Thursday, April 30, 2015

How To Use What You Have This Mother's Day

We'd recently discovered 
some ways to use clearance items to celebrate

Valentine's Day
St. Patrick's Day and Easter

 and with Mother's Day quickly approaching 
I needed to remind my family

"Do not buy me anything this year"

(because I really do have enough stuff)
 
and I am

grateful
thankful
happy

to share and celebrate some of the
simple ways we have learned to just...

"use what we have"

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Handmade Art

like the masterpieces the children
create during our studio time

    
        

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A Small Surprise

prepay for a service that she uses often
put a little cash in her wallet along with a note

or you can even surprise mom
by leaving a few pictures on her phone or camera

(Imagine my delight the day that I found this photo of my daughter)


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Chocolate Dipped Strawberries
 

 
 

and I was so proud of my daughter who
"used what she had" to make these special treats

Items used

5 leftover "school fundraiser chocolate" bars
1 small basket of strawberries

Total spent... only 99cents!
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And the first batch were so delicious
I asked her to make more to share with
the other mothers in "our village"

because I have also learned
that it takes many mothers!!

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Milk and White Chocolate
Dipped Strawberries w/toppings



 

(sharing this today)

Happy Savings and Happy Mother's Day!

Monday, April 20, 2015

"APFLH" Children's Art Studio- "The Art Within"

It was

"Week of the Young Child"
 April 12-18, 2015 

so we...

opened our studio space
pulled out some art supplies

and spent a lovely afternoon

creating
celebrating
capturing

the artistic expressions within!

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 "Feeling Blue"
Indigo Painting

Paint
Paint Brushes
Paper


to create individualized art
inspired by the story...


"Yesterday I Had the Blues"
by Jeron Ashford Frame


 
(to see how we upgraded
this activity experience in 2023)


First Fridays-
A Story. A Song. An Activity.

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 "Be Yourself"
Bubble Print Art

Bubble Wrap
Paint
Construction Paper

inspired by David McKee's...

"Elmer"



 
check out our Virtual Storytime to see what
other book we've paired with this activity...

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and...

free art time inspiring each of my children
to express themselves in their own way

my daughter chose to paint a "cheerleader" figurine
 
 

 and my son brought out the mini Legos
and designed to his heart's content




proving that time in our art studio
always leaves us all feeling young again!

(click here to check out more studio fun)