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Uncategorized Little Bits October 25, 2012January 19, 2013 by Merrilee

This year, because of our sweet new little babe, Halloween in our home has been on the back burner a bit. So when mid Oct. rolled around, A asked “Mom, when are we going to decorate for Halloween?!” So after promising them in the morning that I would indeed pull out the Halloween decor, at …

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Trick-or-Treat Candy Buckets

Celebrate Create October 16, 2012November 6, 2014 by Merrilee

If you are looking for the perfect trick-or-treat candy bucket, but you don’t want to spend a lot (or if you are like me and don’t want to bother going out to the stores only to find that what you’re looking for just doesn’t exist)…we’ve got just the thing for you! A Do-it-Yourself bat (or …

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Halloween Flashback:

Celebrate October 11, 2012January 21, 2018 by Merrilee

I have loved reusing household items for craft projects for some time now. And one of my favorite free paper products that we always find in our mail box – oh nearly every day – are beautifully diverse security envelopes. A couple of years back I reused a collection of these security envelope patterns for …

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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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Halloween Flashback:

Celebrate October 4, 2012November 18, 2013 by Merrilee

Hi friends! I wanted to pop in with another Halloween Flashback for this week. But before I get into that, I wanted to let you know that our baby girl arrived on Monday, Oct. 1st at 8:15 AM! We are so in love and are trying to quietly settle into life with this new little …

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Halloween Flashback: Carboard Tube Bat Treat holders

Celebrate September 30, 2012November 18, 2013 by Merrilee

Happy October! If you have been following my blog at all you probably know that fall is my favorite time of year. The first chill of October whispers of boots, jackets, chunky sweaters and spooky Halloween fun to come. But this year, October also means that baby girl is coming! I’m scheduled to be induced …

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DIY Paint Chip Feather Crowns

Celebrate Play September 3, 2012March 3, 2013 by Merrilee

One of my all time favorite online (and now in print!) kids magazine, Babiekins, asked me to create a kids craft for their current issue! I could not have been more thrilled. Channeling my current love for beautifully colored paint chips I decided to use them to create these simple and darling feather crowns. Head …

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[Halloween 2011]

Celebrate October 31, 2011November 18, 2013 by Merrilee

Hope you all had a most wonderful Halloween full of spooks, spirits and seriously good loot. We certainly did and let me tell you, we are plum tuckered out. The boys had very specific ideas for what they wanted to be this year and to my initial chagrin, they did not go together. I wasn’t …

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a mix and match & em monster…

Celebrate October 25, 2011November 18, 2013 by Merrilee

This year for Little O’s third birthday, being a little obsessed with puppets as of late, we decided to take the the puppet show on the road and visit my sister and her Littles. Being as this was supposed to be Little O’s year with the family I felt this fit and we wanted to …

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Get frightfully festive this Halloween with Paper Mache Puppets

Celebrate October 16, 2011October 24, 2021 by Merrilee

We’ve been having a lot of spooky fun over here – attending gigantic pumpkin contests, going on school field trips to Pumpkin Land and most recently making these very fun paper mache Halloween puppets. They are pretty simple and the boys are in love with them. In fact, little O now asks to play with …

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