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Get Green With Your Kids: Idea’s to Celebrate St. Patty’s Day

Dia de San PatricioWednesday, 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 St Patty’s Day pages to color.
  • Play some St. Patrick’s Day games.
  • Make a Wee Leprechan.
  • Dress in green.

The ideas above are just a few of the ways that you and your family can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.  A quick internet search can give endless ideas.

Don’t forget this fun holiday!

Creative Commons License photo credit: Flowery *L*u*z*a*

Homemade Playdough Recipes

_1014812Kids 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. [Read more...]

Video: An Amazing Sand Artist

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.

Link Love: Digital Scrapbook Sites

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.

FreeDigitalDigitalFreebies

ComputerScrapbook

ScrapGirlsScrappersGuide

Free Graphics Editor for Your Pictures: GIMP

300px-Gimp-utility-window-hintYesterday, 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 called GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program).

GIMP is an image retouching and editing tool.  It offers freeform drawing and retouching tools.  GIMP can accomplish essential image workflow steps such as:

  • resizing, editing, and cropping photos
  • combining multiple images
  • converting between different image formats
  • can be used to create basic animated images in the GIF format

Give it a try and let me know what you think!

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