Welcome to day 13 of Toys In The Dryer 14 Days of Valentines! From February 1-14 we've done non-stop Valentine's posts to celebrate this lovely holiday! We hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have! Tomorrow is our last day. On Wednesday we'll return to our regular schedule. OK I know some of you might not want to do this but I promise it is REALLY easy to do and you do not need to know how to sew (OK maybe just a teeny tiny bit)! Your little girl is going to LOVE you for this project! I made the Be Mine a few weeks ago and my daughter has been wearing it out! I'm going to show you how to make one in just a few really easy steps. Let's get started. Here is what you will need a shirt small pieces of fabric steam a seam sheets (purchased online or at a fabric store) scissors needle and embroidery thread Start with making a template. I use my computer to print off photos of things I like and then cut them out. Super easy! Cut it out and place it on your sheet of … [Read more...]
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A Visit From The Love Bugs
Welcome to day 12 of Toys In The Dryer 14 Days of Valentines! From February 1-14 we'll be doing non-stop Valentines posts to celebrate this lovely holiday! I saw this idea on the Disney Family Fun website a couple of days ago and wish I would have seen it earlier this month! Though it's not an original idea of mine, I thought it was too good not to pass on...It's visits from the Love Bugs before Valentine's Day! I came up with a few different versions of the Love Bugs so you have ideas of what to do with them. Version 1: The Love Bugs are a family of bugs that visit your house every night beginning February 1st and leave treats such as Hershey's kisses, Valentine M&M's, or heart chocolates, and notes for your kids. Your children never see the bugs but know they've visited from the things they leave behind. On Valentine's Day the Love Bugs leave a special larger treat for your kids then leave until next year. (This version is similar to the one I saw. Click on the link … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Crayons
Welcome to day 12 of Toys In The Dryer 14 Days of Valentines! From February 1-14 we'll be doing non-stop Valentines posts to celebrate this lovely holiday! Some of you may remember our previous post on making your own crayons. Well now we'll take it a step further. Valentines gifts! It's a really easy project and your kids will be a hit this Valentines Day with these special Valentines. Here is what you will need: Crayons (oodles and oodles) heart shaped mold oven Valentine's cardstock plastic bags Step 1: gather up all the crayons you want to use and peel (the not so fun part) Step 2: chop with a chef knife (or break with your hands) each crayon into 4-5 pieces Step 3: pre-heat your oven to 350degrees F and fill each heart shaped mold half way with the crayons Step 4: bake crayons for 10 minutes and CAREFULLY remove them after the 10 minutes (if you set them aside and do not disturb them until they are hardened the colors will not mix together and make one solid … [Read more...]
14 days of Valentine’s Fun Stuff Fridays (#10)
Remember when Linkys were all the rage in blogging? They were a great way to find and get to know other bloggers before social media and Pinterest became mainstream. It didn't hurt that they brought a ton of traffic to your site too. Lindsi and I started our Fun Stuff Fridays linky back in 2011. We kept it going for 20 weeks before it fizzled out (or we got sick of doing it, I'm not sure which happened). It is now soon to be 2017 and at lot of the links in those linkies no longer exist. Plus, I've let my link up subscription lapse so you can't get to them anyway. Instead of deleting the Fun Stuff Fridays posts, however, I have decided to clean them up and make sure our featured links are still valid. After all, on a rare occasion I get traffic from one of these old posts. The linky may be gone but the featured posts are still valid as of December 2016... Welcome to day10 of Toys In The Dryer 14 Days of Valentines! Welcome to Fun Stuff Fridays, Valentine's edition. Holy … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Lunch Themes
Welcome to day 9 of Toys In The Dryer 14 Days of Valentines! From February 1-14 we'll be doing non-stop Valentines posts to celebrate this lovely holiday! Some of you may remember our previous post about Creative Lunchbox Ideas. Well we took things a little bit further and hoped to inspire you to create a fun Valentine's Day lunch for the sweetie in your life. Heart of the matter Heart shaped sandwiches are easy to create with a pair of scissors and a few seconds of your time. Cheese with a X and O in it will send your sweetie to school with hugs and kisses too! Pack some pink yogurt and strawberries for color. Homemade lunchable A few crackers, a circle cookie cutter and a few minutes of your time and you can make a great "lunchable" style meal for your cutie! I added some toothpicks with Valentine's stickers on them for a little flare. I love you Send them off to school with hugs and kisses and an I love you! X and O shaped sandwiches, I love you in fruit leather … [Read more...]
Cupid’s Treasure Hunt
Welcome to day 8 of Toys In The Dryer 14 Days Of Valentines! From February 1-14 we'll be doing non-stop Valentines posts to celebrate this lovely holiday! Earlier this fall I did a post about making your own treasure hunt. For Valentine's I'm taking it one step further with Cupid's Treasure Hunt! Please note that the beginning of this project requires time when your kids are not around so you can surprise them. 1) You'll need to start by printing off a Valentine's coloring sheet. I found the cute one above at Mom'sWhoThink. 2) Color the sheet and then cut it into puzzle pieces. 3) Next make a map of your house. You can get as detailed or as not detailed as you want. I made mine heart-shaped on pink paper for Valentines. I also crumpled it, burned the edges, and made some holes just to make it look a little older and like a real treasure map. 4) Put Xs on the map where your children will find puzzle pieces. Make sure you have as many Xs as you have puzzle … [Read more...]
