Crafts

Get Crafty with the Lysol No-Touch Hand Soap Dispenser for a Chance to Win a Mini Tablet #LysolHandSoapContest

March 20, 2013 by Kathryn 5 Comments

The Lysol No-Touch Hand Soap Dispenser is a product that’s made hand washing a lot more popular in our household. But the dispenser itself is certainly a product designed with adults in mind and not kids! Since children love using the dispenser so much, Lysol Canada wants to see how your child can turn the Lysol No-Touch Hand Soap Dispenser into a kid-tastic creation. And the company is featuring a fabulous Facebook competition to see just how creative your kids can get!

To help kick off the fun, Lysol sent our family a No-Touch Hand Soap Dispenser to decorate and since Easter is just around the corner, my youngest son Benjamin and I spent the morning turning the dispenser into a friendly bunny.

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Get Kids Thinking About Climate Change with a Fun Craft and Other Tips from Coca-Cola #EveryActionMatters

March 14, 2013 by Kathryn Leave a Comment

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Last year I shared the exciting news that Coca-Cola and the World Wildlife Federation were partnering to support the Arctic Home program, which is dedicated to raising awareness for the conservation of the polar bears and the Arctic North that makes up their habitat.

diy painted polar bear bank

The program has been a phenomenal success so far and now Coca-Cola wants to make sure that the next generation is raised with a passion for protecting the environment that will ensure the future of the polar bears for years to come. [Read more...]

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Easter Traditions are Even More Fun and Meaningful with Kinder Canada #KinderMom

March 12, 2013 by Kathryn 9 Comments

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Even though Saskatchewan is still icy cold and covered in snow, Easter is just a few weeks away! While the Easter Bunny may be hiding goodies inside the house instead of outside this year, I know that won’t diminish my boys’ enjoyment of the holiday!

We have a few special traditions each year for Easter. The first and most important is decorating Easter eggs. The boys and I all love hardboiled eggs so we’ll often decorate an entire dozen just for fun. And while the boys tend to stick to classic crayon-decorated eggs dipped in dye, I love experimenting with different decorating techniques. These Marbled Easter Eggs were easy to make and looked so pretty on Easter morning!

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Wordless Wednesday with Linky-Marshmallow Igloo Craft

January 29, 2013 by Kathryn 36 Comments

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What do you get when you take an empty applesauce container, white craft glue and marshmallows and put them all together? An adorable mini igloo, of course!

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Ice Age: Continental Drift Activity Sheets

November 26, 2012 by Kathryn

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On December 11, Ice Age: Continental Drift will be available on Blu-ray and DVD and to celebrate, 20th Century Fox has created some fabulous activity sheets so that you can let your kids enjoy hidden object fun or a drawing lesson while they wait for the big release! Click on the pictures below to access the full-sized image and then print them off and have some fun! [Read more...]

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Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Make Fun and Easy Halloween Treats

October 30, 2012 by Kathryn

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Halloween is one of my very favourite holidays and each year I look forward to finding new fun activities for my boys and me to enjoy. This year, Kellogg’s decided to give us a little help with a fun Halloween-themed Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats kit! Containing Kellogg’s Rice Krispies, marshmallows, Halloween cookie cutters and decorating supplies, it was the perfect way to get in the mood for some spooky fun!

boys making halloween rice krispies treats

The boys were so excited by the assortment of candies we received for decorating!

I made the squares while Zackary was at school and then let both boys decorate a pumpkin and a bat with the icing and candies that the kit contained. Of course, they went a little overboard; Zackary’s shapes were hard to see underneath the candy he’d piled on top! But both boys had so much fun that I just let them enjoy themselves. After all, Halloween only comes once a year! [Read more...]

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Carving a Watermelon Flower for the Kid-tastic Watermelon Blogger Challenge

August 26, 2012 by Kathryn

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Recently I was contacted by the National Watermelon Promotion Board and asked to participate in its first-ever kid-tastic Watermelon Blogger Challenge. The task was simple: create a watermelon recipe, a reproduction of one of the watermelon carvings on the watermelon.org site or an original watermelon carving for the chance to win a prize. I was so excited about submitting an entry, especially since I was able to enter more than once if I desired!

watermelon flower carving

I knew right away that I would be choosing to do some carving and while I am going to be creating an original watermelon carving for the contest, I decided to also reproduce one of the carvings on the site: the Watermelon Flower. The National Watermelon Promotion Board very generously sent me a watermelon carving kit containing aprons, an ice bucket, a watermelon knife, a cutting board and a watermelon to help me get started. [Read more...]

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Enjoy a “Constructive” Summer with the Lowe’s Family Fun Projects Video Series Starring Mag Ruffman-Giveaway

July 22, 2012 by Kathryn

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We may only be in the early weeks of summer, but my boys are already getting a little stir-crazy. I’ve been making sure that we take lots of bike rides, enjoy plenty of outdoor play and do some fun crafts in the house every few days. But I’m always looking for other ways to keep my boys learning and occupied in warm weather.

So when I heard about the new Family Fun Projects video series from Lowe’s starring Mag Ruffman, I couldn’t wait to check it out. These DIY videos let kids construct fun items including a Beanbag Toss Game, a Chalkboard Table and a Princess Castle…with a little adult help and supervision, of course! Lowes sent me a $50 gift card so that I could try one of the projects for myself and so the boys and I decided to try making the adorable PVC Camp Stools. Since our annual camping trip is coming up in a few weeks, I knew these stools would come in handy! [Read more...]