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Finger Painting Patio Tables
Today is just gorgeous outside and I wanted to get the kids out to do a big messy project. I was going to have them finger paint at their picnic table but it really needed…
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Patchwork Pots
There’s this “thing” out there. Before you have a child, you should have a dog for a couple of years. If you can take care of it and manage not to do anything irreversibly stupid,…
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Weekend in Wee Folk Garden
Lots going on this weekend in Wee Folk Garden. Stop by and check it out!
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Making “Gum Wrapper Chains” with Recycled Gift Wrap
For a Christmas stocking stuffer I had bought Tim and the kids an old fashioned Wrigley’s Gum tin stuffed with Juicy Fruit, Double Mint, and Spearmint gum. We finally opened a pack yesterday (okay, we don’t…
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One Generation to Another
For the past couple of months, I have been on a hiatus from my other blog, One Generation To Another. I know I have a lot of readers here at Wee Folk Art that…
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Stacked Against Me!
(This was originally printed in my old blog, One Generation to Another, on April 2, 2008) When my children were growing up I always kept a mending basket in my room. Sweaters that lost buttons,…
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Digging for Dino Bones
Bug got a fun Digging for Dinosaurs Model Kit for his birthday. He first had to dig the bones out of a block of sand. (WARNING – the sand rocks were EVERYWHERE!) Then he assembled his…
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I Need a Pocket!
When I was a little girl, I learned a nursery rhyme is school called "Lucy Locket". Lucy Locket, lost her pocket, What a silly thing to do. If you’re not careful, Lucy, Next you’ll lose…
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Not Really Here…
Technically, I’m not here…we’re still on holiday. I told myself I wasn’t going to blog for 2 weeks, so I’m not calling this a blog…let’s just say I’m answering a friend’s questions. She asked, “Where…
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Is That Strange?
Everyone has a secret wish list. You know, the things that you can’t justifying splurging on when there are groceries to be bought and electric bills to be paid, but they still tug gently on your heart. Personally, I…
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Butterscotch Gingerbread Cookie Recipe :: Halloween Ghosts
Today we are sharing our family’s favorite Butterscotch Gingerbread Cookie Recipe. Although it is pictured here as ghosts, it makes a wonderful traditional Gingerbread man cookie at Christmas. This year is our family’s 18th Annual…
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Welcome to Two!
This past weekend we celebrated… but today is the big day. With the oh-so common Mommy Bittersweet feelings that always seem come with birthdays, I welcome my youngest munchkin to the age of two. My…
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Spreading a Little Joy
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First Day of School 2008
Opening their new school year sketch books that they will use for nature studies and as a journal for their narrations and illustrations. Decorating their new sketch books with stickers. Here are just a few…
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Girls Trip and a quiet week on the blog
…which really means it has been anything but quiet around here. Not the craziness of our July travels but still a lot of projects in the works. First, we had our Annual Girl Trip on…
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Need a Bigger Pocket!
I love going on walk-abouts with children. EVERYTHING is so fascinating to them. Bugs and rocks, fungus and tracks captivate their imagination and provide fodder for an insurmountable barrage of questions. And I’ve yet to…
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park
Part Two: The Legend of Sleeping Bear This quite a sad story actually. A Mother Bear and her two bear cubs fled fires in the Chicago area and attempted to swim across the lake. The Mother bear…
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Planting in the Hoof Prints
We finally got the veggie beds ready to plant. I’ve been working at digging them out the last couple weekends and Sunday we moved some top soil in from a bunch of old planter boxes we are removing…
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Jamming… lots and lots of jamming
We actually ran out of jam this past year. I had to resort to buying it at the grocery store. Maybe this does not seem like a big deal to some… but around here it…
Patterns & Crafts
