Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Home Depot Kids Workshop

The Home Depot Kids Workshops
Build. Learn. Create. Have fun with Kids Workshops!
*  FREE hands-on workshops designed for children ages 5 - 12 offered the 1st Saturday of every month at all The Home Depot stores between 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
*  Workshops teach children do-it-yourself skills, tool safety and instill a sense of pride and accomplishment.
*  All kids get to keep their craft and receive a FREE Kids Workshop Apron, commemorative pin and certificate of achievement.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Easy Rag Rug


I was looking for an easy project to do for my grandson's nursery and decided to try this rag rug.  I loved it since it is made from fabric and required no sewing. I decide to use flannel since it was soft, came in a wide variety of colors and the price was right. If you have children this is a great project they can help make.  The threading of the fabric is great fine motor practice for little ones.
Materials:
1/2 yard of 6 different color 45"wide flannel for the "rags"
1 yd 45" wide flannel for base of rug
scissors or rotary cutter
*Rotary cutter makes its a whole lot easier

Directions:


Cut the base fabric to the size rug you would like (mine was 30 x 40). Starting 1" from the edge of the base fabric cut small slits about 1/2" a part, spacing rows 3/4"  a part. I did not measure mine I just estimated the spacing. This rug is very forgiving so accuracy is not necessary. I cut all my slits at once but you can do this as you go if you prefer.


I cut the 1/2 yd. pieces of fabric into strips about 1" wide and 6" long.


Here is where the kids can help out.  Starting at one corner, thread a strip down through the first hole and back up through the second. Next, take a second strip and thread it through the second hole (the same hole you just pulled the first strip up through). It will share the same hole with the first strip. Then, pull it up through the third hole. Continue this for each row.  I worked on mine a couple hours each night while I watched TV and I was able to complete it in a week.

This rug is easy to maintain.  Just shake it if it gets flat.  Pull on strip if it becomes uneven.  Rethread strip if it falls out.  Place in a lingerie bag on delicate cycle to wash. 

I bought my fabric so I could get the color combination I wanted but using old, clothes, sheets, towels would be a great way to upcycle.  Some suggestions:
Use old high school T shirts to make a rug for college dorm
Use ragged towels to make a rug for the bathroom or kitchen
Use outgrown baby clothes to make a rug for childs room

Free Busch Garden and Sea World Passes for Florida Residents


If you live in Florida and have young kids, this is an amazing deal you will not want to miss! Children age 5 and under get FREE admission to both Sea World and Busch Gardens for the rest of 2012, if you’re a Florida resident. Also, teachers get in FREE to Sea World year round.

Thanks Mojo Savings

Monday, March 12, 2012

Keekoo's Sales Event and Freebies


Last week, I told you about a new deal site, keekoo's .  Well check out the email I recieved:

Tick tock, get ready to save a lot! keekoo's first sales event is Thursday, March 15, offering huge discounts on everything you need and want for you and your baby...strollers, cribs, nursing items, maternity apparel and much more!


And that's not all...we're offering FREE PRODUCTS on a first-come, first-served basis! But, SHHHH, the freebies are only announced to our Facebook fans.



So hurry up, LIKE US at http://www.facebook.com/keekoofan as fast as you can. Just LIKE US and we'll love you back with free stuff and amazing deals.

So be sure to sign up and stay tuned for some great deals and if your lucky a few freebies.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Free $10.00 Credit to KeeKoo


Keekoo, a new baby and maternity deal site, is launching mid March.  They are offering a $10 credit to everyone who signs up to receive their deals by email.

If you (or someone you know) is pregnant or planning to have a baby soon, I’d highly recommend signing up. Then keep your fingers crossed and  hope for some incredible deals.


Saturday, March 3, 2012

Dr. Seuss Week - Fox in Socks

***REPOST***
Fox in Socks  is a great book to teach alliteration (repeating of a the beginning sound of two or more neighboring words).  When you have several words with the same sound at the beginning of the word you have a tongue twisters such as "she sells seashells by the seashore".  After reading this book trying saying some tongue twisters or create your own.

Friday, March 2, 2012

Dr. Seuss Week - The Cat in the Hat


***REPOST***

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!! 

Celebrate today with Read Across America and pledge to spend time reading with your child. 
Why not read The Cat in the Hat to celebrate? This classic children's story is a great book to read with your kids to practice rhyming words.

After you are done reading the book you can do this fun rhyming activity.

YOU NEED:
Legal size envelope
Red construction paper
Red & Black marker or crayon
Print pictures here, here, here, here & here

Take the envelope and draw a black line down the middle. Below the line draw a circle and color in a face of a cat. Color the area around the face black. On the top portion of the envelope draw red stripes for his hat. Take your red construction paper and glue it on the black line, this is that hat's brim. Print the pictures and if your children are old enough, let them cut them out. Then you can have them match the rhyming words. When you are done, store the pictures in your Cat in the Hat envelope.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Free Pretzel from Auntie Anne's


This has been the week to grab lots of free food.  If you are headed on shopping on Friday be sure to stop by Auntie Anne’s on March 3, for a free pretzel. You can  pick an Original or Cinnamon Sugar Pretzel, no purchase necessary.




Free Printable Preschool Pack for The Lorax



dr. seuss free printable

Download a free Dr. Suess The Lorax Preschool Pack from 2 Teaching Mommies. This will go great with the book and/or the movie release this week.

March Book Basket



The Lorax (Classic Seuss)




Green Eggs and Ham (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books)


Hop on Pop



Fox in Socks: Dr. Seuss's Book of Tongue Tanglers (Bright & Early Board Books(TM))


Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm


A Busy Day at the Farm

Jobs on a Farm (World of Farming)
The Night Before St. Patrick's Day (Reading Railroad)



 
Scholastic Reader Level 1: It's St. Patrick's Day



St. Patrick's Day


That's What Leprechauns Do



It's Spring

Splish, Splash, Spring
Splish, Splash, Spring


Down Comes the Rain (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)




Dr. Seuss Week - Hop On Pop

***REPOST***
Hop on Pop  was always a class favorite for my kinder student's.  After reading the book I would pull out a large bag of balloons - a sure way to get your kids excited.  Each balloon contained a word and they had to HOP on the balloons until they popped (this was much harder then they thought). Once the balloons were popped they would read the word and come up with other words that rhymed with it.
Another fun idea for home from ObSEUSSed - she drew POP on a twin sheet and put it on the bed and let her kids "Hop on Pop".