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    Fun Ideas for a Candy Free Easter Basket

    March 27, 2017 - By Emma May

    Easter is such a fun and sweet time. Warm spring weather moves in and we are ready to celebrate. Sometimes the sweetness of the season is overwhelmed by the sweetness of treats served, stuffed into baskets, and consumed by children who may or may not have the best ability to control themselves after copious amounts of sugar. A great way to combat this issue is to give your child an Easter basket without candy Here are some great alternatives. Candy-Free Easter Basket Ideas A spring outdoor play basket is my favorite. We replace the traditional basket with a shovel and pail or a garden…

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    Host a Great Easter Egg Hunt

    March 22, 2017 - By Emma May

    One of the things kids look forward to most about Easter is the Easter egg hunts. If your local area is not hosting one or if you just want to have a private Easter egg hunt with friends and family now is the time to plan so you can host a truly great Easter egg hunt. It is Easy to Host a Great Easter Egg Hunt Find a great location. While the park is a great place to host your Easter egg hunt you may find issues with it not being cleaned up for the season yet. An open field…

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  • Easter - Finances

    Ultimate Easter Egg Filler List

    March 2, 2017 - By Emma May

    This weeks installment of Super Mom Tricks: Be the coolest mom ever for Easter. It is that time again where we find ourselves fighting to find items to fill all of those little plastic eggs without hyping them up with a sugar overload. Goodness knows they have plenty of other holidays for candy. I set out to get creative and come up with a lot of ideas for the Easter Eggs this year. Here are some cool things I found to fill Easter eggs. Mini figurines fill Easter eggs Mini everything is popular right now. Just look at the popularity…

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    Peep Soap DIY

    March 8, 2016 - By Simple At Home

    I love making our own soap. It is simple to do at home with just 3 ingredients. This allows us to have fun soaps without putting common artificial dyes on to the children’s skin. With our oldest having ADHD effected by artificial dyes we really have to use more natural ingredients for her body inside and out. Spring is coming and it is time to start filling Easter baskets. We like to skip the crazy amount of candy. We are filling the baskets with useful items. When a friend pointed out this super cute peeps mold she found I knew we…

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    Easter Bonnet DIY

    March 7, 2016 - By Emma May

    After enjoying our first winter in years I have caught a case of spring fever. I just can’t wait to get the kids dressed up and outside for spring pictures again. To tide me over I started making this cute Easter Bonnet. You can even make your own Easter Bunny Ears Perfect to wear on your own Easter egg hunt. I wanted my 2-year-old Owl to model this one with her cute little puffy pink dress. Alas, she is in the whole naked twos stage and quite stuck on NOT getting dressed up to model this hat for me. Luckily my…

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  • Crafts - Easter

    Easter Egg Shaker Craft

    February 22, 2016 - By Emma May

    My sister and I were looking at the dollar tree Easter goodies and eyeing some of the cute eggs with no idea what to do with them. Sparkles, glitter, crystals, and even carrot eggs piled high and not a single idea bit of inspiration hit. This craft can become a great sensory activity by making several (it is cheap) with different fillings in each one. This craft project is very easy. All you need is: 1 plastic Easter egg 2 plastic spoons 5-6 beads, beans, or seeds 1 strip of masking tape per child. This simple Easter egg shaker craft…

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