Looking for a unique Valentine for your child to give to their friends at school? Why not give them Kool-Aid Valentines! These Valentines are super easy to make and are relatively inexpensive. You'll just need: Kool-Aid packets The printable below Some tape A pen 1) Click on the photo below to print. Make sure you click on this download link and this one only! It is small and below the image. 2) Sign your name under "from" 3) Cut apart 4) Tape to the Kool-Aid packs 5) Add a silly straw for more fun! (optional) Kool-Aid packs are about 29¢ at my store. If my daughter's class has 32 children in it, these Kool Aid Valentines will cost me $9.28 (without the silly straws). I don't think that's bad at all!! What do you think? … [Read more...]
Goodbye Lindsi
A little over a year ago we said goodbye to Lindsi. A few weeks later, we said hello again. At that time Lindsi tried to leave but couldn't, partly because I would't let her go. Now we say goodbye to Lindsi again, this time for good. It's been a great year, but one that has not been fulfilling, as far as blogging goes, for Lindsi. A post by The SITS girls titled 10 Things To Let Go Of On Your Blog In 2014, solidified her feelings that, for her, Toys In The Dryer is becoming more of a burden than a passion. It is time for her to let go of some of the stress in her life, and this is one thing she needs to let go. Though Toys In The Dryer sparks ideas for doing things with her children, the time it takes to post about them is no longer worth the time away from her family. I understand 100%. I am extremely sad to see Lindsi leave Toys In The Dryer. We have had a lot of fun working together and we've learned more than we ever thought we would about each other through it. In a … [Read more...]
Scratch Off Valentines FREE Printable
Last Valentine's season we brought you some unique Valentines such as the Valentine Fortune Teller (which my oldest daughter gave to her friends), Birch Bark Valentines, and Surprise Valentines. This season we'll be bringing you a few more unique Valentines. Today it's scratch off Valentines! These scratch off Valentines are super fun to make and to give! To make them yourself you'll need: The scratch off Valentine template below card stock paper dish soap metallic acrylic paint (silver, pink, or red) clear contact paper paint brush scissors large circle or heart punch 1) Start by clicking on the image above to download it and print it. You'll see a ton of download buttons on the webpage. Click on this download button and this one only!!It is small and below the photo. 2) Cut apart each Valentine. 3) Next make the scratch off paint by mixing two parts of paint with one part dish soap. Don't mix too much or you'll get a bunch of … [Read more...]
Boiling Water Thrown In Freezing Air
It's -22° F with windchills in the -40° range in Minnesota today. The governor of the state closed all public schools so the girls get an extra day of Christmas vacation. What are we doing on this record cold day? We're doing freezing experiments! We can only be outside for brief periods, but long enough to throw boiling water in the freezing air, make frozen bubbles, and put water out to guess how long it takes to freeze. I know that a ton of people have tried throwing boiling water in the air and watching it freeze before, but believe it or not, we have never done it! What you'll need: Boiling water Below freezing temps outside That's it! Watch the video below to see what happens: Hubby didn't find it all that fascinating but the girls and I thought it was cool. Have you tried to throw boiling water in cold air to watch it freeze? … [Read more...]
Top 13 Posts of 2013
Can you believe another year has gone by?! Last year we did a post titled Our Top 12 Posts of 2012 so this year we thought we would do our top 13 posts of 2013. These are not technically our top viewed posts of the past year (we had a variety of posts from 2011-2013 that got top page views), these are the top viewed posts that we published in 2013. Without further ado, in order of least popular to most popular, our top 13 posts of 2013... 13) Halloween Finger Print Art 12) Easy DIY Giant Slip and Slide 11) Britax Convertible Car Seat Review 10) 21 Post Surgery Activities For Kids 9) Caught You Being Good--FREE Printable 8) Character Applique Shirts for Disney 7) Best Ever Spring Cookies 6) Make Your Own Disney Character Autograph Book 5) Disney Countdown Ring--FREE Printable 4) Christmas Bingo--FREE Printables 3) Brownie Mix 2) Camping Birthday--FREE Printables And our all time … [Read more...]
14 New Year’s Facts for 2014
Tis the day to sit back and attempt (notice I said attempt) to relax after everyone was up late last night. We hope you had a lot of fun ringing in the new year! We thought we would celebrate the first day of 2014 with a few New Year's facts: New Year is the oldest of all holidays. It was first observed in ancient Babylon as many as 4000 years ago. In 45 B.C., New Year's Day was celebrated on January 1 for the first time in history under the Julian calendar. New Years Day is now celebrated in the US and Europe on January 1 of the Gregorian calendar Geographically, the world will be half way into 2014 when the time zone GMT or UTC enters the New Year. This time zone includes the United Kingdom, Ireland, Morocco, Iceland, and Western Sahara. About half of the world’s population will have begun 2014 at UTC+5:30 when India enters the New Year. Pacific Ocean Islanders Kiritimati, Christmas Island and Kiribati will enter 2014 first, while American Samoa, Niue, and … [Read more...]
