Materials: Tempera paint Old muffin pan to put the paints in Trays Marbles Tea spoons Put the paints in each cup of the muffin pan. Put a marble for each color. Put your paint paper in the tray. Tell the children to take the marbles with cpoons and put them on the paper in the tray then let the marble run on the paper by … [Read more...]
Painting with marbles
Organizing LEGOs: Alternative storage idea for LEGO pieces
LEGO - at least the basic sets - are considered to be the toys that foster children's creativity. It is also the main source of the mess in the house. Kids go crazy when they cannot find the piece they are looking for. Parents go nuts having to clean up and store all the itty bitty pieces. Not to mention that one of the worst painful moments in … [Read more...]
Picture lists for children
The most effective, if not the most practical, method to include your children in the house chores is to prepare picture to-do lists. To-do / house chores list: When tell my children to clean up, they just stare around as if they've seen the house for the first time. What works best is when I make a to-do list in pictures and assign a task … [Read more...]
Product Review: Nail buffing block
I assume, I am not the first person to come accross this great product. And if I am not, why the heck no one told me about it before? This is the perfect nail care product for people who likes to do their own manicure at home, like me. I like my manicure short, round and I do not like to hassle with putting on and taking out nail polish - even … [Read more...]
DIY: Trash bin with butcher block
I wanted to hide the trash can in our kitchen out of sight. Kids were playing with its lid and touching it unnecessarily when it's just sitting out. We use a big 13-gallon trash can and none of our existing cabinets is able to hold it. Then I came around this butcher block bin online and was intrigued. However, it was expensive for my budget and … [Read more...]
Easy wearable blanket for children
My daughter grew out of her Cozy blanket with arms for children. I decided to use one of her existing blankets and turned it into a wearable blanket. It's the easiest solution to keep the kids covered with their blankets while asleep at night. Materials: 1. Blanket big enough to cover your child 2. Ribbon 3. Bias (optional) Directions: 1. … [Read more...]
Easy sew girls’ dresses
This week's posts will have a lot of photos. Today, I present you two dresses I sewed for my daughter. The fabrics are thin corduroy, 100% cotton. Loved the fabric patterns. Both were pretty simple. Simplicity It’s so easy 2306. Looks complicated but I finished it pretty quickly. McCall’s M6154: I did this one first, so it went a little bit … [Read more...]
Moving into new bunk beds
Last year during our trip to my parent's house, kids loved sleeping in the bunk beds that I and my brother used to sleep. Especially my son enjoyed the top bed. As my daughter got closer to outgrowing her crib, we started thinking about how to setup their rooms. Out house layout has 2 rooms on one floor and 2 rooms on the second floor. … [Read more...]
DIY Arts & Crafts Table for Kids – IKEA Hack
We set up this small table when my kids were much smaller for them to eat snacks by themselves and scribble once in a while at one corner of our living room. During the time it became a full-fledged craft and drawing place and causing a terrible mess in our living room. Instead, I wanted to build a drawing, painting and crafts table for my two … [Read more...]
Practical Parenting in Real Life
This blog, like many other parenting blogs, is like a small stage of our real lives. Especially Practical Mama, not being a personal / diary blog, reflects very limited portion of the daily hustle. I share tips and tricks that I try and find helpful after so many trials and errors. That means there is a lot of trial and error going on behind the … [Read more...]
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