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Storybook Costume

26 Feb

February has been Celebrate Books month.  Each Wednesday has been something special.  We have had books and bagels, where parents and grandparents were invited to school to eat bagels and read  some books with their kids.  Yesterday was my favorite, “Drop Everything and Read” and the kids got to wear their pajamas to school.  Last Wednesday took a bit more work on my part because it was- dress like your favorite storybook character day.  Yes, it kinda felt like the horrible week before Halloween all over again!

We went through their book shelves and Aleah wanted to be Amelia Bedelia and Sophie picked Madeline.  Here is some of the work:

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We could not for the life of us find a wide brimmed sun-hat for Madeline to wear but we made it work =)

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As Amelia would say, “It was plum fun!”

As Amelia would say, “That was plum fun!”

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And The Winner Is…

12 Sep

Congratulations!!!

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makingmondays, please e-mail me your address so I can get this book out to you

As you can see I waited until the last minute (welcome to my life) for the winner to be chosen.  Precious Aleah picked this one out of a hat after she was already in bed.  I don’t think she minded a little extra awake time.

Thanks Emily for the book giveaway and thanks for the comments and love.

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Book Giveaway

9 Sep

We have a book giveaway for y’all.

Here is the book you can win-

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We all have times where we have a couple hours to kill with our kids before lunch, nap time, dinner, sporting event or whatever.  This book would be a wonderful resource for those in between times since they are relatively easy and very kid friendly projects.

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Take paint and water it down a bit, put a blob on your paper and then blow through a straw to splatter the paint into weird shapes.

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We added google eyes and then added wings and smiles and feet using markers.

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I know Aleah and Sophi loved making these monsters.  And I was just glad we could do this outside =)

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They are now all over our kitchen protecting our food and cups and plates.  The kids think it is pretty hilarious and love saying, “Look out behind you!  There is a big monster!!!”

This book giveaway is brought to you by Emily who has a blog over here and is also a Usborne Book consultant.  Comment away for your chance to win.  I will let you know who the winner is on Thursday and the comments will count until then.  Good luck!

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