Defiantly Domestic
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Preschool Halloween Games and Food
If you’re anything like me, the restrictions on bringing food to school can be frustrating. This frustration is especially poignant when the request is also to bring thematically appropriate food. If you’re feeling stymied by these seeming competing requests, I hope these ideas will help! I also included a fun game for preschool aged kids […]
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Painted Pumpkins
With small children running around, sometimes it is virtually impossible to accomplish a messy, time-consuming decorative craft like pumpkin cutting (notwithstanding the dangerous tools). Thankfully, when I was growing up, my mom started an awesome tradition of painting pumpkins, and I’m trying my hand at it now too! After years and years of sharing Halloween […]
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Thomas the Steam Engine Costume
My almost-two year old is VERY interested in trains, so I wanted to see if we could make him a Thomas engine to wear for Halloween (I’ll update this post once I have some action shots from Halloween itself). After searching online, I found this simply amazing tutorial!!! I’ve updated some of the printables and […]
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Fall Plate Charger
When we found out that our son was due in mid-November, I realized that we would inevitably have family visiting us during the Thanksgiving holidays. For someone who had ALWAYS traveled to family for Thanksgiving, this became a daunting realization. Fortunately, our visiting family offered to cook the meal itself and, while my mom assured […]
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Dried Apple Chips
One of the things that I love about apples is how versatile they are! In addition to the typical things to make during apple season, our whole family also enjoys dried apple chips, which are surprisingly easy to make! What I Used: Apples (2 per tray on the dehydrator) Apple peeler Dehydrator Snack bags (1) […]
