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Household Tips – Creative Uses for Coffee Filters

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May 11, 2013 by Dani Gurrie

Put a filter on the bottom of your flower pot containers, over the drainage holes. This keeps the soil from leaving the container while still allowing water to run through it. Soak filters in brewed tea or even just plain water and chill. Fold them and use as cold compress for puffy eyes. Accordion fold [...]

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How to Make Thank You Cards Using Your Child’s Handprint

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August 1, 2012 by simplystavish

There are few things that my mom taught me that I have carried with me into adulthood, including “always send a thank you card”. Every year after the holidays and birthdays I sit down and write thank you cards. They typically don’t get done until way later than I would like, but it’s the thought [...]

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Pinned it…Made it

July 10, 2012 by Tara Dunsmore

I have an obsession with pinning. I can happily spend hours scouring Pinterest for new things to pin. I absolutely love having access to so many ideas for recipes, crafts, decorating, and fashion right at my fingertips. Here’s the problem – I will spend hours pinning ideas on my various boards. But I have yet [...]

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Are you a Tots2Tweens Mom?

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June 12, 2012 by Tara Dunsmore

Tots2Tweens needs you! We are always in search of new and interesting content to share and we’d like to open the floor to all of our devoted readers. We are looking for recipe submissions, arts and crafts submissions, articles, contributing bloggers, upcoming events, and anything else you want to share with us! Submit your information [...]

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Rainbow Poop

June 5, 2012 by Tara Dunsmore

Yup, you read that tile correctly. We discovered Rainbow Poop and it was so much fun I just had share it with all of you. We found this idea on The Mary Sue and the original recipe comes from instructables. Follow along on our Pinterest Board for step-by-step visual instructions, also courtesy of instructables. The [...]

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Meet a Mom Live. Amazing Art Studio.

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April 23, 2012 by amandar

Meet a Mom is more than just an online interview series we set up to share our favorite mom blogs and mom owned businesses. It’s also a LIVE event that we host all over the DC & Baltimore Metro areas to allow businesses to show their awesome to local moms. We bring the moms and [...]

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Earth Friendly Craft Supplies From Your Recycle Bin

April 19, 2012 by Thien-Kim Lam

Keep the planet green by digging through your home and recycling bin for craft supplies. Not only is it environmentally friendly, recycled crafts are budget friendly. It’s fun to see kids think outside the box. Just last night, my daughter saw a piece of cardboard from a 12 pack of soda and exclaimed “It’s a [...]

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Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s Birthday By Making Green Pasta Crafts

March 1, 2012 by Thien-Kim Lam

Tomorrow is Dr. Seuss’s 108th birthday. Sure you can celebrate by making green eggs and ham for the family, but don’t put your green food coloring away after breakfast. Use it to dye your pasta green for crafts! Of course you don’t have to limit to green pasta. Play mix master with your kids and [...]

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Valentine’s Day Free Printables. Print & Share!

February 12, 2012 by amandar

Need last minute Valentine’s Day cards?! We’ve found some free Valentine’s Day card printables for you to use with your family! Check these out from Pocoyo: Pocoyo Valentine’s Day Card: http://www.pocoyo.com/img/san_valentin/Print_064.pdf Elly Valentine’s Day Card: http://www.pocoyo.com/img/san_valentin/Print_065.pdf Pato Valentine’s Day Card: http://www.pocoyo.com/img/san_valentin/Print_066.pdf Loula Valentine’s Day Card http://www.pocoyo.com/img/san_valentin/Print_067.pdf Sleepy Bird http://www.pocoyo.com/img/san_valentin/Print_068.pdf Also, check out these fun Valentine’s [...]

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21 Valentine’s Day Crafts & Treats to Make.

February 10, 2012 by amandar

Valentine’s Day is just a few short days away. Don’t panic. It’s totally cool if you’re still scrambling to pull together an awesome craft for your preschooler’s class. Don’t have any snazzy V-day treat ideas to surprise your kids with? No worries; we’ve got those too. Or at least a bunch of links to stuff [...]

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