Author Archives: Carissa

15
Jun, 2015

movie monday: raspberry finger hats

Raspberry Finger Hats from carissaabc on Vimeo.

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22
Apr, 2015

graphic novels for pre-readers

the happy little dude loves books (hooray! says his librarian mom). he “sneaks” them in his bed at night when he’s supposed to be falling asleep. he sinks into them when he needs to calm himself down. he’s not reading … Continue reading →

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23
Mar, 2015

movie monday: the many sounds of the happy baby

Izza's noises from carissaabc on Vimeo.

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06
Feb, 2015

Apps picked by a 4 year old: Summing up the rest

I sort of dropped the ball on this and I’m just not going to have time to get him to do mini-video interviews for the rest of the titles, but in case you’re curious about the other apps that the … Continue reading →

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25
Jan, 2015

this year’s diy christmas gifts, part 4: soft nesting bowls

  the funny part is that i distinctly remember giving myself permission to buy more gifts this year and not feel like i needed to make as many. ha! oh well, i loved making each of these gifts. these bowls … Continue reading →

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23
Jan, 2015

this year’s diy christmas gifts, part 2: monster “rubbing” plates

i saw this great idea on pinterest and decided to put my own spin on it and created this “monster maker kit” for my nephews. i tried it out and although i wasn’t wowed with the results (the evenness of … Continue reading →

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20
Jan, 2015

this year’s diy christmas gifts, part 1: squishy circuits kits

one of my favorite library projects this year was squishy circuits. the short description of this project is– use homemade playdough to conduct enough electricity to light up some led’s. the longer description (and much more eloquent answer to the … Continue reading →

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19
Jan, 2015

movie monday: cooking with the beebees

a few years ago, i read a book called sadie and ratz to the happy little dude. it was a book about a girl who’d decided to name her hands “sadie” and “ratz.” her hands sometimes got into trouble, but … Continue reading →

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12
Jan, 2015

movie monday: flashback to fall

oh dear.  the house of happy has been… distracted.  and also sick.  as in–we will likely all be asleep by 9:00 this evening.  so, i’m interrupting the [long pause in the] 12 days of toddler app picks (please chime in … Continue reading →

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09
Dec, 2014

App picks by a 4 year old: A 12 Day Countdown (Day 2)

i’m doing a “12 days of apps” series on my work blog, so i thought it might be fun to ask the happy little dude what his top 12 apps are. his #11 pick was bamba post office. you can … Continue reading →

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