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Father’s Day is Sunday, June 16th this year (2013). Every year Lorelai and I do something special for Daddy. This year, I designed printables for Lorelai to make for her Daddy! Lorelai decorated the #1 Dad and the trophy with crayons. I gave her the option to paint them, but she was in the mood…
I have taken the challenge of 100 days of play with my daughter! The challenge is to play and connect with your children everyday while doing something they love. My daughter is 5.5, and her favorite way to play right now is through games. Board games, card games, pretend games… you name it, she loves…
Cold, gray, winter afternoons, with intermittent snow flurries, call for simple crafts. Making homemade bird feeders is one of those easy crafts that only take a few minutes to do. Lore is 5 years-old and did this one all on her own while her little cousin and grandparents were taking a nap. We hung them…
Painting is something every child should be allowed to explore. From fingerpaints to paintbrushes, from coloring pages to canvas, paint is a great way to let little fingers get creative. You can educate little ones on mixing colors, practice writing letters and words, and also by doing simple color by number sheets. You can get…
Open Mountain Goat Printable As I mentioned in a previous post, things have been cah-ray-zee here lately! So instead of taking the time to take pictures of the crafts we’ve done recently, I’m taking the easy way out and just posting the digital version as seen above. This one is super cute and easy to…
I get asked a lot of questions regarding LCL – some from friends IRL that are curious, and a lot of emails from blog readers. I think it’s about time I answered them in the blog too! Here they are, in no particular order: How do you have time?! This is the most asked and…
I wanted to make a printable set with basic shapes, and this is what I came up with. Instead of just having Lorelai paint the shapes like usual, I used a white crayon to write the names inside of the shapes. Then she used watercolors to go over. We did this technique before on this…
One of Lorelai’s favorite things to do at home is play in her sand/water table. We actually switched it yesterday to just a water table because the sand was driving me crazy, but a few days before that it was just sand. She loves playing ‘Restaurant’ in the table ~ hands me a “menu”, has…
Lorelai has finally gotten over her cold, I’m happy to report. It stuck around f o r e v e r and we had to back out of a couple of playdates because of it. I’m getting ahead of myself, though. Valentines Day. I made Lorelai heart-shaped pancakes and we made a heart-shaped pizza for…
Out with the old, in with the new! LCL has a new feel to it! I went with the gray/fuschia color scheme, as it’s one of my favorites. I’ve been itching to re-do the header and “logo” and I’m really liking the end result. There are still a few bumps that need to be ironed…
Aren’t they gorgeous? Lorelai was asking to do another craft and these were pretty easy to make. A little time consuming when it came to cutting the stencils out (15 or so minutes) but the end product was so worth it. Directions below. =) Leaf 1 & Leaf 2 & Leaf 3 Materials We Used:…
Instead of doing a structured craft today, I got some cotton balls and q-tips and let Lorelai fling some paint. Okay, there was no flinging involved. I think she loved that she was able to paint using something other than a paint brush. She spent a lot more time doing little details (flower pedals, sun…
We went for a long four-wheeler ride today, and when we were back I asked Lorelai if she was interested in doing a craft. She was definitely ready! We didn’t bring any craft supplies with us so we had to use what we could find here – printer paper, glue, crayons, and leaves! We brought…
After getting dressed and eating breakfast, Lorelai asked to do a craft. I had been wanting to do scratch art with her for a long time, but I always forgot… until today! I decided to make it more than just scratch art by making a flower as well, since it’s spring. Lorelai loved it! After…
Quiet and dreary Monday, but good nonetheless. We spent most of the day organizing various hot spots around the apartment. By ‘we’ I mean me organizing, and Lorelai coming along behind me and dis-organizing. ;). This afternoon I brought down these Window Crayons and let her go at it. I was smart enough…
I came across this craft here and thought it was really cute! We had all of the materials and paint and Lorelai asked to paint, so win-win. =) Ours didn’t come out as nice as the one shown, but then again, a 3-year-old did ours (though I assembled). A strand of hair got painted –…
I made this printable this evening while waiting for my homemade chicken noodle soup to season on the stove. Lorelai has gotten attached to this book by Eric Carle. Actually, we’re huge Eric Carle fans in this house – we have almost every book of his. I love the style of his animals. We’ve been…
I found another fun weekly question website! Do you color? If you do, is it with markers, crayons, colored pencils, etc.? I do. Usually just with crayons with my daughter. What’s the most organized part (or system) in your house? My crafting supplies, actually. There isn’t a lot of organization in this household, that’s for…
I’ve been looking forward to this craft for weeks, but have just gotten around to it today. Part of the reason it wasn’t done sooner was because we didn’t have any crayons. A while back, Lou went through a “let’s draw on the walls!” stage and I got fed up and threw them all away….
I was putting away the paint from our earlier craft when I noticed a piece of white cardstock sitting on the counter. I took it out last night to cut out ghosts, but never got around to it. Since our earlier craft was insanely simple, I decided to do another today, and Lore was definitely…
