Newburyport’s Orange Leaf hosts Mom’s Lifesavers’ event to promote the #ColorYourOwn Contest from NECCO! The sweetest kids arrived in the snow flurries to decorate conversation sweetheart boxes. Each of them will take their colored boxes home and upload their creation to enter the $1,000 scholarship contest offered by NECCO in Boston. We have more details in […]
NECCO’s Color Your Own Sweetheart Box Contest
Necco’s Sweetheart Conversation Hearts takes a modern spin on a classic Valentine’s Day favorite and we LOVE it! You know we even craft with these little treasures! This year, Sweethearts has a brand new package so kids can personalize them and hand them out as valentine’s to their friends and classmates. The “Color Your Own” […]
Conversation Heart Photo Frame
Conversation Heart Photo Frame DIY Sweetheart Conversation Heart Frame DIY Are you ready to make a quick and easy craft with the kids this week? This simple craft comes together quickly using glue dots! Here’s what you need: Conversation Hearts – Mom’s Lifesavers loves NECCO brand Sweetheart Candies Picture frame – We found ours at Dollar […]
DIY – Easy New Years Hats
Pointy Party Hats! Perfect for New Years! We crafted some fun and sparkly headbands – now onto the classics! What you need: 12×12 Scrapbook paper Hot glue Scissors Christmas garland Optional: glitter, glue, sequins, stickers – other fun embellishments Getting started: Trim off a corner of the scrapbook paper to create a curved edge Gather […]
DIY-New Years Headbands for Your Girl and Doll
We made party headbands for our girls and you can too! What you need: Plastic headbands – we had a doll size and a standard size one Card stock paper that fit in the printer Markers Holiday garland (we got ours after Christmas for less than $.50) Hot glue Scissors Mom’s Lifesavers JPG image (below) […]
Thankful Thursday – Thanksgiving Tree
This family tree of thanks comes together in minutes, uses things you have around your yard and home and is a wonderful activity to do with your family – what could make us more thankful? Take the family outside to collect a few ‘branch-y’ sticks and gather a few rocks – combine these in a […]
Jars of Gratefulness
Gratitude Jars DIY Jars of Gratefulness are a wonderful way to show your love and appreciation for your family and friends. Create one today!
Elastic Bracelets
Elastic Bracelets Tutorial to Make Your Own Elastic Bracelets Grab a hammer, a few nails and a block of wood and you are in business! Now that you have built your very own elastic bracelet making tool, gather up your elastics and you are ready! Keep repeating steps 3 through 6 and watch your bracelet […]
True Blue Friends – You Can Make It!
Send a little message to your BFF that your friendship is TRUE BLUE!Free Printable from Mom’s Lifesavers While doing some back to school supply shopping with my daughter we ran across these awesome 8 packs of Crayola crayons. These limited edition 8 packs have the best names and there are lots to choose from: Peppy Pastels, […]
Thank you, Boston.com Moms!
My Favorite Blogs for Boston.com Today was my last day as the Featured Parent Blogger on Boston.com (Boston Globe). It was really fun answering so many questions about myself and my little blog, and those that KNOW me, understand that I DON’T like to ‘toot my horn’ too much! Boston.com gave me the forum to […]
