I love a good, happy chick flick! And my teen girls do too! Romantic comedies are our favorite. No tissues and tears for these girls. Teens have enough drama in their life already.
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Tried-and-True Gift Guide for Teen Girls
This post may contain text and image affiliate links and I may receive small commissions for purchases that help make this blog free for you.I enjoy the challenge of coming up with the perfect gift for that hard-to-buy-for person on my gift list. To me, the perfect gifts are items you wouldn’t have thought of for yourself, or ones that go beyond the basic we often purchase for ourselves. To my surprise, one of my most viewed Pinterest boards is gifts for tween and teen girls. That’s who I find it the easiest to shop for! I don’t need a gift guide for that myself. So that’s a good time to write one!
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Get the hottest Star Wars stuff this holiday season – Force Friday!
This post may contain text and image affiliate links and I may receive small commissions for purchases that help make this blog free for you.My teen son had a blast following the events of the last Force Friday. Can I admit it baffled me a little how excited he was? He was so, SO excited. He really got a kick out of seeing all the new Star Wars stuff as it was announced. Clearly, I “am not the demographic they are looking for.” (Get it?) Well, anyway…
This year Force Friday is back with a new twist, Find the Force II!
Force Friday is back!
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Winter Craft: twist on a Peekaboo Sugar Egg, a Peekaboo Sugar Snowball
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I’m not sure exactly what it is about miniatures, but looking at them is like getting a peek into a magical world. (Rather like reading a book!) When I was little, we had some peek-a-boo eggs my mother had made out of sugar. Things made out of sugar, sugar art, are instantly magical, just from the sparkle. You could look in a hole at one end and peer in at a little chicky or bunny sticker. Those eggs were tinted purple and pink, but it occurred to me that in it’s original sugary whiteness, they would look exactly like snow. Why not make a peek-a-boo sugar snowball?…
Winter craft ideas for kids: Styrofoam and Pipe Cleaner Animals Winter Wonderland
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If your kids were as enamored by the Disney movie Frozen as my girls have been, you may be looking for fun winter craft ideas for kids to make. Here in central Texas, we often have to make our own snow. You can make a whole snow scene out of Styrofoam that won’t melt!
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DIY: Directions for Easy make your own Christmas Peppermint Wreaths
This post may contain text and image affiliate links and I may receive small commissions for purchases that help make this blog free for you.This seems a bit late – instructions for a peppermint wreath after Christmas, but I don’t have the staff (or the desire!) to make my Christmas ideas in July. 🙂 I’m going to work on timing, but for now, here it is – a Christmas craft after Christmas!
I love making new crafts, but I really don’t like making repeated copies. This was a difficulty with this craft, because I wanted it for my kitchen windows, and I had three. Lo and behold, but as I was working on the first wreath two more magically appeared! It was a Christmas miracle!…
An Impressive 3D Fruit Display, a Grape and Cherry Christmas Tree
This post may contain text and image affiliate links and I may receive small commissions for purchases that help make this blog free for you.It sounds like a good idea to say that all the food at a class party has to be healthy. But it can take all the fun out of the party food too! I made this for my daughter’s 5th grade class party and it was a big hit! (And yes, the first kid in line took the star off the top. You might consider cutting some extras.)
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