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Halloween Cupcake Decorating for Kids
Hooray! It’s officially Halloween week! And we are kicking things off with an easy, yet delightfully spooky treat. Grab a few supplies (listed below) and surprise your kids with a Halloween cupcake decorating station! You may remember the art palette cupcakes I shared way back on Valentine’s Day (doesn’t that feel like a lifetime ago?!), but thought I would share this easy activity again with a spooky spin on it! Supplies Needed Paint palette (available at any craft store) Box of your favorite cake mix + frosting (we’re keeping it easy today, friends!) Assortment of fun + festive toppings Top it off with… M&M’s Candy Corn Sprinkles (in a variety…
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Halloween Themed Bento Lunch
Let’s BOO this! Today we are continuing our spooky season fun with a Halloween themed Bento lunch. Halloween is actually one of my favorite times of the year to pack my kids themed lunches. The possibilities are endless and I love surprising my kids with a different lunch each day. This easy Bento box lunch is actually dairy-free, nut-free and is sure to be a hit with your kids! What’s Inside? Ghost Sunbutter Sandwich Bat (Vegan) Cheese Slices Baby Carrots Veggie Chips Sprinkle Oreos Candy Corn How-To To make the sprinkled cover Oreos I simply dipped them into melted coconut oil before dipping them into our Halloween colored sprinkles. Let…
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Bat Mickey Halloween Craft
T-10 days until Halloween! Feeling extra crafty this week, so the kids and I are brewing up some Halloween fun to share with you over the next few days! It seems that Pumpkin Mickey & Ghost Mickey are stealing the spotlight this year, but what about Bat Mickey? He deserves a little love, too, don’t ya think?! 😉 And all you need for this one is a few cardboard tubes, a little paint & some construction paper and you’re ready to get crafting! How-To Start by painting your cardboard tubes. We chose purple, green & orange for our Mickey bats. Set aside & let fully dry. While your bats are…
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Painted Rainbow Leaf Craft
If you’ve been here awhile then you know how much I love a pop of color, right?! So, as soon as I saw the leaves starting to turn here, I knew I wanted to do a colorful take on this classic painted leaf craft! This is a great activity + science lesson in one (hello my fellow virtual learning mamas)! If you’re looking for an easy activity that both your preschooler and big kids can do together, this is it! Supplies Needed Paint + Brushes Cardstock Leaves How-To Head out on a nature walk and ask your kids to find leaves of all different shapes & sizes. When you get…
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Back-to-School Breakfast Tradition
The back to school countdown is officially on! 4 weeks from today and I will have a 2nd grader & a Kindergartner. All the feels AND emotions. In my effort to make this school year feel as “normal” as possible, we are still planning our usual back to school traditions and that includes our 1st day of school breakfast! We always do something extra yummy (& healthy!) for breakfast complete with balloons and special plates & napkins. This year I decided to get crafty and add in a few DIY details to our back-to-school breakfast set up. I turned basic brown paper bags into ruler themed snack bags and made…