Scratch drawing (or rainbow drawing as Lindsi calls it) was one of my favorite things to do as a child. It was fun seeing all the unique pictures I could make. It was also one of Lindsi's favorite things to do. You see, Lindsi was scheduling posts for next week when she happened to look at what I had scheduled for this week. She called me up and said, "I think we have the same posts scheduled! What is 'scratch drawing?'" When I told her she started laughing, "that's the same as my 'rainbow drawing' I have scheduled for next week!" Both Lindsi and I learned scratch drawing using just crayons (on the left above) but I recently saw some using crayons and paint (on the right above) and decided to give that a try with my girls too. To do scratch drawing with your kids, you'll need: White paper Crayons Dark paint or a black crayon Toothpicks, paper clips, a coin, or some other object for scratching Have your kids color patches of color on the paper with the … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2012
S’mores Croissants
My girls LOVE to eat s'mores but don't always like the mess of the sticky marshmallows. Plus, we live in Minnesota and campfires are not an option in the winter. Here's our version of s'mores that's a little less messy and super easy to make when campfires are not available. You'll need: Chocolate Chips Mini Marshmallows A Tube of Croissants/Crescent Rolls Optional stuff such as peanut butter, caramel, bananas, raspberries, strawberries... Step 1) Separate the croissants and lay them out flat on a baking sheet. Step 2) Put chocolate chips and mini marshmallows on the fat side of the croissant. Add any optional ingredients. Try not to overfill it. For these photos we used chocolate/peanut butter chips and mini marshmallows only. I have made these in the past with the optional ingredients and they are super yummy (especially the ones with the caramel and peanut butter!). Step 3) Roll up the croissants making sure that your ingredients do not fall out. If … [Read more...]
Plates In The Dryer–A MN Blogging Event
Toys In The Dryer and Color Me Mine Eagan will host the first ever Minnesota blogging event--for kids! We happily invite our Toys In The Dryer readers, fellow bloggers, and their kids to: Plates In The Dryer Monday, April 30, 2011, 4-6 pm Color Me Mine in Eagan (Tickets available via Eventbrite starting March 1, 2012) We all know that blogging and other social media takes time away from family. Toys In The Dryer, however, would like to encourage you to spend more time with them. Come socialize with people in your social media circle AND spend time painting pottery with your kids! Donate to charity while you're at--It's a win-win for everyone! This event isn't just for bloggers/blog readers, it's for the whole family so husbands, wives, and significant others are welcome and encouraged! Kids of all ages are welcome too! Have an infant? Make a plate with his/her handprint or footprint! Have a teen? See the beautiful things he/she can make! One (per child) … [Read more...]
Fun Stuff Fridays (#11)
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 Fun Stuff Fridays. We had over 300 submissions last week! WAY TO GO! You might wonder if we look at them … [Read more...]
Hosting a Winter ONEderland Party
Planning birthday parties is one of my favorite things to do! With 4 kids I get the chance to get creative every couple of months (tee hee hee). This past month my baby boy turned ONE! I threw him a Winter ONEderland Party. I thought this party turned out so cute that I'd share it with you so that you too could be inspired! The first, and most important part of the party is the cake....of course! It just so happens that our local bakery offers a FREE "smash cake" for their 1st birthdays. Thanks to them I didn't have to pull out the pans and make one, yay! Check with your local bakery to see if they offer the same. (Note- I didn't blot out my sons name because it would have taken a long time to do...this will be the only post in which I will share his name). I asked them to add blue and white dots to the cake to coordinate with the colors. I also had them make a "winter- themed" sheet cake for our party guests. My lovely friend made the gorgeous fondant igloo, penguins, and polar … [Read more...]
Pinterest Valentine Inspiration
Welcome to day 14 of Fourteen Days of Valentine! From February 1-14 we did non-stop Valentine's posts to celebrate this lovely holiday! We hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have! Tomorrow we will return to our regular schedule. Today we're bringing you some awesome stuff we've found on Pinterest that has helped inspire our Valentine's. Rather than give Pinterest the linky love, we'll be linking you directly to the websites the pins originally came from. Feel free to pin stuff you like from the original source or find them on our Valentine board and re-pin them from there. I Love You This Much Card from A Day In My Life. Though this post was originally written for Father's Day, it has been pinned as a Valentine inspiration too. These are perfect for mothers, fathers, grandparents or other family members! Make them look more like Valentines by using pink or red paper. Belle's Valentine Bookmarks from Disney Family (dot) com. These are super cute and look easy to … [Read more...]
