that he lay his life down for his friends." John 15:13
Thank you so much to our honorable service men and women who have sacrificed so much for the many freedoms we enjoy.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Friday Flip Out!
Here is something for both you and your kids to flip out about - in a good way!
Do-A-Dot Art is fantastic!
I have one child in particular who loves to do anything art related. We constantly have a path of art supplies strung through the house in which you can follow the course of our free spirited daughter's mind! Paint was one of those things.
As a mom who does not enjoy messes of any sort, paint was never one of my favored activities - we're talking once a year the kids might be allowed to paint and we call that night the night before Easter when they color Easter eggs!
Do-A-Dot Art is fantastic!
I have one child in particular who loves to do anything art related. We constantly have a path of art supplies strung through the house in which you can follow the course of our free spirited daughter's mind! Paint was one of those things.
As a mom who does not enjoy messes of any sort, paint was never one of my favored activities - we're talking once a year the kids might be allowed to paint and we call that night the night before Easter when they color Easter eggs!
These paints come in tubes of sorts with a round sponge applicator tip head on them, tidied by a cap that you can take on and off freely. Tip them upside down and the paint doesn't come out! You have to press down on the tips in order to get the paint out.
These aren't like Color Wonder paints. They will paint on anything, but with the adorable coloring books you can get with them, your kids really won't need to fulfill their curiosity elsewhere, like on your walls!
The paints come in packages of 4-6 paint bottles in primary and pastel colors. They are pricier than regular paints, but have lasted us for months and my daughter paints a few times a week now! By the time we'd buy other paints and my kids would mix them up and dump them everywhere, I'd spend $10 a pop anyway. No more!These things are most definitely washable too!
Here's the meat for you:
You can buy them at Amazon here. The paints range from $8-$14. The coloring books are $3-$8 a piece. All Do-A-Dot items are eligible for free shipping if you spend $25 or more.
At the main website, www.dotart.com, the markers are $10 for the 4 packs and $15 for the 6 packs. The coloring books are $5 a piece no matter which one you choose. Dotart.com charges shipping at a tiered level - $4 for an order up to $20; $5 up to $50; $7.50 up to $100; $10 on orders over $100.
At Christianbook.com the coloring books are $4.50 a piece and they also sell markers individually for about $2 a piece and in sets for $14.50. It's great to be able to buy them individually if you run out of a particular color and don't want to go buy another complete set. You can find their shipping rates here. They definitely estimate high on the shipping dates. I usually receive my order much faster than they state for suggested shipping arrival dates.
Finally, kazootoys.com has them the least expensive of all for the month of May, offering the paint sets for $12 a piece for a set of 6 (regularly $15) and the activity books for $4 a piece (regularly $5). They may make up for it though, depending on how much you order, on their shipping prices, which you can find here.
If you're still with me :), here's a great place where you can print out free printable activity pages for the Do-A-Dot art!
Happy Do-A-Dot arting!
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
How to Remove Outlast Lipstick
Another problem we've had to remove is the lipstick that stays on forever. All the major brands and companies have them! My kids wanted to use them too.
To remove outlast or whatever it is, lipstick, get a tube of chapstick and put it everywhere the forever lipstick is. Wipe off with a paper towel. Works like a charm!
If, however, you have the aforementioned lipstick on your walls, for instance :), you need to buy a latex primer paint. Prime the wall and repaint. That's the only way. Heating it up with a hair dryer and wiping off doesn't work, painting without primer doesn't work and harsh chemicals don't work either. Believe me, I've tried!
To remove outlast or whatever it is, lipstick, get a tube of chapstick and put it everywhere the forever lipstick is. Wipe off with a paper towel. Works like a charm!
If, however, you have the aforementioned lipstick on your walls, for instance :), you need to buy a latex primer paint. Prime the wall and repaint. That's the only way. Heating it up with a hair dryer and wiping off doesn't work, painting without primer doesn't work and harsh chemicals don't work either. Believe me, I've tried!
How to Remove Food Coloring
Have your kids ever made those baking soda volcano things? You make a mold out of something, clay, playdoh, etc. and then you place some baking soda inside. You add vinegar to it and wala! A man made volcano!
Well, my kids wanted to add a little extra pazazz to the volcano, so they added food coloring to their mix as well. At the end of their play time, which was mostly unsupervised (not smart on my part), we had food coloring mix all over the countertops and hardwood floors! I tried using vinegar, soap and water - no difference. I had a pink floor and countertop! Until, I tried the Windex. Windex cleaned it up in a snap and you can't even tell it was there now! Just a helpful tip in case you ever need to clean off food coloring. I wonder if that would work after Easter egg dyeing! Our Easter pics would look a lot different I bet if I had discovered this in the past!
Well, my kids wanted to add a little extra pazazz to the volcano, so they added food coloring to their mix as well. At the end of their play time, which was mostly unsupervised (not smart on my part), we had food coloring mix all over the countertops and hardwood floors! I tried using vinegar, soap and water - no difference. I had a pink floor and countertop! Until, I tried the Windex. Windex cleaned it up in a snap and you can't even tell it was there now! Just a helpful tip in case you ever need to clean off food coloring. I wonder if that would work after Easter egg dyeing! Our Easter pics would look a lot different I bet if I had discovered this in the past!
Kids Connect - Abram
Abram (Genesis 12)
Reading to Your Kids.....
Once upon a time, there was a man named Abram and he followed God. One day, God told Abram to leave his home and relatives to go to a new place far away. God promised Abram that he would have many children and his family would become a great and blessed nation in this new place.
Abram obeyed God. He took his wife, Sarai and his nephew Lot and all their belongings with them.
One day, after traveling a long ways, Abram and Lot stopped. They both owned so many things by that time, that they could not live in the same place. The people who served Abram and the people who served Lot were fighting. Abram went to Lot. Abram told Lot that he did not want there to be any fighting between them. Abram told Lot that they should live in different places, so Abram and Lot looked at the land. Abram told Lot to pick either the right or left side of the land. Lot saw how beautiful one side was so he chose that side. Lot left Abram that day to live in his new land. After Lot left, God talked to Abram again. He told Abram to look up - to the north, south, east and west. He promised Abram that all the land he saw would one day belong to his children and grandchildren.
Your Child's Insights.....
1. How do you think it would feel to leave everything you knew to go to a place that God asked you to go - a place you had never seen before?
2. What did Abram do when God asked him to leave?
3. What did Abram do when his servants and Lot's servants were fighting?
4. What did Abram say would be the best thing to do to stop the fighting between them?
5. What do you think of how Lot chose his land?
6. How do you think it must have felt to Abram to be able to hear God speak?
Ideas for Prayer with and for Your Child.......
- Pray that your children might know when God is asking them to do something.
- Pray that your children would have the courage to do what God asks of them.
- Pray that your children would have mercy towards others when they don't understand other's actions. (Lot taking the good land.)
Previous kids connect - The Beginning Stories
Next kids connect - Becoming Abraham
Reading to Your Kids.....
Once upon a time, there was a man named Abram and he followed God. One day, God told Abram to leave his home and relatives to go to a new place far away. God promised Abram that he would have many children and his family would become a great and blessed nation in this new place.
Abram obeyed God. He took his wife, Sarai and his nephew Lot and all their belongings with them.
One day, after traveling a long ways, Abram and Lot stopped. They both owned so many things by that time, that they could not live in the same place. The people who served Abram and the people who served Lot were fighting. Abram went to Lot. Abram told Lot that he did not want there to be any fighting between them. Abram told Lot that they should live in different places, so Abram and Lot looked at the land. Abram told Lot to pick either the right or left side of the land. Lot saw how beautiful one side was so he chose that side. Lot left Abram that day to live in his new land. After Lot left, God talked to Abram again. He told Abram to look up - to the north, south, east and west. He promised Abram that all the land he saw would one day belong to his children and grandchildren.
Your Child's Insights.....
1. How do you think it would feel to leave everything you knew to go to a place that God asked you to go - a place you had never seen before?
2. What did Abram do when God asked him to leave?
3. What did Abram do when his servants and Lot's servants were fighting?
4. What did Abram say would be the best thing to do to stop the fighting between them?
5. What do you think of how Lot chose his land?
6. How do you think it must have felt to Abram to be able to hear God speak?
Ideas for Prayer with and for Your Child.......
- Pray that your children might know when God is asking them to do something.
- Pray that your children would have the courage to do what God asks of them.
- Pray that your children would have mercy towards others when they don't understand other's actions. (Lot taking the good land.)
Previous kids connect - The Beginning Stories
Next kids connect - Becoming Abraham
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Kids Connect - The Beginning Stories
The purpose of "kids connect" is to give you a simple, easy way to connect your kids to God and you with them. The more common stories that are already in their Bibles, I'm not covering because I don't want to be redundant for you. If there is a particular story you'd like to have a "kids connect" on, please let me know and I'll do one for you! I'm not a biblical scholar by any means, just a mom with a Bible.
Here are some of the beginning stories that are usually covered in kids Bibles.
Here are some of the beginning stories that are usually covered in kids Bibles.
- The Creation
- The Creation of Adam and Eve
- Adam and Eve eat the apple and are cursed
- Cain and Abel
- Noah and the Flood
- Tower of Babel
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