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Giveaway from The Modest Mom

October 27, 2012 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

Introducing Deborarh & Co.

You have probably heard about The Modest Mom and her wonderful blog and company. Well, they have grown and are now Deborah & Co offering GIRL’s, WOMEN’s and MATERNITY Clothes in fashionable modesty that you have come to know!

In celebration and to the help spread the word a wonderful giveaway is being offered with
fantastic prizes which altogether would retail over $250.00:

A $50 gift card to Deborah & Co to spend on anything in the store!

A small locket and three charms to build a custom necklace at Origami Owl. ($35.00 value)

A $25.00 gift card to Amazing Grace General Store – You will find lots of kitchen items there!

A Scentsy plug in warmer plus your choice of bar! ($25.00 value).

Happy Birthday To The King-Christmas mugs for the holiday season from Blessings Unlimited! ($21.00 value)

A gift card for $16 worth of georgous hair clips at Lilla Rose.

Lilla Rose logo is property of Lilla Rose, Inc, and is used under license

An 8 oz jar of Jasmine All Natural Face/Body Lotion from Goodness & Grace. ($16 value)

A $15 gift card to Oliver’s Labels – A creative way to label your child’s belongings!

A $15 gift card to It’s A Blessing Etsy Store – Scripture Blessing Bracelets & Gifts.

A plug in warmer from Eclipse Candle Company! ($15 value)

A bar of handmade soap, and a solid lotion bar from Mae’s Soap. ($14 value)

An 8×10 print of your choice, matted to a finished size of 11×14 from Rachel Ramm art studio. ($12 value)

Here’s where to enter:

THE MODEST MOM GIVEAWAY

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10 Great Homeschool Items from Dollar Tree

October 23, 2012 By Thaleia 3 Comments

Have you looked at theDollar Tree

for Homeschool Items?

I love a good bargain. With a limited budget being college students ourselves and homeschooling three kids, I really have to keep an eye out for cheap homeschool items. I search high and low for unique and helpful items. I keep an eye out for FUN items as well.

1. Bible Dvd’s– Famous character’s from the Bible like Noah, Jonah, David, Jesus, etc. includes animated story and songs.

2. Animal Dvd’s– great for a quick science lesson at home or on-the-go. Usually pretty short but informative.

3. Webster Pocket Dictionary– nice, small compact size for travel or school in the backyard!

4. Borders– the kind teachers use on bulletin borders. Make great file folder and matching games if cut apart, numbered, etc.

5. Seasonal Items– great for Tot School and Preschool.

6. Pencils– super cool and super fun seasonal designs to inspire any student! My kids love a brand new pencil. I love getting a pack of 10-12 with super neat designs.

7. Measuring cups and spoons– great for science projects that require equipment that food cannot be used in afterwards.

8. Posters– a variety of educational posters depending on season and store. Sometimes states and capitals or various parts of speech.

9. Calendar– you can often find calendars of all sorts and sizes. If you find a good one with famous artists you can use for Art History or maybe you’ll find a poster sized one you can laminate and use with your younger children.

10. Candy and Food– I often hit Dollar Tree when we are about to have a birthday party for their food items. Sometimes it’s ring pops other times it’s a themed candy or food item only Dollar Tree carries!

What items have you found at a dollar store that have been nice to use in your homeschool? Any other stores with really unique homeschool items?

Recycled Materials Scarecrow Tutorial

October 12, 2012 By Thaleia 4 Comments

How to Build a Scarecrow from

Recycled Materials!

Toddler Scarecrow 101- scarecrow tutorial

Supplies:

OLD/OUTGROWN CLOTHES: Tennis Shoes, Jeans, Long Sleeved shirt or Sweatshirt

Socks- that fit youth shoe sizes 1-4~

Bamboo poles- the skinnier the better 4′ tall

Masking tape, Clear Packaging Tape or Duct Tape

Recyclables- Hugs Juice, soup cans, milk jugs, butter tubs,etc (make sure they are washed and dried)

Hammer, Awl, Screwdrivers

PLENTY OF Imagination!

Gather ALL supplies that you THINK you may need. (you’ll probably scramble around the house as new ideas emerge.)
Start off with bamboo poles and clothes. Lay the clothes out and see how it looks.
Poke holes through soles of shoes. Use hammer and awl. Then use various sizes of screwdrivers to make hole big enough to slide onto bamboo pole.

With soft plastic like the Hugs juice, you can use an awl to poke a hole and then a couple of screwdrivers that increase in size to make the hole large enough to slide onto the bamboo pole.

Poke holes through your containers and then poke holes through socks and shoes. Thread stuffed toed socks onto bamboo poles. Be sure to tuck toes into shoes and then thread shoes onto poles. Put soup can or bottles onto poles and pull socks up. Drop pants onto poles and proceed to thread containers increasing in size onto the poles.

Find a fat container (bucket, ice cream tub, Easter basket, etc) for the waist to hold pants up. If pants cannot be tightened to hold container then hot glue waist onto container. Add a couple large containers for torso. Drop on shirt.

Create arms by using skinny hugs or water bottles for arms. Use applesauce or greek yogurt or easy mac containers for shoulders. If threading on bamboo angle the holes on the shoulder containers as shown in pictures.

10 Favorite Little House Resources from Pinterest

September 21, 2012 By Thaleia 9 Comments

10 Little House Resources from Pinterest

Of the 165 LHP pins I have on pinterest these were the top 10 that caught my eye at first glance today:) Hope these give you some fun ideas to do with your children, grandchildren, or co-op.

1. Homemade Prairie Bonnet– lots of great period clothing ideas.

2. Moon Phases with Oreos– love her simple photo tutorial!

3. Owl Pinecone Craft-cute recycled craft. We picked our pinecones up a couple of weeks ago when we were doing leaf and bark rubbings.

4. State Notebook– great way to learn geography and history as you go!

5. Pretzel Cabin– super fun and yummy!

6. Food Preservation (Dehydration Method)- I made apple slices BUT they are already all gone! Gonna try banana chips next or maybe strawberries if they are still in stores next week.

7. Wax Paper Peonies– Scroll part way done to find the wax paper instructions.

8. Popsicle Stick Cabin– great idea if you have a mega box of craft sticks you don’t know what to do with!

9. Taffy– a kid friendly recipe that sounds like fun!

10. Mini Bows and Arrows– something fun and easy for the boys to make.

Frugal Homeschool Tips

September 19, 2012 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

or Dad “What is an Adjective?”

So today Princess had a paper that dealt with adjectives. Since we place worksheets on a clipboard at the beginning of the week, we never really know what day a sheet will be completed on. Each child can work as many sheets a day as they want as long as at least 2 sheets are done OR all sheets completed by Friday.

Riley was sitting in the living room enjoying his cup of coffee when Princess brought this question up. His response, “Bring me the tv and PS3 remotes. I know just the thing to help.” I grinned when I caught on to what was up his sleeve.