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The Mitten and The Mitten Tree Activities

The Mitten and The Mitten Tree Activities

Posted by on Dec 14, 2013 in Christmas Activities, Gift Ideas, Handprint / Footprint Crafts, Literacy Activities, Picture Book Activities, Salt Dough Crafts, Winter Activities, Winter Picture Book Activities | 16 comments

I wanted the boys to make some handprint mitten ornaments to give as personalized gifts to their grandparents. The Mitten Tree, by Candace Christiansen, and The Mitten, by Jan Brett were the perfect books to accompany our project!

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Canada Day Craft (DIY Night Light)

Canada Day Craft (DIY Night Light)

Posted by on Jun 27, 2013 in Camping, Canada Day, Handprint / Footprint Crafts | 0 comments

Originally we were booked to go out camping in beautiful Kananaskis, beginning today and ending just after Canada Day, but due to flooding and mudslides, we’ve had a change of plans. Luckily, we have farmland where we can still take the kids for a fun camping trip, otherwise the boys would have been SO disappointed! I had planned on making these cute DIY night lights as a camping activity for Canada Day, but realized we should probably make one ahead of time so I can share it on my blog.

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DIY Canada Day Shirts!

DIY Canada Day Shirts!

Posted by on Jun 24, 2013 in Camping, Canada Day, Handprint / Footprint Crafts | 0 comments

With all of the crazy flooding that has been happening in southern Alberta, my home city of Calgary included, I almost forgot that Canada Day long weekend is coming up. We had planned on celebrating Canada Day camping and biking in serene Kananaskis Country, but sadly they too have been ravaged by floods and mudslides :(. This has truly been a devastating past few days, so to help get my mind off of the grave current events, I decided to do a Canada Day craft with my boys. When I stumbled across this blog post on Pinterest, I was inspired to create our own Canada Day, keepsake T-shirts.

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