How About This?

How About This?

What do you think about a training dresser? The drawers are cleverly shaped like the appropriate clothing items. Even your youngest helper should be able to find the sock drawer.

It comes in two gender specific designs made from all kid-friendly components that are  hand crafted and packaged with care in Eastern Washington by the crew Mountain View Cabinetry.

Hats off, well shorts, shirts, socks and pants to designer Peter Bristol.

The Minimalist  Mom suggests “stop folding laundry!” She says

“with many loads of laundry washed every day, not folding t-shirts, jeans and underwear saved her hours a week.” With that concept and this dresser, children could be given freshly washed laundry that was never folded but  just sorted  right  into the drawers.

Recipe for Fun

This week’s Recipe for Fun is one that you can not eat, but a sweet treat to give any Mother. Gather up the family and make a Family Fingerprint Ornament.

Mix up a salt dough of 2 cups flour, 1 cup salt, cold water until it has consistency of play dough. Flatten into a circle and then press each family members fingerprints into it.

Bake at 250 for 2 hours. Cool overnight then spray with metallic paint and you’ll have a treasured Mother’s Day gift in time for her special day this Sunday.

Another option is  bronze Custom Fingerprint Jewelry by Brent & Jessica Williams as pictured.

Magical Art

Can you even imagine how surprised your kids would be if they drew a picture that comes to life as an actual soft object to play with and cuddle?

This can really happen, just send your child’s picture to Sunny Little Studio and they will create a custom handmade soft toy they will come to treasure.

Orange ya glad you sent this picture in!

Oh No Another Peep Show

If you love Peeps, it’s that sugary marshmallowy season once again. Last year we posted our favorite Peeps dressed and undressed. This year’s Washington Post Diorama Contest 2012 had so many great entries. Our favorite was not the one that took first place place. Ours brought back memories of last April’s Royal Wedding.

Remember the Royal Wedding  at Peepminster Abbey? Even Victoria Peepum was there.

There was Peepa Middleton with her show stopping dress, and the long row of satin buttons.

Look over there…it’s Peepatrice and her sister sporting their royal  Peepinators.

“Just Peeped” to live happily ever after. But how did that sour faced little bridesmaid get into the picture?

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You can still view at least 40 of the entries with titles like: Peeping Up With the Kardashians, iHeaven — Steve Jobs’ current project, Romney Family Road Trip, or Mount Peepmore.

It was a fair vote – fair and square for the Peeple’s Choice winner. Oh no, another Peep show.

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Good Friday & Easter Sunday – What’s Open & What’s Closed? Here is a list with answers: Good Friday & Easter Sunday Closing Info

Dinosaurs and Yellow Pages

Do you, or do you know of anyone today who actually runs to get a Yellow Pages when searching for a telephone number?

Last night in the entrance of Annie’s condo,  we had to walk past 2 mountains of plastic bags housing new Yellow Page Telephone Books. It appeared that residents were ignoring their existence all together.

If you’re not going to let your fingers do the walking, what do you do with your Yellow Pages?

If you are stumped, here are a few suggestions:

• Child booster seats which can created by covering them with fabric remnants.
• Tear out pages to use with kindling to light fires for stoves, BBQ’s or bonfires.
• Door stops.
• Make a pencil holder.
• Window wipes which are ideal for cleaning windows with a simple mixture of vinegar and water.
• Yellow Pages step aerobics, duct tape books together to use in stair-stepping exercises.
• Make paper mache.
• Fire starters for fireplace, grill or woodstove.
• Recycle – Less than 10% of all phone books printed are recycled, even though they can be recycled into everything from ceiling tiles to cereal boxes. Visit  Earth911.com to find your nearest phone book recycling center.
• Garden mulch - shred a few pages at a time as they’re great biodegradable weed blockers.
• Make several hundred paper airplanes.
• Perfect origami paper.  Instead of buying expensive craft paper to make paper cranes or flowers, use the pages of the Yellow Pages. The words and see-through pages give the origami a interesting look.

• Make your voice heard. Sign a petition to the Yellow Pages Association insisting that they move to an “on-demand system” of distributing directories.

• Save them, they could become collectibles?
  

These bows could be standard fare for a very long at Totally Kid fun furniture & toys with our supply of Yellow Pages. At least I find it to be a good idea. We will see what Megan thinks about them.

How About Orange has a perfect pictorial for this bow making project if you too would like to put your Yellow Pages to good use.

Merriment Designs shows us how to up-cycle the yellow pages into wrapping paper.

What’s Old Is New Again

How many of you have never used a typewriter? How many kids today have never ever seen one and would not know what it is if they did?

As an officially licensed Apple product, the Limited Edition Typescreen™ offers all the style and quality that you’d expect from Apple with the playful design and innovation expected from Spinning Hat.  Compatible with both the iPad and iPad 2, the Typescreen™.

You may not have to go take your memory so far back in time to remember the “brick” phone.

Hello….

Convert your iPhone into a retro 80′s brick with the new Thumbs Up iPhone case – because you can look as hip as Ferris Bueller, without taking the day off.

You not only protect your iPhone, but totally kick-it retro!

 

 

 

 

How about an Etch A Sketch cover for your iPad?

Smashed Peas and Carrots will show you how to make this retro crazy cute cover.

 

 

 

Put down your electronics for a while and have some doodle dialing fun with the real deal Etch A Sketch.

Happy Birthday Oliver

It’s Oliver’s First Birthday and we know what he’s getting; a special cake baked just for him by his Grandma Stitch.

Here is a pretend cake but this year there are a few too many candles on the cake, but they are attached with velcro, so we’ll save them for another year and just leave “one” in the center.

Any lucky little one can celebrate a  birthday or un-birthday every day of the year. Close your eyes, make a wish and blow out the pretend candles. Our fun wooden birthday cake
has candles, slices and toppings for all of your guests. Includes a 6-slice cake
on a serving plate, 19 toppings, 7 candles, a wooden spatula and convenient
storage box. Happy Birthday to You!

First Trampoline

You’ll  jump for joy with this trampoline adorned with polka dot padded bumpers. Ideal for developing balance and strength. The rubber handle and rubber feet provide a non-slip grip.

 

 

 

 

 

Oliver’s mom and dad will be surprising him with a Skuut, his very first bike.

Skuut is a wooden balance bike minus pedals and no training wheels. Children kick off the
ground as if running, thus pushing or “skuuting” themselves and the bike forward.
The Skuut is perfect for learning balance, steering, coordination and independence.
Having mastered balance on the Skuut, the transition to a traditional two wheeler
bike is easy.

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Liam is wearing a first birthday crown is made of felt especially for little birthday boys by The Munchkin & Me Boutique. If you’re looking for a  crown of a different color or number, yay, it’s available.

Professional photography done by Jena Davis Photography.

Become a Belieber

Relief for anyone suffering from, or enjoying Bieber Fever. Pop Party offers anyone their very own paint by number  8″x 10″ Justin Bieber masterpiece! This would make anyone a Belieber, right?

Your kit includes 13 hand-mixed, quick-drying acrylic paints in number-coded containers and 1 paintbrush.

 

St. Patty’s Day Good Clean Fun

Rubber Ducky, you’re the one. You make St. Paddy’s bath time so much fun! Rubber Ducky, I’m awfully fond of you!

SpookyGrrl crafts the glycerin, oatmeal and shea butter soaps combination   giving you a gentle cleansing bar that should be good for most skin types.

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Share the luck of the Irish with  Paddy’s Beer Bar Soap by DirtyDeedsSoaps!

Handmade beer soap with Bay Rum and Lime. Ideal for your man or Leprechaun.

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Lucky Shamrock Needle Felted Soap.

Feltbug makes this felted soap was made using soft Merino wool roving and the wet felting process in a pickle color.

What is wool felted soap?
It functions with a built in washcloth. Just rub a little to get sudsy and use. The more you use it, the quicker it suds up. The felt casing will shrink with the soap extending the life of the soap.

The soap is a lovely unscented vegan soap from threeluckyducks.etsy.com. A very nice soap made of olive oil, water, coconut oil, shea butter, sodium hydrate, organic palm, soy oil, sunflower oil, vitamin E, and stearic acid.

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For each petal on the shamrock
This brings a wish your way
Good health, good luck, and happiness
For today and every day.

Begin transforming winter’s dreams into summer’s magic with these cute soaps from Bubblecitysoap.

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Limited Edition.

It’s the time of year
for green colored beer
so join your Irish kin
and drink with your skin
because St. Patrick’s Day is finally here!

Made with Guinness Beer and scented with Sage and Rosemary pure essential oil, this all natural soap truly smells like an Irish field.   So grab a bar of this soap now from oilandspice because after March 31, 2011 it will no longer be available.

The Writings On The Wall

If you have ever used the popular blackboard paint which casts off a little too much dust for our liking, why not give this lighter and brighter alternative dry-erase paint a try.

We’re planning on ordering up a can from IdeaPaint and seeing what our designers will do with it at the store. Yes, we will keep you posted.

They claim that only one coat of the water-based, formaldehyde-free paint is needed plus it works with any brand of dry-erase markers. There are 10 colors to choose from!

We would love to hear from you if you have used this product. Any pictures you wish to share? Please send them over and we will post them here.

A brilliant way of giving your family a place to interact, communicate and fully explore everyone’s creativity. The Writings On The Wall!

If you are unsure of how much paint you will need for your project, here is a paint calculator to help.