A new technique for exploring art. Try it….
If you’re like me, everything you see is a potential craft or art project! Every scrap of fabric, each piece of yarn – what could I do with that? What would I do with that? We save textured paper, tissue paper, buttons, felt – you name it, we’ve got it just waiting for a project! I find myself scanning through magazines and books and thinking, “Wow! … Continue reading A new technique for exploring art. Try it….
Tips on Removing the Bottle
– Let them swap out the bottle for a new toy – Let them pick out their own sippy cup – Give them a regular cup like Mommy and Daddy – Offer milk in a cup instead of a bottle – Gradually replace each bottle with a cup, only replacing one bottle a week, until all bottles are sippy cup – Leave the nighttime bottle to last to … Continue reading Tips on Removing the Bottle
How to Organize Your Home Office
Being organized is imperative for a well-run organization especially if you ARE the organization! It’s so easy to fly from one thing to the next, busy as we are creating, marketing, ordering, selling. I often leave a mess in my wake. However, when all of my buttons are in their bins and my ribbons color coordinated, my work flow is smoother, faster, easier and that … Continue reading How to Organize Your Home Office
Easter Basket Ideas!
Fresh ideas for filling Easter Baskets: Peanut butter crackers Sugarless gum Slim jim Bubbles Nail polish Stick on earrings Baseball cards Pencils Crayons Chalk Stickers Gift Cards Make-up Our how about a family Easter Basket. Fill one easter basket for the whole family. Choose items for each person and place in one section of the basket! Do you have any other ideas to put into … Continue reading Easter Basket Ideas!
Kids Korner: Easter Egg Ideas
Puffy eggs from construction paper: Cut two sheets of paper in oval shapes. Design with crayons, pain or sparkles, staple together leaving small area open. Fill with tissue or cotton balls and staple closed. Decorating dyed eggs: using stickers allows little ones to be involved with eater preparations. Place rubber bands around the eggs and then dip them in the dye. Keep the rubber band in … Continue reading Kids Korner: Easter Egg Ideas
Is Breastfeeding Really as Cheap as They Say?
Breastfeeding is what is best for the baby, but it isn’t always 100% free. For some mothers it is as easy as taking out your breast and feeding your baby, but for some mothers it isn’t as easy or cheap. A mother comes home from the hospital with cracked dry and hard nipples; she may need cooling nipple pads to help relieve the pain. She … Continue reading Is Breastfeeding Really as Cheap as They Say?
Teaching Children the Art of Making Decisions
Start young. I let my 2 year old choose her clothes. I would put out 2 outfits on her bed to choose from. As she got a little older, she would pick out her own outfits. Some days I might say, “Ok. You can keep the top or the pants on.” Then she would run back to her room and change either the top or … Continue reading Teaching Children the Art of Making Decisions
Little Ways to add Green to St Patrick’s Day
Show some green around your house on St. Patrick’s day with very little effort. Make Green pancakes- just add green dye to the pancake batter Make Green Mashed potatoes- just add green dye to the potatoes (or better yet make mashed cauliflower) Sandwich shaped like a clover: use a cookie cutter to cut out the bread into the shape Have Green Milk: just add green … Continue reading Little Ways to add Green to St Patrick’s Day
How to Prepare your Pets for Welcoming a New Baby
So you have a little on on the way and you already have a couple of furbabies at home. There are a few things that you can do to help prepare them for the arrival of your baby. – Start with noises babies make. Youtube is great for this. Look up babies crying, screaming, laughing…. Play the video so that your furbabies can hear. Start with … Continue reading How to Prepare your Pets for Welcoming a New Baby
Does your child love to touch? Wiggle? Doodle? They may be kinesthetic!
Does your child love to touch? Wiggle? Doodle? They may be kinesthetic! I LOVE to touch different textures. I walk through the fabric store running my hands over all the lovely materials. Touching is one of our main senses. Hard, soft, feathery, silky, rough, cool. Children learn by touching. Your child may be tactile learner. Tactile and kinesthetic children learn through the use of their … Continue reading Does your child love to touch? Wiggle? Doodle? They may be kinesthetic!
ART with Angela DiCicco, The Italian Grandmama's Guide 