YUMMY Brownies!

I had two small children look up at me tonight and ask desperately for some brownies. It was kind of sad actually. Not thinking I may actually have all of the ingredients to make them, I looked for a recipe on my good friend's website (Martha Stewart) :)

I came across this one and I actually had all of the ingredients and became the hero for the evening. Boy, were they delicious!! Click on the link below.

Martha Stewart's

Super Fudgy Brownies

(since the recipe calls for 8 oz of semisweet chocolate chips and the bag had 12 oz in it, we mixed the remaining chips in the brownie batter and had chocolate chip brownies)

Homemade Bubbles

I saw this on Make and Takes and just had to try them.  We had so much fun!  

Supplies needed:

4 cups water

1 cup dish soap (we used Dawn)

1/4 cup Karo syrup

cookie cutters

bubble wands

pipe cleaners

Painting Planters and Planting Seeds

To celebrate Earth Day, we had some old, faded metal pails and we decided to liven them up a bit by adding our personal painted touches. The kids also planted some daisy seeds in them and can't wait to see them grow.

Earth Day Crafts

We have a bunch of crafts that we have done that use recycled materials. Here are some ideas for some fun crafts you can do to celebrate Earth Day tomorrow!

Water bottle flowers
Musical Instruments
Foamerator
Milk Jug Bird Feeder
Funny Feet
Thread the Tube Game
Egg Carton Caterpillar
Crazy Faces
Color Collages
Crayons
Painted Vases

Painted Vases

It was beautiful outside so we decided to go outside and paint!! We took clean, empty spaghetti sauce jars that will be some new flower vases and painted them using acrylic paints. They dried so quickly by sitting them in the sun for a bit. So beautiful!

Simple Chick Craft

I found these cute little chicks on kiddio . They are so cute! We made these today and they are currently in little hands flying all around the house.

We used a cup and traced circles onto card stock and folded the circles in half. Then we made little beaks and the kids colored the bodies with crayons and colored pencils. We glued on some googley eyes and taped a couple of feathers underneath the body.

Supplies needed:

Cardstock

feathers

crayons/markers/colored pencils

googley eyes

tape

glue

Paper Plate Easter Bunnies

Easter is coming soon!! We made some Easter bunnies out of paper plates and the ears were made out of card stock. We also used buttons and googley eyes, pom poms and a black marker. They are too cute!!

Bunny Basket

Instead of taking our nice Easter baskets outside in the wet grass on Easter for the Easter Egg Hunt, we made these. It is really nice that there is a handle and the kids can easily carry them around.

We took an empty gallon milk jug, cut off the top and added eyes, nose, and ears and then we drew whishers and a mouth on the face with a permanent marker.

supplies needed:

gallon milk jug

colored paper/cardstock

felt

permanent marker

glue

stapler

Easter grass

Easter Eggs

We decorated foam shaped Easter eggs today with sequins, buttons, and pom poms. I especially like the 70s Disco Egg my son made :)

Sculpt and Bake Clay

We used one of our 40% off coupons at Michael's the other day and got some clay. We made some spring bugs and they are baking in the oven as I type. :)

The kids had a ball with it. They played with it for a long time this morning. I used a toothpick to put holes in them before we baked them so that we could hang them up too. Too cute!

Jelly Bean Bracelets

I saw these on a blog some where and I though that I had saved the site in order to give them credit for the idea, but I can't seem to find it any where. I apologize.

I made these for the kids. They involed a needle and it wasn't very easy to string them on the thread. The kids LOVED them! They have always been big fans of edible bracelets.

Supplies Needed:

Jelly Beans

Needle

Thread

Pretzels and Pajama Thursday

Thursdays were the only days we didn't have any place to go, so we decided at the beginning of the school year it would be called Pajama Thursdays. The kids look forward to it all week and ask practically every morning if it is Thursday yet so that they can keep their pajamas on. I can't say I blame them. I would love to wear my pjs every day too. This is why in some of my posts, you can see the headless pictures of my kids in their pajamas while doing crafts.

This week on Pajama Thursday, we made home made soft pretzels. We love them so much. We haven't made them in a while, so I decided today we would make a double batch and freeze them. They are so good to make as sandwiches! I have posted about these pretzels before here. Check it out and make some for your family. You won't be sorry!

Baby Chick Craft

I remember making these when I was little. You take some egg shells (make sure they are cleaned really well) and we put 2 yellow pom poms inside and glued on googley eyes and an orange felt beak. They are a cute little center piece to any table.

Supplies Needed:
yellow pom poms
googley eyes
orange felt
glue
egg shells (you can also use the plastic ones)

Caterpillar Clip Magnet

We are all very excited to order our caterpillars and watch them grow into butterflies and then release them. So in anticipation of receiving them, we made some caterpillar clips to hang on the refrigerator.

Supplies needed:

clothes pins

pom poms

googley eyes

pipe cleaners

glue

magnets

Egg Sun Catcher

I have been told many times by my son in the last few weeks that Valentine's Day is over and that we should take our hearts down that we made. I love them so much that I just didn't want to take them down yet. Today we made some eggs the same way we made the hearts from our previous post.

They look so cute on our sliding glass door.

Supplies needed:

card stock

contact paper

tissue paper

hole punch

cording or yarn

Our Craft Supplies

We have a place we stash all of our craft supplies and we always keep a bunch of things on hand. Michael's and JoAnn's have 40% off coupons in our newspaper weekly, so it is easy to keep up our supplies. I am also a huge fan of Oriental Trading Company. They have a lot of things that I buy in bulk like multi colored buttons, craft foam, googley eyes, and jingle bells to name a few.

I have gotten a few emails that asked me what craft supplies I always keep on hand. Here it is:

Construction paper
card stock
multi colored foam sheets
glue (sticks and bottles) I just got a glue gun for Christmas and it has come in handy a lot
buttons
googley eyes
sequins
pipe cleaners
pony beads
jingle bells
pom poms
cording
paper plates
tissue paper
clothes pins
tempera and acrylic paint
water colors
brushes
markers
stamp pads
crayons
felt
craft sticks

Other things I have rescued from my recycling bin:

toilet paper and paper towel rolls
water bottles
pickle jars :)
cardboard
egg cartons

I hope this helps answer some of your questions. If anyone has any other questions, don't hesitate to ask.

The Lemons to Lemonade Award

The Lemons to Lemonade Award

I received this award from Annette at The Whipples. Thanks so much!

The rules of the award are as follows:

1) Put the logo on your blog or post.

2) Nominate at least 10 blogs that show great attitude or gratitude.

3) Link to your nominees within your post.

4) Let the nominees know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.

5) Share the love and link to the person from who you received your award.

Chronicle of an Infant Bibliophile

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Mayamade

My Montessouri Journey

Scrumdilly-do!

Muses of Megret

I LOVE YOUR BLOG AWARD!

It has been a busy week at the Lucky Me! house. I have received a couple of blog awards this week that I am catching up on.

I received the "I love your blog" award from Chronicle of an Infant Bibliophile Thanks so much!!!!

Here are the rules:

1) Add the logo of the award to your blog

2) Add a link to the person who awarded it to you

3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs

4) Add links to those blogs on your blog

5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs!

I would like to nominate:

Vegertarian Mamma

Filth Wizardry

Hey, I'm Just the Nanny

Her Cup Overfloweth

Kiddio

Plum Pudding

Skip to My Lou

Water Bottle Flowers

I have seen these done on several blogs and REALLY wanted to try them out since Daisies are my FAVORITE flower. The kids had a great time with it. My son said it was just like stamping! We used a water bottle and dipped it in some paint and then used the cap of the bottle to stamp the center of the flower. Then we painted stems and leaves. We then used the cap again to make a sun and drew some rays. Ahhhh Happy First Day of Spring!

supplies needed:
paint
water bottle
paper
brushes

March is In Like a Lion and Out Like a Lamb Craft

Today we made lions and lambs for March. The kids had a lot of fun with them, especially when I said we would need to use a lot of glue to make sure the cotton balls stick. :)

It was funny too, because they understood completely what it meant to have March start out like a lion and end like a Lamb. No place illustrates that better than living in Ohio!

Supplies needed:

paper plates

construction paper

googley eyes

cotton balls

black marker

glue

scissors

UPDATE: I kept looking at these and thought something was missing...EARS!! I can't believe we forgot them. I'll try to upload a new picture with ears included soon! :)