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‘I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More’ Inspired Painting

Jen — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 06:53:55 +0000

Our morning started innocently enough… I thought I’d keep the munchkins happy and busy in the playroom with some morning painting while Brad took a conference call upstairs. {this post contains affiliate links} We set out our colourful drop cloth {CAN | US}, rolled out a couple of big pieces of craft paper, and got… Read More

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A Spooky Bug Swamp

Jen — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:45:47 +0000

A bin of green oobleck and a handful of creepy crawlers = messy Halloween-inspired fun for the kids in the courtyard. The bugs slowly sunk into the oobleck and disappeared in the sticky swamp, so retrieving them was great fun. The best part? I hosed everything down afterwards and the mess literally disappeared. For… Read More

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Rainbow-faced Grae

Jen — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 20:01:34 +0000

This morning as I was attempting to get myself ready for the day and Miss G was busy digging around in my drawers {as usual}, she came across a couple of face painting sets I brought from Canada and tucked away for a rainy (okay, more likely dusty) day… Her eyes lit up and she… Read More

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Ridiculously Fun Colourful Bubble Foam

Jen — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:12:13 +0000

Oh my word… I’m so glad we finally got around to trying this! I pinned the idea over a year ago and I knew it was going to be fun, but I had no idea just how much Miss G would love it and how much play it would bring about (just wait until we… Read More

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iPhoneography // Eating my Words

Jen — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 09:30:29 +0000

Long ago during my university days, I nannied for a family that had taught their son to open pistachio nuts by placing them inside a towel and smashing them with a hammer. I must admit that at the time I thought it was a little crazy… The danger! The noise! The mess! Oy. But take… Read More

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A Messy Play Date {& Some Messy Play Date Tips}

Jen — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 03:29:17 +0000

Today was the highly anticipated day of our {backyard} messy play date…finally! Gracen and I got everything ready yesterday afternoon and had it all sitting by the backyard to make our early start time a little easier this morning. During our prep, Grae was so excited she could barely contain herself. She gathered sensory bin… Read More

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Pretend Popsicle Play

Jen — Thu, 23 May 2013 06:49:20 +0000

Knowing Grae’s love of popsicles, my mom sent her home from the Okanagan with a couple of new popsicle mould sets the other day. While I knew she’d be excited, what I wasn’t expecting was for two new popsicle moulds to keep her happily playing in her rear-facing car seat for at least 1/2 of… Read More

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Exploring with Magic Potions

Jen — Sat, 04 May 2013 01:48:51 +0000

This afternoon the sun was out and I decided to set up something really fun for Grae to explore and experiment with in the backyard. The set up was pretty simple… Several differently shaped jars and medicine bottles filled with coloured vinegar (we used gel food colouring), a couple of small jars of baking soda,… Read More

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Simple Mud Kitchen

Jen — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 06:16:10 +0000

After this morning’s mud soup fun down at the beach, I decided it would be fun to set up a little mud kitchen for Miss G to play with in the backyard. Now I don’t know if you too have seen the beautiful and elaborate mud kitchens that often pass through my Pinterest feed, but… Read More

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Face Painting Station

Jen — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:55:33 +0000

I thought of putting this little station together for Gracen to explore months and months ago, but only got to it today. Perhaps today just felt like a face painting sort of day? I don’t know… Either way, I set out her step stool turned toddler bench in front of our closet mirror (of course… Read More

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