Rainy Day Fun - Crafts For Kids
Rainy days can be so boring for a child?and just as hard on moms. So we give some ideas to brighten your day and chase their rainy day blues away!Shadow puppetsIn a room that is fairly dark set up a flash light so it is facing a wall. Have the children make hand shadows?If they get really good at them they could even put on a little play.My box homeAs a little girl some of my best times were spent making Barbie homes out of medium card board boxes. Paints, markers, crayons, fabric scraps, glue, and so on were used to fashion wall paper curtains and the like. The ideas and possibilities are endless!Little boys can make garages for there cars as well.Magazine StoryTake ten pieces of paper.
Staple them together. Have you child go threw a magazine and pick out 10 pictures to cut out. Tell him/her to paste one on each page. Now what ever order they are in the must right a story, the story should have some thing to do with the pictures on each page. This can be a real challenge but is endless fun and giggles.PuzzlesHave you child search for a few pictures they like in an old magazine.
Paste these pictures onto heavy cardboard. With a paint brush, brush on a coat of clear drying glue such as Elmer's glue. Let them completely dry. Once they are dry cut them up into different shaped pieces. Now you have a puzzle for this rainy day and rainy days to come! Store in zip lock bags.Bean Bag PalsYou will need a 10x10 square of felt, thread, needle, a parent to sew, beans or rice, tacky glue and scraps of different color felts to decorate with.
Mom or Dad should sew the squares together all the way around, all but about 2 inches. Turn the square inside right. Fill with the beans or rice and sew closed. It can be decorated with the scarps of felt to make animals. Googly eyes are fun to add as well but are not recommended for children under four.A Gift of Comfort.Not long ago when I was in the hospital having my son, I was given a special heat pack for my back.
It was very simple and would be a great project for children to help with. My suggestion is have your child make about 30 and donate then to a labor and delivery floor.Rice Sock Heat PacksYou will need white men's tube socks ones that have no preformed heal medium is a good size.You will need uncooked white rice (not minute)You will need ribbon any color or colors you like.Gift tags that tie on.Fill each sock two inches from the top.Tie a length of ribbon tightly in a knot attach the gift card and then make a bow.On the gift tag write the instructions for use (you could make gift tags on your computer and print them all out) Microwave on high for 2 minutes or until it reaches the desired warmth. Enjoy!These work great, stay warm for a long time. If your child makes them to give away it is an added bonus of pride!Dress UpMy children have a tote full of dress up clothing. I did it inexpensively threw yard sales, Dollar Stores, Halloween clearances and Good Will.
I pick up things such as jewelry, hats, sun glasses, badges, fancy dresses, costumes and other articles of interest. Many times I save new things to add on a rainy day or another day they have nothing to do. It generates new interest and hours of play. One reader even mentioned the idea of theme boxes. Such as a fairy box if that was what your little girl was into or a princess or a firemen ect.
I think that is a good idea for but also I believe a good mix of things inspires imagination and creativity.Driving MatA huge poster board or cardboard is great to let your little one paint roads on for his cars In fact I bought my sons a light colors rug remnant (it was cheap) about 4x5 .It can be any size you like. My sons used fabric paints on the rug. They painted lakes, roads, airports trees and so on. If you decided to do the poster board you can use crayons or markers as well. They had a really great time making this one rainy day and still enjoy it to this day.
When they are done they just roll it up and put it away. Card board milk cartons can be saved and painted to make little decorative houses and stores as well as stores to place on their car mat. Be sure to wash them well, dry them and staple them closed.? 2003-2004Jennifer & Gregory Gove.
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Dress to look young? Well think about it, how are you normally dressed? How do you normally present yourself to others? Unknowingly, a lot of us have been wearing clothes that made us appear older than we actually are, especially due to the nature of our work.To maintain a youthful look, a lot of women have invested heavily on skin care products. Many at times neglecting the very basic, the clothing they wore everyday, the way they are dressed. Some due to their profession didn't even realize that all these while; they are actually dressing to look old! Anti-ageing cream simply won't just do magic to them. To look young and pretty isn't really that difficult. All you need is to spend a little time & effort, giving yourself a little touch up.Tips:Try out a new hairstyle.
Visit a hairdresser, they will be able to advise and styled your hair to suit you, bringing out that radiant in you.If you are still wearing glasses, why not give it a try with contact lens? You can have excellent...
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Laser Eye Correction Surgery : Will it Work for You?
Technology moves at alarmingly fast rates now, and where glasses or contact lenses have been required in the past to correct vision deficiencies there is now an alternative. Laser eye correction is a relatively affordable procedure that means you won't need to wear your reading glasses anymore and can correct virtually any eye problem. It is suitable for any adult with an eye problem and may be the answer you are looking for.What is Laser Eye Correction?Laser Eye Correction, or refractive surgery as it is also known, is a quick procedure usually taking up to 15 minutes per eye. The actual laser treatment consists of less than 1 minute. During this process a laser scans your eyes pinpointing hundreds of unique points on your cornea.
Once this is done, the software used can determine exactly where the fault lies and ascertain the minor adjustments needed to restore your sight back to a reasonable level. The laser then reshapes the cornea so that your eyesight becomes at least 20/40...
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How Much Will a Longhorn Spend? $15,000 for a License Plate?
San Antonio, TX (ContentDesk) January 12, 2006 -- After the Texas Longhorns won the national championship, Longhorn fans starting collecting anything with the words Texas or Longhorn on it.But San Antonioan Jerry Wayne has owned one of the most sought-after items in the state for the past fifteen years. A fan since the heyday of the Longhorns under coach Darrell Royal in the 1960s, he has shown his pride with a personalized license plate"1 Texas."When he saw the frenzy of fans buying sports memorabilia after the NCAA victory, Wayne realized how many people would love to have a license plate bearing the phrase "1 Texas." Coach Mack Brown could honor UT football with this plate. Vince Young might enjoy sporting a "1 Texas" license plate on the new luxury car he'll probably buy when he signs with the NFL. The license plate would be a perfect enhancement to the Rolls Royce, Bentley, or similar luxury automobile of a wealthy Texans football fan.
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Protecting Your Eyes from Sun-Rays
Summer's here and the beach beckons. You've detoxed, body brushed and moisturized your skin in excited anticipation. You plan your summer getaways and outdoor adventures, pull out your summer clothes, buy lots of sunscreen and slap it on ever so often. But this isn't where safety ends this summer. It is the potentially harmful Ultra Violet (UV) rays of the sun that you need to watch out for, which can damage the long-term health of your eyes (laboratory studies have shown UV radiation as a causal factor for cataract) and the delicate skin surrounding them.
UV radiation can play a contributory role in the development of various ocular disorder, including age-related cataract, pterygium, cancer of skin around eyelids and photokeratitis.
In fact, the eye may be at a greater risk from the sun than the skin. The skin has the capacity to adapt to UV radiation by producing melanin (tan) that protects against UV exposure. The eye does not develop a tolerance to UV rays...
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Three Steps to Get Rid of Hemorrhoids
Constipation, Hemorrhoids or Piles, and inactivity go hand in hand. If you have been constipated for quite a while, chances are you have hemorrhoids. If you are inactive because you just like sitting around or are confined to a bed or chair, then you will have constipation and hemorrhoids.So if you want to get rid of hemorrhoids, you need to take 3 steps. These three steps can be done at the same time, especially if you have hemorrhoids that are itchy, painful, and are in need of attention.First you need to do something about your hemorrhoids. There are many different natural remedies for reducing, relieving, and eliminating hemorrhoids.
Since everyone is different in his or her chemical make-up and nutritional requirements, one remedy will not work for everyone.Each of you has to find out what remedy works best for you. Use the remedy that feels right for you, the remedy where you have the ingredients, or that one based on the severity of your hemorrhoids.Here's one remedy you...
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Oral Chelation ? What Can It Do For You? (Part 2)
Intravenous chelation therapy was more popular than oral chelation initially. It involved the injection of EDTA (ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid) that is an effective and widely studied chelating agent. But gradually, oral chelation scored over intravenous chelation. This is primarily because of the comparative cost involvements. While, intravenous chelation is definitely less expensive from bypass surgery or angioplasty, they are still costlier in comparison to oral chelation.
Then again, intravenous chelation involves painful process and runs the risks of infection and vascular intrusion.
They run the risk of incurring side effects like burning, redness and swelling at the place of injection, fever, fall of blood pressure, joint pain, rashes on skin, stomach upset, and irritation of the kidneys and liver occasionally. Oral chelation is as simple as taking one to two spoons full of doses, often based in honey or...
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Driving Through The Desert
It is important that you do take some time to check your vehicle before you actually go through a journey through the desert. This is because the excess heat on your vehicle could make it act up. Also, you would not want to be stuck in the middle of nowhere without any means of communicating for help to anyone.
If you are planning on driving through the desert to some location, automobile experts suggest that you inform somebody about your plans. Let them know when you...
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