What an excellent way to engage children and teach them something about science and life at the same time! I think that the butterfly garden on its own is a fantastic gift – if you read the reviews people are just so consistently happy and both the children and adults love the experience of watching this amazing life transformation. If you are giving this to young kids, getting the book can really add to the experience – the book is geared toward kids between 4 to 8 years of age and is a really wonderful way to explain to them how the butterfly garden will work.
Who do you give this to? Of course you can give this gift to kids or a classroom to enjoy but don’t limit yourself to young ones! Do you have a friend going through a transition in life? An unexpected change in career, newly …read more
With Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, graduation parties and gorgeous summer weather coming our way, I thought it would be really great to focus on fun, family games to be played outdoors. What better way to celebrate that to spend time with your family? So give mom, dad or your graduate one of these games and interact and enjoy the outdoors! It will be a gift to everyone!!!
Family Fun BlongoBall Set
Review for BlongoBall
I had never even heard of BlongoBall and the first set I looked at was inexpensive, got great reviews but fell apart easily. Not anything I want to let my readers know about I thought…then I found this set – yes, it’s more expensive than the others but according to reviews, much more durable. In fact, this game has …read more
This is such an easy idea and you can personalize it in so many ways. Really. Your imagination is the limit here. All you really need is a deck of cards, a magic marker (unless you decide to use your printer), a hole punch and a way to hold the cards together (like pretty ribbon or one or more binder rings). You can add embellishments with magazine pictures, adhesive gems, stickers, construction paper, things you print from your computer, etc. If you add paper embellishments you may need to add a glue stick to your list. You can get these supplies at many retailers (Target, CVS, Walgreens, etc.) but they may be less expensive to purchase at a craft store.
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