Not too long ago I was chopping up some celery for dinner. I grabbed the stock and sliced off the base of the celery and set it aside. A few minutes hours later I looked at that left over end of the celery stalk and saw a rose. A rose? Yup, a rose! I've seen people use potatoes as stamps for projects so I thought that maybe it would be alright to use some celery, right? All you need to make the cutest Rose Stamped Stationary for Mother's Day is celery, paper, and paint! Cut the end of the stalk of celery off and dab it dry on a paper towel. Dip the celery stalk in red paint and have your child stamp it on the paper. Use their thumb or finger to make the leaves with green paint. It's THAT easy! I wish i had more photos to share with you but somewhere between cutting the celery and the final product I forgot to pick up my camera again. Hope you have time to make these and will share with us how it went. … [Read more...]
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Cookie-Ice Cream Pizza
A few days ago I got it in my head to try making a special desert pizza so the girls and I made cookie-ice cream pizza. We had a ton of fun both making and eating this treat! A few things to note before you make this yummy desert pizza: 1) It takes a few hours to make 2) Plan ahead as you'll need to let your ice cream thaw a bit 3) It is SUPER filling so a small piece goes a long way! You'll need: Ingredients to make sugar cookies (we used this recipe and cut it in half) Pizza baking sheet Rolling pin Ice cream (we used vanilla) Toppings of your choosing (we used M&Ms and broken chocolate pieces) Step 1) Start by making your sugar cookie recipe. *Pull your ice cream out of the freezer at this time so that it can thaw just a little. You want to be able to spread it well. Please excuse Nutty's make-up in these photos. The girls decided to play beauty salon prior to making the pizza and I didn't have the heart to tell Nutty that her make-up looked … [Read more...]
Paper Beads
A few weeks ago I saw a girl at work making something interesting during her down time. When I asked her what she was doing she said, "I'm making paper beads. You've never heard of paper beads?!?" Nope, I had never heard about them nor had I seen them until that day. She showed me how to make them and told me my girls should be able to do them too. So...we tried it! To do it yourself, you'll need: Magazine pages (or similar paper) Something to cut strips with (scissors work fine but they take a long time) Glue (preferably glue sticks) Pencil for little kids or a q-tip for older kids String Step 1) Cut the magazine pages into long triangular strips. The fat end should be no wider than 1/4 to 1/2 inch then tapering to a point. For smaller, fatter beads, make the fat end even smaller. Step 2) Spread glue over one side of a paper strip. Which ever side you spread the glue on will be the side that shows on the bead. Step 3) Wind the paper strip … [Read more...]
The Ultimate Blog Party 2012!
We interrupt our regularly scheduled Fun Stuff Fridays to bring you the Ultimate Blog Party 2012 by 5MinutesforMom.com! Don't know what the #UBP12 is? Click on the button or link above for more details. Looking for Fun Stuff Fridays? Hold on to your links, we'll be back next week. Welcome #UBP12 party people! We are Lindsi and Jamie otherwise known as "Toys In The Dryer"! Wow, where do we begin with this intro post? So much to tell you, so little space/time... We think we'll start with our vlog from our very first post on this blog "Introducing Toys In The Dryer" on September 5, 2011. Yes, we've only been live for a little over 7 months! One thing to note before you watch this vlog is that we've gotten rid of the Mom of the Week meme and replaced it with Fun Stuff Fridays. That's about it: Hope you liked watching us make fools of ourselves our vlog. If you want to know how we came up with the name "Toys In The Dryer" read the politically incorrect version on our … [Read more...]
Discipline Gone Wrong
Have you ever caught yourself doing exactly what you said you'd never do? Or saying exactly what you swore you'd never say? You know what I am talking about.....that one thing your mom always said that irritated you that you swore up and down you would never be caught saying.....until suddenly, you do! courtesy of Ahh! Parenting Well here is a funny (and TRUE) story about discipline gone wrong. When I was a preteen and teenager I cleaned to let off frustration and steam. Whenever my mom would upset me (which was frequent- let me tell you two ladies with raging hormones- run for the hills!) or if we'd get in an argument, or I'd even been sent to my room (ack!!!), I cleaned. I would make sure she knew I was ticked. How? Well, first thing is first, I'd make sure I slammed the door good and loud and if I didn't feel like the door slammed to my liking heck, I'd slam it again, just for good measure. Next I would turn on my radio and blast some crazy music that I seriously cannot … [Read more...]
Pipe Cleaner May Day Baskets
May Day is coming up soon. Some people celebrate it and some people don't. In making these May Day baskets with my kids I learned that some people even celebrate it differently than I remember. For me, it was a day where you left candy in a basket at the door of a friend or neighbors house. For Jamie, it was a basket filled with flowers. Two different versions of the same idea. Just to brighten someones day and to make them smile! All you need to make these baskets are a handful of pipe cleaners. (I found MY package in the dollar bin at Target, SCORE!) Gather up a handful of pipe cleaners and pick out 5 and snip those in half. They will end up being about 2 1/2 inches long and you will end up with 10 pieces. Take four of those pieces and twist them together (to give you eight spokes) and take another and attach it to your pipe cleaners and snip it so that it measures the same as the rest. This will give you nine spokes (and you will want an odd number) to weave. Begin by … [Read more...]
