DIY and Activities
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Celebrating 4th of July
Being bicultural means that we have and combine the cultural attitudes and customs of two nation, in our case USA and Guatemala. I’m still learning about USA culture. Having a daughter that was born here and living in this country, motivates me to enhance more the American culture in our home. Here I share with you some fun ideas to enjoy and connect with your children this 4th of July.
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Montessori metal insets tracing tray DIY
I came up with this DIY Montessori tracing tray, to help stabilize the insets while my daughter traces shapes. My daughter is ready to start writing, in fact she can already trace a couple of letters. So I bought this wooden, smaller, cheaper version of metal insets but I couldn’t find a tracing tray for this smaller version. What is exactly a Montessori metal inset? The Metal Insets are used in preparation for writing, to help control of writing movements and changing directions. You can learn more about how to use the insets in this article from How we Montessori and on this other link from Info Montessori you will…
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Easy Marshmallow Snowman for hot chocolate
I really enjoy making crafts, mostly during the holidays and even more for Christmas. With a 2 year old around me, I’m always searching for easy and fast crafts, because if you have one of those tiny persons in your life you totally agree with me that their attention span is really short. I remember that I made this easy Marshmallow Snowman for the first time almost 5 years ago for Sebastian’s school Christmas party. I needed something easy back then because I had to make around 30. This idea at pinterest really inspired me, it looked so easy, that I decided to make my own version. It was a huge…
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Free Easter egg hunt Printables
Easter is in less than two weeks, and I already begin to have a few things ready for egg hunting. I designed this bunnies to decorate the backyard and to give Mia signs of where she should look for the eggs. At the beginning I thought I wanted them to be raised from the grass with wooden stakes, but it was not really necessary they look really cute standing directly on the grass. To make them, just download my free Easter egg hunt printable, print it on heavy card stock and cut around. You can tape bamboo skewers on the back, or you can glue them to presentation board and…
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DIY animal mobile with template
To make the felt animals you will need: White and pastel pink felt sheets Fiberfill White, black and soft pink thread 4mm black round glass bead (one for bear’s nose) 2.2mm, matte black glass seed beads (six for eyes) 6mm bell Pink with white polka dots ribbon Powder blush Download and print the free animal template. Cut and trace the templates on the white or pink felt. Cut all the pieces with sharp scissors, draw with pencil eyes and details that you will need to sew using black, and sew black stitches on top. Using a q tip make the blush on the faces. Sew invisible stitches with white thread…
