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9 Reasons your Local Library is Cooler than you Remember | New England Momma
Going to the public library is free and 8 other reasons why you should be adding a visit to your local library often!
https://newenglandmomma.com/2018/08/visit-your-local-library.html
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Letterboxing - an outdoor treasure hunt for kids of all ages | New England Momma
Letterboxing is fun activity to enhance hiking. It's a like a treasure hunt where the treasure is in the rubber stamp imprints that you collect in a notebook. If you're kids are like mine, they aren't always excited to go hiking. Take the clues with you to search and locate small fun treasure boxes!
https://newenglandmomma.com/2018/04/letter-boxing.html
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10 Essential Foods that Children will be Excited to Cook | New England Momma
Teaching children to cook with this list of 10 Essential Foods that Children will be excited to cook is so much fun. Giving them the foundation to learn how to cook to feed themselves as well as teaching them responsibility will also give them a sense of pride and accomplishment.
https://newenglandmomma.com/2018/01/10-essential-foods-that-children-will-be-excited-to-cook.html
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The Cutest Reindeer Cookies by a preschooler | New England Momma
During a previous holiday season, my four-year old son was looking to make something fun to share with his classmates. There are many variations of reindeer cookies on Pinterest. These are a really fun treat to make with your kids! My preschooler was able to help put together th
https://newenglandmomma.com/2017/12/cutest-reindeer-cookies-preschooler.html
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How to Grow a Sweet Potato from a Sweet Potato at Home | New England Momma
Ever wonder how to grow a sweet potato when they don’t have any seeds? I did! And so I took pictures from start to finish so I can share my discovery with you. This is such a great project to do with your kids or on your own.
https://newenglandmomma.com/2016/04/grow-sweet-potatoes-from-a-sweet-potato.html
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Valentine Decorations - So Easy Your Preschooler Can Make Them! | New England Momma
What can you do with a few sheets of construction paper, a whole puncher, stickers and some left over ribbon? My four-year old son and I found a great way to make some easy Valentine’s together to decorate our windows. We needed something fun to do together, so I ransacked my cr
https://newenglandmomma.com/2016/02/simple-fun-valentine-decorations.html
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Craft Ideas to Keep Little Ones Busy | New England Momma
Winter is finally upon us and although the days are shorter with days ending in darker sooner than the warmer months, it can still seem like a long day if I don’t have some activities to keep my preschooler busy. I wanted to share with you some activities my older son, who is n
https://newenglandmomma.com/2016/01/craft-ideas-to-keep-little-ones-busy.html
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The Best Knife for those Little Hands | New England Momma
Cooking is a way of life. It’s a skill everyone should know how to do and this is why I try to get my boys involved in cooking whenever possible. Cooking up scrambled eggs, mixing batter in a bowl, or even cutting vegetables into smaller pieces. They love to help cut up vegetable
https://newenglandmomma.com/2015/11/best-knife-for-those-little-hands.html
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Marbles - Math or Mayhem? | New England Momma
On a whim, I one day purchased a box of glass marbles. At first thought when I took them out of the bag at home, I was thinking, I must be out of my mind to bring 60 marbles into the house with two active boys. This could only lead to chaos – complete mayhem. I imagined the m
https://newenglandmomma.com/2015/06/marbles-math-or-mayhem.html
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Squishy Sand Fun | New England Momma
In our home, Play-doh has always been a favorite but recently, we have discovered what my son calls ‘Squishy Sand’. You may have seen it called Magnetic or Kinetic sand. Whichever name you call, it’s an awesome sensory product and in this house, it is definitely a favorite toy!
https://newenglandmomma.com/2015/05/squishy-sand-fun.html
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Over-The-Door Craft Organizer | New England Momma
Over the past 8 years, we have accumulated all kinds of craft supplies. Googlie eyes, pipe cleaners, paper plates, construction paper, rubber stamps, markers, glue of all kinds, ribbon, watercolors, finger paints, paint brushes and just a bunch of random things. I began throwing
https://newenglandmomma.com/2015/05/craft-organizer.html
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Looks Like Chalk...but it's not! | New England Momma
Okay, Moms, Dads and other caregivers, this project is easy and fun and makes amazing pictures! And it was all because of my eight-year old son. He has been bringing various pictures home throughout the year that are filled with color and shading that I naturally assumed he wa
https://newenglandmomma.com/2015/05/surprisingly-easy-colorful-pictures.html
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We Tried Dying Plastic Easter Eggs and Here's Why I Won't Buy Them Again | New England Momma
Once we tried dyeing plastic easter eggs. It was super convenient and no more smelly eggs, however here is why I won't ever be buying them again.
https://newenglandmomma.com/2015/04/dyeing-plastic-easter-eggs.html
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5 Ways To Get 5 Minutes | New England Momma
It is school vacation week here in Massachusetts. We have nearly 5 feet of snow with even bigger snow drifts and frigid arctic air so we are mostly inside. It can be difficult to find things to keep the kids busy all day.Are your children like mine in that they are whining that
https://newenglandmomma.com/2015/02/5-ways-to-get-5-minutes.html
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25 Ideas for the 100th Day of School | New England Momma
There are things that you may not realize are being celebrated around you until your child is in school. Next week at my son’s school will be the 100th day of school. This is a big deal and not just for my boy but every grade since Kindergarten.
https://newenglandmomma.com/2015/02/100th-day-of-school.html
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Snowflake Resistant Painting Mobile | New England Momma
No longer Christmas and not yet Valentine’s day; The house is looking quite bare with the holiday decorations now put back into their basement boxes. The kids have been asking me what they can do to decorate the house. I headed to Pinterest and Facebook to find some ideas.
https://newenglandmomma.com/2015/01/snowflake-resistant-painting-mobile.html
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Craft - Making Boats For Puddles | New England Momma
When God sends you rain…. you make boats and go out and play!
https://newenglandmomma.com/2014/08/craft-making-boats-for-puddles.html
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Pipe Cleaners and a Colander! | New England Momma
Have you seen this interesting idea on Pinterest? Get out a few pipe cleaners and a colander and you’ve got a fun activity for your little one! Now, if you are my age, you may not be thinking this is fun but I will tell you it was a hit not only with my two year old, but with
https://newenglandmomma.com/2013/11/pipe-cleaners-and-a-colander.html
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Frankenstein Monster Cake | New England Momma
Happy Birthday Dylan! This year he asked for a Frankenstein monster cake. “Of course I can make a Frankenstein cake!” I told him. I really didn’t know how to procede so I went to Pinterest! There were many different ideas but nothing that stood out until I searched on the
https://newenglandmomma.com/2013/11/frankenstein-monster-cake.html
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Cheerios & Pipe Cleaners | New England Momma
What do you get when you combine a handful of Cheerios and a box of pipe cleaners?
https://newenglandmomma.com/2013/10/cheerios-pipe-cleaners.html
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Salt Painting | New England Momma
I’m sure you’ve seen this activity on Pinterest as much as I have. It looks like a lot of fun and I thought my boys would enjoy trying this out as they both love painting. I set each child up with a tray which I always try to use when we have messy projects as it makes for much
https://newenglandmomma.com/2013/09/salt-painting.html
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Learning Shapes | New England Momma
A favorite outside game that Dylan loved when he was a toddler to learn about shapes was for me to draw shapes and I would ask him which shape was which. As I asked, he would jump into the shape . Really a fun way for him to learn his shapes. On one of our recent sunny days, I
https://newenglandmomma.com/2013/04/learning-shapes.html
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Masking Tape Painting | New England Momma
During February school vacation, we did lots of different projects. Here is one of my favorites that I have seen posted on Pineterest both as a wall decoration or as a child’s name. My six year old helped me and taping out his and his brother’s names on a piece of poster board.
https://newenglandmomma.com/2013/03/masking-tape-painting.html
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Clip Reward Chart
I was feeling that we needed to start a new rewards chart as Dylan’s behavior has been in need of turning around with his younger brothers first birthday, the full of fun and yet sometime boring summer time vacation and the excitement and nervousness of kindergarten right around
https://newenglandmomma.com/2012/07/clip-reward-chart.html
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Sidewalk Chalk Paint | New England Momma
I’ve been looking forward to making homemade chalk paint with Dylan this summer and today was the day we did it! I got this idea from Come Together Kids. Simple, inexpensive and a bit messy but that’s what summer time activities are about for us!
https://newenglandmomma.com/2012/07/sidewalk-chalk-paint.html
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Make Butter! | New England Momma
I’ve made whipped cream plenty of times but never butter. It was quite amazing to watch the transformation of cream into whipped cream and then into butter right before our eyes. This is such a super easy activity, you have to try it!
https://newenglandmomma.com/2012/06/make-butter.html
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Magic Milk Paint | New England Momma
I was trying to make dinner. I had one child on my left hip and the other at my heels looking for something to do. I had checked out the Clorox’s Recipe for Fun site quite a few times and had the Magic Milk Paint on my mind for something to do. Why not? I grabbed a few baby b
https://newenglandmomma.com/2012/05/magic-milk-paint.html