Monthly Archives: January 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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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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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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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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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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