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How to Make Handcrafted Soap Your Kids Will Love

I hear myself say “Kids, wash your hands” probably 473 times a day. In a house with four boys, it is nearly impossible to keep the kids, much less the house, germ-free. If you don’t know what I am talking about, little boys attract more dirt, grime, and weird smells than a sanitation worker after a View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Hygge, Life Style, Popular

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25 Fun and Funky Gnomes You NEED

25 Fun and Funky Gnomes You NEED If you were to step foot inside our house, you'd come eye to eye with about a zillion gnomes. And honestly, it's my happy place. Not only do they make me smile but they just make me think of my childhood and home.  I probably spend way too much time weekly View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Hygge, Winter

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The Cutest Arctic Animal Crafts For Creative Kids

The Cutest Arctic Animal Crafts These cute arctic animal crafts are so simple and creative. But the best part? They'll have your little one engaged and creating for hours on end! Finding great crafts is always fun. I love being able to join in on the fun and create as well as all parents should! View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Kid (6-9 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Winter

How to Make a Woven Heart Teacher Gift

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CollectiveBias #SeasonofWriting How to Make a Woven Heart Teacher Gift I put the box down on the ground with a heavy thud. The kids immediately came swarming from out of nowhere. There’s View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Hygge, IG Links, Printables, Winter

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The Most Creative 15 Christmas Stocking Ideas

The Most Creative 15 Christmas Stocking Ideas These creative and adorable Christmas Stocking ideas are certain to get you in the Christmas spirit. With so many fun choices, who says you can only have one Christmas stocking? It's hard not to fall in love with the thought of Christmas. It's a View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Life Style, Winter

The 13 Gnomes You Need to Hygge This Season

The 13 Gnomes You Need to Hygge This Season I'm all about the gnomes! To me, gnomes and hygge go together like peanut butter and jelly and where I'm from, gnomes are all the rage.   If you're looking for some awesome gnomes to add hygge in your home, I've about to gift you the best gnome View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Fall/ Autumn, Hygge, Winter

LEGO desserts for LEGO birthday parties. Celebrate in great LEGO style with these fun brick inspired desserts. LEGO cakes, LEGO treats, LEGO desserts, LEGO party food. #LEGOMom #LEGO #LEGOParty #LEGODesserts #LEGOCakes #LEGOCandy #MamaintheNow

The Most Deliciously Awesome LEGO Desserts

The Most Deliciously Awesome LEGO Desserts If you have a LEGO lover in your house, you need these LEGO desserts. Too cute to pass up, but not too cute to eat!  I don't know about you, but LEGO in our household is a big deal - actually LEGO is LIFE in our house, it's that simple! While View Post

Filed Under: Creative, LEGO

DIY bath bombs for the ultimate hygge experience. Self care in form of hygge with bath bombs you made. These make perfect hygge gifts for teachers and anyone in need of hygge and self care. Enjoy self care with these beautiful bath bombs. DIY bath bombs. #BathBombs #DIYBathBombs #HyggeBath #HyggeExperience #HyggeHome #SelfCare #MamaintheNow #Motherhood

The Best DIY Bath Bombs for the Ultimate Hygge Bath

Add Hygge to Your Bath, with DIY Bath Bombs What could possibly be more hyggelig than a relaxing, hot bath? DIY Bath Bombs of course! They are mostly pretty easy to make, and using one with your favorite scent can make a world of difference in your day.  Pure, sweet, luxury. Wait, what is View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Hygge, Life Style, Motherhood

DIY Pikachu plush for kids of all ages. Pokemon felt craft for kids. Sewing craft for kids. Pokemon craft for kids. Pikachu craft for kids. DIY plush for kids. #pokemon #Pikachu #DIYPlush #CraftforKids #PokemonCraft #MamaintheNow

How to DIY an Adorable Pikachu Plush

When your little resident Pokemon fan wants a stuffed version of their favorite pocket monster, go ahead and make this adorable Pikachu plush. DIY an Adorable Pikachu Plush In a house of four boys, you must live, breathe and love all things Pokemon. So that’s what we do – happily. When our oldest View Post

Filed Under: Creative

Live a hygge lifestyle. These hygge DIY ideas for the bathroom are sure to add coziness and comfort. Hygge home decor ideas for the bathroom. Home decorations and DIY crafts for the bathroom. #Hygge #BathroomDIY #HomeDecorDIY #HyggeBathroom #MamaintheNow #BathroomDecorations

Beautiful Hygge DIYs Ideas for the Bathroom

Decorate your hygge bathroom space Spring is in the air, and with that, comes the need to change things up a bit. You feel that way too, right? Well, a relatively easy way to do that, is with a little hygge. Wait, what is hygge? And why do I need it in my life?! Don't miss our "Hygge 101: How to View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Hygge, Life Style

Creative LEGO crafts for kids of all ages. Creative craft ideas using LEGO. Create with LEGO. #LEGO #LEGOFun #LEGOCrafts #LEGOIdeas #CraftsforKids #MamaintheNow

The Most Brilliant LEGO Crafts for Creative Kids

LEGO Crafts for Creative Kids of All Ages Parents and children of all ages know exactly what LEGO are. And with LEGO come the ability to make some truly amazing LEGO crafts. Some parents know the pain of LEGO personally from stepping on them in the middle of the night, while others may have fond View Post

Filed Under: Creative, LEGO

How to get creative with Perler beads, Hama beads and melty beads. How to use Perler beads. Creative Perler ideas for preschoolers, toddlers and kids of all ages. Perler bead inspiration. Perler bead ideas. Perler bead patterns. #PerlerBeads #PerlerBeadPatterns #PerlerIdeas #PerlerBeadCrafts #MamaintheNow

How to Use Perler Beads and Get Creative

Fuse beads, Perler beads, fun-beads-to-stick-in-your-nose: Regardless of what you call these beads, I am THRILLED to have bought BUCKET LOADS of the little plastic cylinder-shaped beads. I spent countless hours in the 80s making coasters for my parents, grandparents and other unsuspecting View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Perler, Popular Tagged With: brothers, Danish, DIY, Kids, Pin THIS!, Toddlerhood

Easter bunny perler bead pattern. Free perler bead template to make a cute bunny. Fuse bead bunny template. Fuse bead Easter templates. #Perlerbeads #Perlerbeadpattern #perlerbeadtemplate #fusebeads #meltybeads #mamainthenow #EasterCrafts

How to Make the Cutest Perler Bead Bunny – FREE Printable Template

The cutest perler bead bunny:  OK, can we all agree that this winter was unusually long, cold and did I mention long? We live in the Pacific North West and within the past few days, the cherry blossoms are finally in bloom. The beauty of the pink flowers are giving me hope that spring IS View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Perler, Printables, Spring

Fun activities for money smart kids. Creative ways to teach financial literacy to kids, tweens and teens. Teach your kids about financial responsibility and the value of money with these fun money activities. Math activities. Money lessons. #TeachingKids #FinancialLiteracy #MoneySmartKids #TeachingKidsAboutMoney #MamaintheNow

10 Super Fun Activities For Money Smart Kids

Activities for Money Smart Kids Teaching kids about money and how to be money smart can be a really stress-inducing thought.  If you as an adult have any money stress at all, the thought of teaching your children about it may in fact cause you anxiety and it can be for many reasons.  View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Financial Life, Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Teen (13-18 years), Tween (10-12 years)

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