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Finger Print Flower and Poem ~ DIY Mother’s Day Card

04/21/2017 12:00 pm · 23 comments

by Sarah A Thrifty Mom

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Finger Print Flower and Poem ~ DIY Mother’s Day Card

I was looking at some old Mother’s Day cards my kids have given me over the years and I came across this finger print flower poem. I loved it then, and still love it now. So my girls made a few of them yesterday for a fun after school project.

The poem reads…

I made you a flower

With my finger and my thumb

So you will have these memories

For all the years to come

Happy Mother’s Day

Free PDF Printable Here: Mothers Day Finger print poem card

To make these all you need is a white price of card stock cut into a strip, colored paper to make the card, green marker to draw a stem, paints and some cute little fingers.

Have your child dip their finger in green paint to create the leaves. Then dip their pointer finger in paint to create the flower petals. I found it was easier for them to follow a circle drawn with pencil. Attach the poem and you are done!

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Edible Painted Bread Craft-DIY to make with kids and super Thrifty!

03/26/2017 8:00 am · 2 comments

by Ingard

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1 pintrest My kids love to paint!
Why not make a craft project with your kids using food coloring and milk ?
My kids range from 7-17 years of age,
and they all loved making their own piece of art out of bread.
Supplies:
White Bread
Milk
Clean paint brush
Food Coloring
3 foodcoloring Gather 4 cups and 4 spoons-
Pour 1/8 cup of milk in each cup with 3-5 drops of food coloring; stir.
4 painted bread Paint a fun design. DO NOT apply too much milk so that the bread is soaked.
Apply a small amount of milk on the brush and lightly paint onto the bread.
If too much milk is added, it is okay, it will not completely dry when toasted.
Yet, it taste just the same.
5toasted bread Toast the bread. The toasted area will turn brown where the color is not at.
My daughter cut out some butterflies with a cookie-cutter and painted them too.
6 butterfly

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April Fools Dessert Burgers ~ April Fools Day Recipe #AprilFools #Prank

03/25/2017 4:00 pm · 10 comments

by Sarah A Thrifty Mom

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April Fools Dessert Burgers ~ April Fools Day Recipe

My kids think April Fools is such a fun day, Normally I dye the milk green or feed them something silly. This year I have decided to make them BURGERS for dessert. Perfect for their little fingers and sure to make them smile. I thought I would share the idea with you so you can make them too.

To make your very own April Fools Burgers, You will need:

Jif Hazelnut Salted Caramel (or Nutella will work)
Nilla Wafers
Powdered sugar
Green, Red and Yellow Frosting

First off if you have not tried Jif’s Hazelnut Salted Caramel, then go buy and jar and bring along a spoon. Why a spoon… because this stuff is AMAZING it is like eating liquid Feria Rocher chocolate. It is seriously amazing! Put equal parts Jif and powdered sugar into a bowl and mix together, the powdered sugar will make the Jif not so sticky and you will be able to make a “dough” out of it. Use your fingers to kneed into a dough and then shape into a patty.

You will need 2 Nilla wafers for each burger. On the bottom bun put green frosting to look like lettuce. Next put your “beef patty” and on top of that put drops of yellow and red frosting. The yellow and the red are suppose to look like mustard and ketchup. Add your bun on top and easy as that you have a cute April Fools Treat.

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Maracas Made From Plastic Eggs, Recycle Those Easter Eggs! #Preschool

03/24/2017 8:00 pm · 0 comments

by Tami

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Maracas Made From Plastic Eggs, Recycle Those Easter Eggs!

If you have kids and do any sort of Easter egg hunt you probably have an abundance of these little guys around the house right after Easter, am I right? They seem to multiply! Last year I was so excited because I thought we used the last of ours at a family egg hunt. I didn’t consider that my kids were also participating and we brought home just as many as we took! Oh well, you might be glad you have extra because now you can make these!

You will need:

plastic eggs

plastic spoons

washi or duck tape

beans,rice, gravel, something to place in your eggs

These are great because they don’t require a trip to the store. Use what you have and they will be perfect! You will need 2 spoons for every 1 plastic egg.

Begin by putting some of your filler inside your egg. I used beans because I had them already and they are super inexpensive. I didn’t fill them very full, you want the beans to be able to move around. So i filled one half of an egg about half way. Feel free to experiment and see if different fillings change the sound of the maraca!

Make sure your egg is shut all the way. You want to be sure you are using an egg that will close all the way, sometimes these eggs like to come apart on their own, don’t use one of those.

Once you have filled it and shut it, place it between two plastic spoons and wrap a few times in your washi tape.

That is it! Wasn’t that easy? I thought this would be great for a preschool group or a church nursery. As long as you keep an eye to make sure they are not opening them.

Enjoy your new instruments!