Pinterest Fun: List #1

We all know Pinterest is super popular right now. I definitely utilize it for many, many things. I'm always pinning stuff and trying new things. In fact, this is how I get ideas for the girls' room, the play room, crafts, meals, organizing, and more. I thought it would be fun to start a list of things that I plan to do that I have pinned on Pinterest and follow up here. I thought starting out small would be ok since I'm not use to carrying around the camera for these activities and I really don't know how many I do in a month.

I thought it could be a monthly thing. At the beginning of the month I post 5 things that I plan to do using pins from my Pinterest. Then I share them here as I do them. Simple as that.

Pinterest List 1 -

Homemade PlayDough
Colored Rice for Sensory Bottles
Halloween Themed Crayons
Decorate pumpkins

Pesto Ranch Chicken in the Crockpot

Halloween Crayons: Pinterest Inspired

Most of my DIY ideas come from something from Pinterest. With Halloween here, I wanted to send my daughter to school with some fun goodie bags to give to her class. There are strict rules in the Italian schools. No chocolate, no hard candies, no small toys. With this in mind, I made a small full of surprises little bags to send home with the children.

The bags included Halloween shaped crayons, Halloween colored playdough, a small Halloween themed coloring book, and a medium size toy that can not fit in their mouths.

The playdough will be featured in the coming days, but today I wanted to share the crayons.

Melting crayons for art has been becoming very popular in the art and children's crafts world. My daughter is just now old enough to help with crafts, understand them, use them, and appreciate them. The concept of these crayons are easy.

Just use a silicone or metal pan/cup. Place broken crayons (with no paper) in the sections of the pan. Put in the over at 250 degrees for 20 minutes.

I used all colors just because i knew the kids would prefer that, but it would be awesome to really give each design a color that suit it. Like orange and black for jack-o-lantern, gray for gravestone, and so on.

A was able to help with and that was what was most important. She placed the crayons in the areas and in no order. She was so impressed with her creation. 

Linking to: The Weekly Creative

Nail Obsession

I have become obsessed with fingernail polish lately. I have even been looking at simple ways to create fun "doodles" on the nails. There are so many that I am like "I have to have that!" or "I must try that!" But then reality sets in and I wonder where I would find the time or energy to even do such a thing. I have had time to paint my toes, which I did for Christmas. Painted Baby A's too. But that's about it. Plus, it is definitely still too cool for sandals here, so ties don't show. Nails on the other hand.... I better get with it!









How about some Easter themed nails?

New Traditions: Easter

I have been thinking about what I want to do for Easter this year. It's hard to plan traditions with your children when you never know where you will be, whether the family will all be together, or if you will even have your own back yard. I have been thinking about fun foods, creative ways to dye eggs, and crafts that will entertain all of us. Here are some things that I have come across. I have pinned them all on pinterest... but most come from other family blogs.

My first thought was breakfast Easter morning. Easter is always on a Sunday, so of course we would be battling getting ready for church along with all the festivities. These I could prepare the night before and keep in the fridge then pop them into the oven the next morning. The first picture is cinnamon rolls and the second picture is biscuits.

From the time Mr. Man and I married, we dyed Easter eggs for ourselves. We never hid them, but we always made dishes with them. This year we knew we would dye eggs with Baby A, but we wanted to do something different, something special. I found that Kool-Aid is a great way to dye them! 

Next is what we would actually get her. Of course she is too young for all the candy and junk. We did not want to overwhelm her with toys either. So I found this cute idea to replace the large chocolate bunny that I always got as a child. One year she will get the chocolate bunny, but for now... it will be goldfish :) 

I love to have things hanging on our door for every holiday. I am hoping to make one for every month whenever we are in the states. This one is super cute for the spring time. 

I was looking for new traditions that are fun and exciting for children, especially toddlers. For Christmas, I found the Magic Reindeer Food/Dust. I wanted something similar for Easter. I found this cute idea. You plant some jelly beans in the yard. The next day for Easter blooms a lollipop. Of course, this only works the night of Easter. I also found a cute poem to explain the reasoning of Easter and Jesus Christ. 

When I was growing up, our grandparents always hid plastic eggs along with real eggs. I decided we would do the same. But then crossed my mind of what to put in the eggs. Remember the golden egg? We decided that we would put a couple with money in it. When/If we have more children, we will put their names on them so it is fair. Or we will do the real golden egg... who knows. But then what do you do with the leftover eggs? Here are some great ideas - Egg Characters and Egg Teacups! So cute! 

 I have all these pinned on pinterest. If you are interested, you can find me here.

What are your traditions? What do you plan to do with your little one(s) this year?