right now, we are covering the letter Kk. this is a sort of limited letter, so i decided to make it a little more interesting. i hot glued an old key onto a small wooden spool for Bear to use as a stamp to paint. when he saw the keY sTaMP, he came right over. …
in {her} shoes…michelle
good glorious monday morning to you all! did you survive black friday shopping? i know i did…i was at home. asleep. i’m over at Tales of a Trophy Wife today sharing my favorite post ever. wanna know which one it is? flutter over there now and find out this week’s mommy in the in {her} shoes …
monkey math manipulatives
during a recent trip to my fave store, the doLLaR trEE, we found a little plastic backpack full of monkeyhead erasers. we picked them up because i thought that they would make excellent math manipulatives. Bear wanted to play with them the other day. i wanted to see what he was going to do with …
guest posting at imprintalish today
i’m “out of the blog-office” today! go over to imprintalish to find a fun and easy personalized gift for the holidays! it uses moD poDGe! **sing-songy voice i’ll see you here! Keep in touch with Crayon Freckles on Facebook to get daily post previews and hear about other great activities! You can also follow Crayon …
sun, moon, stars etsy shop discount
i’ve got some new CrayonFreckles etsy shop items! they are prints of multi-media collages that i have created. this set is the sun, moon, and stars collection inspired by well-known children’s verses. You Are My Sunshine Goodnight Moon Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star i’ve got a special rate for this set…. all 3 prints: $27 …
sweet november giveaway winner
thanks to all of you who took the time to share with me what your “me” time was everyday. random.org picked the winner the winning comment was: Excellent giveaway! I am hoping to relax with a magazine and my crochet tonight. Keep in touch with Crayon Freckles on Facebook to get daily post previews …
in {her} shoes…jenni
Hello Crayon Freckles Readers, I am Jenni from Kissed By A Frog, my little blog for keeping track of what goes down with my business venture, showing off craftiness, and whatever else I throw in there. I have a few fun tutorials free for the making and I host a blog party every Thursday. I …
kitchen safety…the fun way
thought i’d share with you one a way that we try to keep Bear sAFe while we’re cOOkiNG in the kitchen. we have an l-shaped kitchen/dining room area. so we set up Bear’s little saFeTY cONeS in the entry to the kitchen and the division of the kitchen and dining room. this keeps him far enough away from …
patterns with shapes and colors
a while back, i got these fOAm sHapES for $1 a bag at the target dollar spot. ((i got 4 bags)) foam shape color patterns i finally got enough time to sit down and make pattern cards to go with them. it was a little bit of work tracing, coloring, laminating, and cutting… but Bear …
canvas and felt toolbox bag
i originally made this for Bear to use as a trick-or-treat bag. {he went as Bob the Builder} but now it’s a great little bag for us to throw library books or a few toys in when we go somewhere. this toolbox bag was fairly easy and quick to make. it honestly took me about 30 minutes to …