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Baby Bath Gift

July 31, 2012 By Michelle Barneck 1 Comment

I had a baby shower last weekend and had really great intentions of making these cute ribbon embellished burp clothes but in true procrastinators fashion upon realizing that my sewing machine was out of commission I had to find something else fast. I am a geek. I like themey type gifts, so I decided on a baby bath gift set.

Just choose as many things as fit your budget:

Baby bath

Hooded towel

Wash cloths

Rubber ducky

Terry robe

Wash mitt

Baby wash

Baby shampoo

Baby lotion

Arrange bath items in the tub with the cutest things on top. Fill the rest of the baby bath with blue tissue paper to look like water. Add a cute little letterpress card in coordinating colors and you’re done.

Easy peasy ducky squeezey!

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Letter of the Week {B}

June 25, 2012 By Michelle Barneck 4 Comments

Summer is here and the first year of preschool over! We need some fun activities too keep us entertained, but with some intellectual value. This summer we’re going with letter themes. It’s perfect to help my youngest who is learning to talk and my preschooler who is learning to read and write.

Here are the Letter of the Week {A} activities if you missed them.

Now on to B!

I have two boys, so naturally we went with Bugs and Balls!

Make fun summer Bugs (from Mommyness Adventures) by painting cans and adding pipe cleaner wings.
Go on a Bug hunt. (kit from Dollar Tree)

Write all the B words for the activities, foods, etc.
Wear a fun Bug shirt or something Blue.
Watch a Bug through a jar. We had a cocoon we found in the garden in a jar and the Bug inside just happened to hatch on B week! It was a pretty orange moth. Rolly poleys are great for this too!
Little brother used the tweezers from the bug kit for a hunt for another B word. 😉

Make a Ball pit in a Big Box.
Dump them all out and collect the Balls with a Basket counting them as you go.

Photo credits: Broccoli, Beef, Bananas, Berries, Bread, Baked Beans

Eat foods that begin with B.

All in all, B was a pretty rockin’ letter of the week! We had a ton of fun!

What fun B activities can you think of?

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Letter of the Week {A}

June 13, 2012 By Michelle Barneck 1 Comment

Summer is here and my little guy finished his first year of preschool! I wanted some fun activities too keep us entertained, but with some intellectual value. I decided that this summer we would go with letter themes. It is perfect to help my youngest who is learning to talk and my preschooler who is learning to read and write.

We of course kicked things off with A as the letter of the week.

We folded paper Airplanes and had an Airplane flying contest.

Then, we did a puzzle of America, being sure to point out Arizona, Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas and the Atlantic Ocean.

I had my four year old write all the letter of the week words in Apple Green crayon to practice his writing.

Photo credits: Antics, ABC book, Airplane, America puzzle

We pretended to be Apes and ate Applesauce for a snack.

Then, we read two books Antics and Dr. Suess’s ABC.

We had a whole other list of fun A things, but we will save them for the next time around.

What other fun A activities can you think of?

Want more? Letter of the Week {B}

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Last Minute Graduation Gift

June 6, 2012 By Michelle Barneck 5 Comments

So I’m a little late on this, but I thought it turned out too cute not to share. We were invited to a cousin’s high school graduation party and I wanted to take her a little graduation gift.

I figured what would a college bound teen need more than cold hard cash so I rolled with it. ha ha. Get it, rolled with it. I found the cute box in the silhouette store, cut it out using black cardstock and rolled the bills using red ribbon to secure them to look like little diplomas. Her high school colors and black and red so it was a perfect graduation gift.