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Sharing Saturday 15-13

Thank you to everyone who shared last week!! There were so many incredible ideas shared. I had a very hard time choosing features this week. There were just too many I wanted to feature! I decided on some favorites (including Women's History Month and spring posts), Easter Features and Painting Features (it seemed like many people had different ideas on painting this past week). These are just a sampling, so please go back and check out the other amazing ideas. I know I found many I want to try.

Happy Spring! Thank you to everyone who shared with us last week and a very special thank you to all who took time to be inspired by what others shared! Once again I feel there were so many amazing ideas shared. As spring begins here, there is a light snow flurry. I am so ready for spring and no more snow!! For features this week we have Spring Holidays, Spring, and a few of my favorites.

With the record breaking amount of snow this year in Boston, we are very ready for spring and to see our grass and flowers again. I think I have seen enough snow this year for the next few. Since we have a bit of spring fever we have been working on some spring crafts. Hazel started by making a vase of flowers.

Thank you to everyone who shared with us last week!! There were so many great ideas. I had a hard time choosing features, but with all the snow outside, I am ready for spring. So my features this week are Rainbows and St. Patrick's Day and a few of My Favorites. Be sure to check back at last week's party for even more in these themes. This is just a sampling.

March is coming in a like a lion in New England with yet another snow storm predicted today/tonight and another storm later this week. We may actually beat the record in Boston for the snowiest season ever (I think we need 5.5 inches now to do it). I know I cannot wait for spring!! Seeing this artwork in a yard we drove by really cheered me up. Hazel now wants to paint on our snow.

What a busy and beautiful week it has been here! Last week's Sharing Saturday had so many wonderful ideas!! If you have not had a chance to check them out yet, you should!! They are so inspiring!! Thank you to everyone who shared and to all who visited and left comments!! We had a two-way tie for most clicked. I am not sure what to think since one was clearly a spring craft and the other was a summer round-up. For the other features I chose some of my favorites and broke them into two displays so the pictures will be bigger.

Wow, what great ideas were shared last week!! If you have not checked them all out, you should!! There was not one most clicked, so I picked a few favorites in two categories for you. The first being spring and Mother's Day themed and the second being painting.

1) From Tot Schooling: Easy Mother's Day Pop-Up Card
2) From JDaniel4's Mom: Mother's Day Pictures for Homemade Cards
3) From Toddling in the Fast Lane: Magazine Flowers
4) From Sparkling Buds: Making Yarn Flowers Using Building Blocks
5) From Sparkling Buds: Easy Paper Flower
6) From Crystal's Tiny Treasures: Paper Plate Sunshine Craft

1) From Parenting Chaos: Paint With Flowers
2) From Mini Monets and Mommies: Kids' Nature Art Activity: Painting with Plants!
3) From Where Imagination Grows: Train Painting
4) From My Nearest and Dearest: 13 Fun Ways to Play and Create with Paint

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From Your Hostess: This week we shared our easy Minnie Mouse napkin rings for a birthday party, Hazel's garden/meadow to go with On Meadowview Street, our outdoor play and explorations, our needle felted acorn capped strawberry craft, and an easy pressed flower vases for gifts for teachers or moms made with a recycled jar.

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Spring Fever = Time Outdoors!

Spring has finally arrived in New England!! We went from below average temperatures to warmer than average and lots of sunshine this week. I am loving it and so is Hazel. As a result, our craft ideas are put aside for being outside. We have been exploring nature and just playing. Here are some of our adventures from this week.

Spring has finally hit our area. It is hard to believe it is already May and the temperatures are just getting to be springlike. After school and gymnastics class, Hazel wanted to come home and get outside. I didn't blame her. She asked if she could plant some flowers in her garden. A few weeks ago we read Henry Cole's On Meadowview Street and Hazel wanted to do what Caroline did in the book.

In this book, a young girl named Caroline moves into a new house on Meadowview Street. While her family is settling in she decides to see if there is a meadow on Meadowview Street. On her way to see, she sees one lone flower growing in the middle of the lawn. She wants to save the flower and finds some sticks and string to rope it off. As the flower grows more flowers come up and she expands her meadow. Birds and bugs come to visit and soon she wants a tree. Eventually her whole yard is a meadow and some of the neighbors follow suit.

Since we don't have a random flower in the middle of our yard, Hazel decided she would do it in her garden. Last year Steve dug me a new garden with better sunlight, so my old garden became Hazel's. It has my oregano and our raspberry bushes in it, but otherwise is hers to play and/or plant. Since she wanted a meadow, I bought her some butterfly and hummingbird flower seeds. We also found all the flower seeds from the past couple years that hadn't been finished. We figured we can see what will grow. The first thing we had to do was get rid of the weeds. Hazel took out her hoe, but I didn't get any pictures of it. Steve dug up some of the oregano (which has taken over this garden the past few years) and then our landscaper came and he wanted some to take home so he dug up the rest of what I didn't want. Once the weeds were up, Hazel began planting the seeds. I planted some of the milkweed seeds we found in the beginning of April. Then I explained to Steve that she wanted to rope it off like the girl in the book. He pulled out some of my stakes and I gave them some string.

We also released her ladybugs today. They did not seem to want to leave their plastic home, so we put it in the garden.

Hazel had so much fun, digging, planning and planting. I hope some of it grows for her, but I figured we can always buy some annuals if they don't. For now the fun is just the hope and getting out there. Plus we let her do what she wanted with all the seeds. She asked for help with pouring them into her cup.

She and I discussed where to plant the sunflowers. This year I bought her pink sunflowers (Ms. Mars from Burpee). I hope they grow since she is so excited for them. I also found an old pack of yellow sunflowers and we mixed them up for her.

Steve asked if she wanted a scarecrow for her garden and put it in for her. Then he helped her rope it off (while I took a nap).

When Hazel came in, I ran out to get a picture of the final product. They added some more things like a "Welcome to my garden" sign and fences. Hazel also wants to put her wooden bird feeder and bird bath that she and Steve put together. That may be tomorrow's adventure.

Hopefully later in the year, we will have a butterfly and hummingbird paradise. I'll let you know!

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Sharing Saturday 14-18

It is hard to believe that May has started and that Mother's Day here in the United States is just over a week away. Next week is also Teacher Appreciation Week here. With all of this in mind, I picked my features from last week's Sharing Saturday. But first a thank you to everyone who shared with us!! As always I found it so inspiring!! I hope you took time to check out all the great ideas and leave some comments for people. If you haven't, I hope tonight's features inspire you to! First our most clicked from last week was a Mother's Day Round-Up. From Crafty Journal: Mother's Day Gifts for Grandma.

http://craftyjournal.com/mothers-day-gifts-for-grandma/

Staying with the Mother's Day theme, here are a few more gift and card ideas. Some of these would also work great for Teacher Appreciation Week!

1) From One Little Project at a Time: How to Make a Strawberry Rose

2) From Twig and Toadstool: Flower Print Sachets

3) From Lovely Commotion: Kid Made Mother's Day Card

4) From Sparkling Buds: Ten Crafts and Art Ideas for Mother's Day

Plus there are some other great ideas shared that were not related to the holiday. Here are a few of my favorites.

1) From ABC Creative Learning: 3-D Light Up Moon Craft

2) From Planet Smarty Pants: Building with Mud

3) From Rubberboots and Elf Shoes: Kandinsky Circles-Spring Style

4) From Bible Fun for Kids: God Made It: Outside Checklist

5) From Mini Monets and Mommies: Rainy Day Play: Make a Tissue Paper Print

6) From Sparkling Buds: Simple Science Experiment to Show the Effect of Plastic Bags

Thank you to everyone who shared last week!! I hope you will join us and share again!! If you are featured here, please feel free to grab a featured button to display proudly on your blog.

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From Your Hostess: This week we shared the poetry we read for April about trees and bees and a simple tree craft, our experience raising ladybugs, and simple spring needle felting projects. I guess I did not spend much time on the computer. Sorry!

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Simple Spring Needle Felted Projects

Today I have a quick post for you. I made these crafts about a month ago and was inspired by the beautiful needle felted bunnies shared at Sharing Saturday by ZingZing Tree: Needle Felt Easter Bunny (Cookie Cutter). But before I get into my crafts a few quick May Announcements!! First Happy Belated May Day!!

Virtual Book Club for Kids

The author for Virtual Book Club for Kids this month is Mem Fox!! Join us starting May 12th for posts about her books!

Around the World in 12 Dishes

This month we are stopping in Croatia. Join us starting May 19th for exploring Croatia and the fun dishes we all make.

Now for my needle felting. I used some Easter cookie cutters to make these shapes. I did not have as cute of a bunny cookie cutter as ZingZing Tree, but I did have a tulip and a jumping bunny.

The bunny is very easy. You put your roving into the cookie cutter and then felt it trying to make sure the entire shape is filled in. You also will want to flip your shape (and cutter) to felt both sides. I am thinking of adding an eye, but haven't done it yet.

The tulip I made three dimensional. I needle felted two tulips from our cookie cutter and then cut one in half and needle felted it to the middle line of the first one. Then I added a green stem. I used a pipe cleaner in the stem to make it more steady, but it still bends. Of course many tulip stems bend too, so I like it.

Today feels like the first day of spring. It is actually suppose to finally warm up a bit. Hopefully the warm will stay this time!! I am not liking this cold spring. Everything around here is behind as a result. Happy May!!

For some more flower crafts and spring crafts check out:

Sharing Saturday 14-12

Have you entered my current giveaway yet?

Thank you to everyone who shared with us last week and to those who went to visit the many amazing posts! I know I was inspired by the many that were shared! Here are a few of my favorites.

A Few of My Favorites

1) From For the Children: Preschool Construction Measuring Up

http://msbarbarasblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/preschool-construction-measuring-up.html

2) From Buggy and Buddy: Flower Crafts for Kids: Textured Tissue Paper Flowers

http://buggyandbuddy.com/flower-crafts-kids-textured-tissue-paper-flowers/

3) From Like Mama ~ Like Daughter: O is for Owls and Ocean

http://likemamalikedaughter.blogspot.com/2014/03/enchanted-childhood-preschool-o-is-for.html

4) From For the Love of Spanish: Arco Iris Activities & Free Printable

http://www.fortheloveofspanish.com/2014/03/arco-iris-activities-free-printable.html

5) From Buggy and Buddy: Easy Art Projects for Kids: Splatter Paint and Tape Resist

http://buggyandbuddy.com/easy-art-projects-kids-splatter-paint-tape-resist/

6) From Enchanted Homeschooling Mom: Charlotte's Web Storybook Decorations for Your Family Dinner Table

http://enchantedhomeschoolingmom.org/2014/03/charlottes-web-storybook-decorations-family-dinner-table/

7) From Living Montessori Now: Montessori Monday - Montessori Inspired Sewing Activities

http://livingmontessorinow.com/2014/03/10/montessori-monday-montessori-inspired-sewing-activities/

8) From JDaniel4's Mom: Easter Game - Egg Toss Bottles

http://jdaniel4smom.com/2014/03/easter-game-egg-toss-bottles.html

9) From Sparkling Buds: Flashback Friday's: 3-D Palm Art

http://sparklingbuds.blogspot.com/2014/03/flashback-friday-3d-palm-art.html

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From Your Hostess: This week we shared a simple St. Patrick's Day craft and Round-Up of all our past St. Patrick's Day crafts and activities, our Iceland post for Around the World in 12 Dishes, our second Virtual Book Club for Kids March post by sharing Hopper Hunts for Spring, we reviewed The Octonauts and the Sea of Shade book by Meomi and are giving one away an Octonauts DVD and we explored raspberries for our fruit exploration this week!

Don't forget to enter my giveaway for the fun Octonauts DVD!!

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Sharing Saturday 15-13

Sharing Saturday 15-12

Spring Crafts

Sharing Saturday 15-10

March Happenings & Announcements

Sharing Saturday 14-20

Sharing Saturday 14-19

Spring Fever = Time Outdoors!

Spring Fever: Planting Hazel's Meadow/Garden

Sharing Saturday 14-18

Simple Spring Needle Felted Projects

Sharing Saturday 14-12

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