We love decorating for holidays, parties, birthdays, winter-spring-summer-fall. Give us any day, we’ll find a reason and a way to decorate! And we often accomplish the task using items we find around the house. Take these streamers, for instance. You can have your home or classroom all decked out for Valentine’s Day in no time, by following these simple instructions:…
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Rice Krispy Treats have been an important part of life in this family, ever since I married into it. My mother-in-law makes the very best Rice Krispy Treats on the planet. Though I have never mastered making them the way she does, we do enjoy making them up once in a while. It’s a fabulous recipe for teaching the kids…
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We are well into the new year and have now passed through the first month of that new year and so I decided to begin a new tradition here at Apron Strings & other things. I have accepted the invitation Cheryl from Thinking About Home put out for us join her in Gathering Moments. I’ll be taking a look back…
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Roses are red, violets are blue, we are cutting out hearts and lace doilies, too. The children and I are busy creating sweet Valentine treats and planning an elegant Valentine’s Day Tea and working on creative Valentine cards to share with friends and family. Over the next week, we’ll share with you all the details. But first, we have made…
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Building your own game board from LEGO and creating the rules yourself is a great way to spend a long winter day. Gabe and Noah (my 11 and 9 year old boys) are guest-posting today with an eye-witness account of just how fun it is and they’ve included step-by-step instructions for how to build and play a game they created…
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