and this was the perfect craft. I found this over at DLTK's website.  I related the story to her about George Washington and his honesty...that even though he could have been punished, he told his dad the truth about cutting down the his dad's favorite cherry tree.  

To do this, use the thumb to paint the trunk and leaves and then use pointer finger to paint the cherries...

Very easy & fun!!!

Abraham Lincoln and the Log Cabin

Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin and so many people associate him with it.  I think it's a great symbolism of his humble upbringing that helped him to become a great man in history.  There are many ways to make this but here's our little cabin...

 Lele painted the popsicle sticks red and brown.  I glued the popsicle sticks to a whipping cream carton... a milk carton would have been better but we didn't have one.
 I used foam pieces for the roof and for sides of the house.  

I hope you'll be able to do these very simple activities with your little one and teach them some lessons about two of the great Presidents of this country..

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Sharing Saturday #7

Just to let all of you know, I am co-hosting a Google + Weekend Hop with Classified Mom.  Stop by here to join the fun and find new blogs to follow on G+.

Thank you everyone for linking up your creations with us each week.  We're excited to see what you have for us this week.

There are just a couple of simple rules.

1)  Please follow both hosts via GFC.  

Hosts are Crafty Moms Share and Mama Mia's Heart2Heart. 

2)  Link any kid-friendly, child-centered post. Please no etsy shops or giveaways, etc.  Remember to link to your actual post.

3) Post the button on your sidebar or somewhere on your blog to help spread the word.

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1) Please follow me on Google +, Facebook, and/or Twitter
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Please leave me a comment and I will gladly follow you back :)

2) Share the love and comment on others' posts and come back at a 

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This week's Features

Most Clicked Entries from Last Week

These lovely magazine hearts from Sunny Day Today Mama
are so creative... aren't they??? 

Nerd Monster Valentine from A Creative Cookie looks super fun & cute.

These were some of my favorites from last week:

This bottle cap conversation magnets from Tales of the Scotts is pretty ingenious.  Why didn't I think of this??? :)

  
This Button Burlap heart on a canvas by Southern Lovely is GORGEOUS!!!  And if you take a look at her tutorial for this... it really is simple :)

This Quiet Time Bags from My Oatmeal Kisses is CLEVER!!! Again... another one of those projects that make you say.. duh, why didn't I think of that before. Love this, will be doing some organization with some of lele's toys soon :)

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For more awesome features, please go visit my co-host Crafty Moms Share
 
This week from your Hosts

A Family Day from Crafty Moms Share

Easy to make felt bag from Mama Mia's Heart2Heart

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FUN Foam/Felt Friday: Easy to Make Felt Bag

I am so excited to share with you this week's felt project.  My daughter has recently gotten into this mood of picking up anything she finds and putting it inside her pocket or it finds its way into the house somewhere where it becomes unwanted clutter.  So I thought I'd surprise her and make her a little purse or bag as she calls it so that she can continue to collect such things and have a place to put it.

What I used:

-light brown felt

-blue pipe cleaners

-paint

-glue gun

What I did:

1. I had lele paint the felt using her fingers. I wanted a "dotted" effect on it. I also allowed her to use any paint color that she wanted.  

2)  After the paint dried, I cut the felt in half and also cut other pieces that I would glue to both of the sides and bottom. 

3)  Using the glue gun, I glued the longer felt piece to the two "painted" felt pieces. This would be the bottom of the bag.

4) I glued the other felt pieces together to the two sides.

5)  And then, I glued the pipe cleaners for the handle.

And just like that, lele has a new bag that she can use to store her findings and treasures. She was so happy when I showed this to her... I mean what girl doesn't like a new purse :)

For more Fun/Foam Felt projects, check out our Foam/felt projects page here. 

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Google Plus Weekend Hop

Hello and welcome to the 

Google+ Weekend Hop 

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hosted by:

Classified: Mom

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Mama Mia's Heart 2 Heart

Rules are simple- PLEASE READ:

1. Please take a moment to add the Google+ Widget to your blog. It only takes a moment. Need directions how? Read Adding the Google+ Badge to your Blog.

2. Add the 2 Hostesses on Google+. We will gladly add you back!

3. Link up your Blog and NOT directly to your Google+ Page. Why? One major benefit of the GFC hops is that you had to visit the blog to become a follower. That helped with stats. It's just as easy to join a circle from the Google+ Widget from someone's blog. It also allows you a chance to know the blog you are following.

4. Leave a comment and follow back!



That's it! Check back every Friday and enjoy meeting new bloggers all weekend long.

Acts of Kindness

And Be ye Kind one to another....Ephesians 4:32

Toddler Approved has challenged many of us to join her in the 100 Days of Kindness Project and I for one am a grateful mama for this.  Although, we ought to teach our children kindness each and every day, it was a valuable experience to emphasize kindness to lele for the past two weeks. I was a little behind because I didn't find out about it until 2 weeks ago, but we were able to do all 4 of the challenges and would like to share them with you.  

Kindness Challenge # 1

Saying Thank You

This was an excellent challenge because this reminded me that we need to appreciate others for what they do for us.  It's very easy to overlook others because sometimes we feel that they are expected to do these things so a note of thanks would really be encouragement to them.  For this challenge we made simple cards with hearts on them.  Lele loves to paint and her favorite kind of painting is "freestyle" on a piece of paper :) So I took some of her "paintings" and cut hearts out of them and glued them on a piece of construction paper for our thank you cards.

We also made some heart "felt" gifts for her Sunday School teachers that you can check out here. 

Kindness Challenge # 2

Show Love to Relatives

This neat idea was inspired from Jamie of Hands on as We Grow when she and her family made this From the Heart Quilt. Lele made different hearts from different types of mediums and we put it together to make this "quilt" for her grandparents.  I'm very happy to report that she glued these different mediums on her own.  I helped her a little bit with the straws and of course with cutting :)

 For the first heart, we used feathers...

...then felt...

and of course tissue paper...

and her favorite one because it was purple...straws...

I used newspaper for the border and when we put it together, it looked like this...

Kindness Challenge #3

Heart Attack a Friend

This challenge was very enjoyable for her to make and I know she will thoroughly enjoy it when we actually "heart attack" her friend.  I mentioned to her that we will hanging hearts on her friend's door on Valentine's Day and this immediately sent her in a "let's do this now and quickly" mode. I had her paint on aluminum foil to add variety to our painting.  I glued it on card stock paper so I can cut it easily and taped the hearts on strands of yarn. 

Kindness Challenge # 4

Look Outward and Give

This was probably my favorite challenge because I have been talking with my husband for a while about doing something outside of our own little world... to make a difference in our community and reach out to others who are truly in need. Well, we started out small and hopefully expand our giving to our community. Lele like any toddler struggles with selfishness.  She thinks the world revolves around her and she can be a little selfish with her stuff. One thing that she has an abundance of is toys...lots of toys...this challenge gave us an opportunity to go through her toys to give to our church nursery.  So we decorated a box to put the toys that we will be giving away in. To decorate it, I had lele do some hand art painting. I figured this would be a good symbolism for giving since we give with our hands :)

 

 

I am hoping to re-use this box and use it for future giving projects!!! 

This has been such a great experience for us and I can't wait to do this again next year :)

For more Kindness Project ideas, Please check out Toddler Approved's Blog.

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!!!

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