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Enjoy making Buddy Spaghetti with your kids this Christmas! Watch the video below for how-to!
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We have been having a lot of fun activities brought to us by our elves this year. Today, they suggested we try out the Tallest Elf & the Snowman Challenge. For the Tallest Elf, each child will build the tallest elf out of gumdrops and toothpicks. I gave each 24 gumdrops and 42 toothpicks. You…
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Easiest Baking Project Ever! All you need are sugar cones, icing, green food dye, and candy! The rest is just watching them have a ball decorating. Try this out with your kids this Christmas Season!
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Th elves brought us more Christmas Science Experiments. Today’s projects were Dancing Popcorn and a Hot Ice Experiment. These fun projects kept my kids entertained for the evening. They learned about what happens when combining an acid and a base, exothermic reactions, and what supercooling is. Take a 1/4 cup of popcorn kernels in a…
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Looking for a good Christmas book this year. Here is my list of the Top 35 Children’s Christmas Books. The books are not put in numerical order just a general list since I do enjoy them all for their own reasons. I hope you enjoyed my list of Christmas Books. What is your favorite Christmas…
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Two Christmas Science Projects below to bring Christmas cheer and promote learning. Try them out with your family this weekend. Candy Cane Experiment: You will test what will dissolve a Candy Cane by using hot water, cold water, salt water, and vinegar. Have the kids put their hypothesis in before the start of the project.…
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It’s that time again!!! As much as I wanted to have my Elf on the Shelf book of ideas published….life had other plans for me. Which in the end is just fine. It gives me another year to edit, get feedback, and put out the best book I can write. So stay tuned, I will…
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Day of the Dead is such a fantastic celebration. We started to research, learn and celebrate this wonderful holiday a couple years ago. My boys had watched the movie “Coco” and then wanted to learn more about the Day of the Dead celebration. We did our research, understood the meanings of the celebration, learned the…
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