Moms Talk Network

Competing with mother nature when the children are on Summer vacation can be challenging.  It may be raining or pouring outdoors but you can keep the little ones busy by recreating fair or festival activities indoors! Face Painting  is easy to do by using this recipe. Ingredients: Cornstarch Cold Cream Food coloring Small Jars with lids [...]

Wednesday, March 17th is St. Patrick’s day.  It’s a fun holiday and I think that we are all at lead a little Irish. Here are some great things you can do with your kids to celebrate the day. Make some St. Patrick’s Day goodies to share with friends or eat at home. Print out some [...]

Kids never get tired of playing with playdough. Here are some easy and interesting recipes I found for different kinds of playdough.  Based on the ingredients, they look safe enough to eat! Nutty Butter Playdough Ingredients: 1 cup peanut butter 1 cup powdered milk 1 cup honey 1 cup oatmeal Mix together and play.

I’ve never seen this kind of sand art before.   I wouldn’t mind having my kids play with sand like this.  At least the sand won’t be in their hair or clothes.

I’ve been blogging lately about digital scrapbooking so I thought I would recommend some websites. Most of these sites have freebies that you can download to get you started right away.  Some even have free video tutorials that will help newbies.

Yesterday, I blogged about how digital scrapbooking is a way to document your family’s history.  Most people buy some kind of software like Adobe Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro for digital scrapbooking.  If you are just starting or don’t want to spend the money on a software program, you can try out a free graphics editor [...]

One of my favorite hobby is digital scrapbooking.  Even though I don’t have much time to spend on it, I’m trying to make it a priority to work on it a little at a time. I don’t remember who told me but that person saw digital scrapbooking as a way to document your family’s history.  A person [...]

Julian Beever’s art is really unique.  My kids have drawn an American Flag that took up half of our driveway.  I wonder how much chalk you need to make one of these.

This reminds me of the animal balloons that my kids like to get when we go to birthday parties.  You can only see this kind of art by Joshua Allen Harris in the cities. I think it would be hard to figure out how to put all the bags together and make it that big.

I used to make this all the time when my sons were little.  Using Kool Aid or another similar drink mix gives you great colors and it smells like whatever flavor you use. Hey Koolaid Playdough 1 cup flour 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 package unsweetened Kool-Aid 1/4 cup salt 2 tablespoons cream of tartar [...]