Friday Favorites and Freebies

Hope find something that fits your fancy on this fantastic Friday!

Bring on the pumpkin pie-scicles-frozen is always fun!

Here is a fun site that has a lot of resources for Little Projects with your kids-Have fun!

Looking for some fun sewing projects to do? These have free patterns so you can get a start on holiday gift-giving :)

Make some fun alphabet cards from leaves with these directions.

If you've ever wondered how to do things on you blog like slash through text, try these tips.

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Piano Pumpkins

(This photo used to go the other direction...who knows why it's on it's head now! Sorry!)

I think it's fabulous that a piano is so naturally dressed up for Halloween: black and white. Just add a little orange with these mini pumpkins, tie a ribbon around the top and secure one around the middle (with a flat tack or tape) to dress it up a little more.

Now the piano is really dressed up. But of course, you could put them anywhere :)

I love easy Little Projects!

Halloween Treats-YUM!

Tis the season for fun treats! Here are some ideas we've tried so far...

Chocolate foil-covered "eye balls" add a fun element to decorating cupcakes. We used the foil "hearts" bent flat at the bottom to turn them into "pumpkins." Candy corn noses and sixlets topped them off.

I can't turn this picture, but candy corn rice krispie treats are a fun mix on the traditional. Just add red and yellow food coloring after you've combined the marshmallows, butter, and rice cereal together. The combination comes out with some white marshmallow, with orange and yellow rice cereal. "YUMilicious!" as Jay says!

These Ghost peeps are an easy addition to any cake or cupcake. They are going to be devoured by my piano students tonight :)
Happy treat-making Projects!

Halloween Sensory Activity

I know that some of you may have made these before, but it is a new Little Project for us :)

Today we made a Rice Sensory box. It's fun to hide things in the rice and then search for them and the kids LOVE using the scoops to put the rice into containers and plastic pumpkins that they got this weekend. It's kind of like a sandbox for the cold months. We made some other colors too so we can switch it for the season-easy and FUN!

To make yours you need: zipper lock plastic bags, food coloring, rice, aluminum foil, (oven optional)

Just put in some food coloring and shake the rice around to color it. {Little Project Tip:} The zipper lock CAN come undone, so if you have helpers beware :)

It took more food coloring than I thought, but we finally got a nice autumn color mix.

Then you can either wait for it to dry for a day. Or you can put it in the oven at 200 degrees for at least 15 minutes to help it dry. Check it to see if it is done by touching it. If the food coloring comes off, it's not dry :)

Then put it in a bin and play!

We added black beans for some extra color :)
Note: if the color isn't holding, add a teaspoon or 2 of rubbing alcohol to the mixture
Thanks to all the other moms who have blogged about and recommended this great activity. It's a fun Little Project!

Friday Favorites and Freebies-Halloween Edition

There are so many great ideas to celebrate right now. I'm not big into Halloween but I love the leaves, the colors, and the treats that come along with this time of year. Have a Fantastic Friday!

These "Monster Gift" Treats are so cute-a great neighbor gift!

A great recycling craft for the season to do with the kids that looks GREAT!

So many great Halloween ideas to be found from this great set of sisters. Go check them out-decor, eats, games, crafts for the kids, etc.

Lots of great fun with faces for little ones who might not be ready for a pumpkin carving knife here!

So many yummy treats to make and share-I can't decide which to first-This one or That one? Both would be better!

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