Welcome Central Valley Today viewers! Today I talked about kids eating free! All the details are over at NerdFamily Food! Check it out!
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CVT: Tablet Shopping
Welcome Central Valley Today viewers!!! If you are looking for my recommendations and issues to consider in buying a tablet please pop over to NerdFamily Things and check them out!
CVT: Bird Feeders for All Ages
Home made bird feeders are so much fun!!! And so cheap and easy. I have 3 different sets of bird feeders you can make. Choose based on the age of your child, how much you want to help and the materials you have on hand!
I have Bird Feeders Even Toddlers Can Make! All you need is Cheerios and some odds and ends. There are also Peanut Butter Bird Feeders for young students that need peanut butter and bird seed! There is even Popsicle Stick Bird Feeders that you can fill with anything!!!
These feeders make a great jumping off point for bird watching or the beginning of a bird unit!!!
(Welcome if you are coming here after seeing me on Central Valley Today! The links will take you to the various bird feeders I showed on KSEE 24 today!)
CVT: The Salt of the Earth
Welcome Central Valley Today viewers! I hope you all had a great Easter weekend and are having a fabulous Passover!
So have you looked down the spice aisle and seen all the different types of salt? Ever wondered why there were so many types and what there were for? I talked about that today and all the details are over at NerdFamily Food. So head over and read The Salt of the Earth!
Personalized Easter Baskets
(Welcome Central Valley Today viewers! These are the details of my spot today!)
This is such an easy project that I feel kind of guilty devoting a post to it. I mean if it is something I can easily do anyone can. It doesn’t have to be perfect, I mean mine aren’t.
And full disclosure, these here in the picture aren’t mine. I couldn’t get a picture of the ones I did for my older two children without getting their names in the picture. These were done by my friend Angie for our church when my last two were born. And she decorated all sides of the buckets, I didn’t;). And hers are cuter than mine but my kids love the ones I did!
Ok, the main idea behind these personalized buckets is that you don’t have 10 million cheap baskets around the house that won’t hold anything and have to be replaced every year. With personalized buckets you have 2 choices. The kids can use them all year round to transport their things and decorate their rooms. The other option, and the one we use, is we pack them away after Easter just like you do stockings. Then pull them out and use them year after year. The ones I made are 8 years old already and still look pretty good.
The first thing to do is pick the right bucket! I picked awesome paint buckets when I did this eight years ago. They are shallow but huge! I had to get something smaller for my kids to use for egg hunting for the next couple of years. #MomFail Pick a bucket that fits the kid you are getting it for. While it looks cute to see a child lug around a bucket that is 2/3 their height, they find it very frustrating. Same thing with picking baskets that are to wide. Then they just turn and accidentally dump out everything. That makes kids not want to find all the eggs!
Now that we found the bucket we are ready to go! Wipe down the bucket with a baby wipe or cleaning wipe and let it dry completely. Then you just take your paint pens and go at it! If you want you can use templates too. They can help with basic shapes but you probably won’t get anything to detailed with the templates. Let is dry for an hour or two and you can use it! I like to let them cure for a day but it isn’t really needed.
And seriously, that is it! Now fill it with goodies or take it egg hunting! Make sure if you are egg hunting though you are looking for my perfect Easter eggs! Your kids will feel so special and you spent as little as $1 on the bucket! Such a deal!
Happy Easter!