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Magnetic Figure Skater Toy DIY

Illustration Play December 21, 2012November 24, 2013 by Merrilee

School is out for winter break and if you are like me, you need fun activities to keep little hands busy, busy, busy. Well expert figure skaters, Sebastian and Sadie, are here and ready to help with that! To get started, purchase the download here, complete with both figure skaters and three tree shapes. Print …

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Christmas Village with Duct Tape and Tissue Boxes

Celebrate Play December 18, 2012January 13, 2016 by Merrilee

  Good morning friends. It’s snowing outside of my window as I type and it’s looking like it just might be a white Christmas indeed. Yippee! Which means, after the snowball fights and snowman building, it is the perfect time to come inside, sit snugly indoors and create with my Littles. I don’t know about …

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Lorraine’s Gift Guide

Play December 17, 2012January 18, 2013 by Merrilee

Friends the Christmas countdown is on! But if we act fast we do still have time to purchase a number of items online. Which is why I’m sharing with you a great gift guide from one of my dear friends (who just happens to have incredible taste and two crazy adorable boys) Lorraine Galvin. Here’s …

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Duct Tape Crafts in Parent and Child Magazine!

Play December 10, 2012August 10, 2015 by Merrilee

Happy Monday friends! Have you seen the latest issue of Parent & Child magazine yet? It’s full of some really great stuff. A few months ago they asked us to share with you some great duct tape crafts that you can do with your little ones (of all ages) and we are so excited to …

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Kids Gift Guide:

Celebrate Play November 28, 2012January 21, 2018 by Merrilee

This week I’m teaming up with good friends, and fellow toy enthusiasts!, Meta, of One More Mushroom and Stephanie, of Simply Radiant, to share with you some fun gift guides. Earlier we shared our girls wish list/gift guide with you, (you can view Meta’s here – so adorable! drooling over that dear doll), and today …

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Make Your Own Toys this Holiday Season with Mer Mag!:

Celebrate Play November 15, 2012January 21, 2018 by Merrilee

Make your own toys this holiday season and get your kids in on the fun! We have just a little obsession with toys over her (and toy making) and thought it would be fun to share a round-up of some of our favorite projects. The Littles even weighed in on some of their top picks! …

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DIY Paper Lion Mask for National Geo Kids

Play October 26, 2012May 28, 2015 by Merrilee

I was recently contacted by National Geographic Kids to create a fun DIY craft for kids in the theme of Trick-or-Treat for Big Cats. I love how they focus on big cats during the month of October and I was more than happy to tie it all in to Halloween. And over here, well we …

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Cereal Boxes + Duct Tape = Super Hero City Scape

Celebrate Create Play October 24, 2012January 21, 2018 by Merrilee

My friend Meta, of One More Mushroom, recently threw her son the cutest super hero party. She had this idea for a darling super hero photo booth, and she asked me if I would help by creating cereal box/duct tape buildings to imply a cityscape of sorts for the little vigilantes to fly over. Being …

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Mer Mag Circus Train

Play October 17, 2012January 19, 2013 by Merrilee

Have you had a chance to peruse the November issue of Family Fun that recently hit the news stands? If so you might have seen our Tea Box Circus Train in it! A couple of months ago Family Fun asked us to share our circus train idea with their readers and we were thrilled. Have …

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Halloween Flashback:

Celebrate Play October 7, 2012January 21, 2018 by Merrilee

Are you getting into the Halloween spirit yet? We’re still very much in baby mode here (Baby M is already a week old!!) but little by little we are trying to introduce elements of the highly anticipated spooky holiday over here. Just last night Jon and the boys put together a Mr. Pumpkin Head of …

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