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Pet Rocks and Paperweights – A Snowy or Rainy Day Craft

Arts and craft activities are great ways to not only fill the hours of both child and parent, they can result in long lasting keepsakes. Making pet rocks or paperweights is a simple activity to chase away boredom. The paperweights make a great gift for parent or grandparent. It is a simple arts and craft [...]

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Scare the Monsters From Your Child’s Bedroom

Many preschoolers believe there are monsters in the bedroom. Martha recently emailed me asking how to help her four year old son John overcome his fear of monsters at night. She had tried showing her son that there were no monsters under the bed or in the closet but he still screamed at bedtime the [...]

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Squirrel Nut Nest or Jelly Bean Nest

This is an easy no cook recipe that is great to make with children of all ages. Change the decorating ingredient and you change from Squirrel Nut Nests to Jelly bean Bird’s Nest. My children have called it “Squirrel’s Nest” ever since a squirrel moved into a hole in a tree near my house, they [...]

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Our New Blog at PresentsforChildren.com

It seems like almost everyday I receive emails asking for a blog to be added to PresentsforChildren.com. Many visitors have told me that it would be much easier to keep up with PresentsforChildren if it had a blog so here it is. My plans are quite simple. Like the main sections of my website I [...]

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