Happy Easter book (review and giveaway)

  Easter will be here soon and I'm usually a little more prepared for this celebration then most other holidays!  In our house we give a combination of candy, and non-edible items such as chalk in the Easter baskets.  This book fits perfectly into that option if you also give gifts.  Keep reading because after the review you will get a chance to participate in a giveaway for this book!

 A Very Happy Easter Prayer book by Bonnie Rickner Jensen would be a great addition to your Easter gifts.  This board book is perfect for children.  It's full of bright, fun pages and the sparkle on the cover is a great invitation for kids to open and explore the pages.

Each page is filled with animals playing in various springtime images.  The animals are enjoying nature and what's around them now that the snow and cold weather is gone.  Think of picnics, puddle jumping and busy bees.

  Each page has a short easy to read passage for beginner readers to read themselves.  The rhyming passages are fun and circle around birds chattering, frogs and flowers.

  You can interact with your kids on each page no matter the age.  What animals do they see?  How many caterpillars?  What color is the picnic blanket? 

  This book will delight children on Easter morning!  What better way to start the morning with candy munching and book reading.

Lucky for you! You now get the chance to win your own book! Enter here for this giveaway!

  I was provided this book complimentary for review purposes.  All opinions are my own.

Spring Foam Fun

  It's spring time and that gives us a chance to take a closer look at little creatures and appreciate colors and flowers.   I thought it would be nice to make our own spring scene on the window.

  I thought about what spring meant to me.  Flowers, sun, birds, clouds, ladybugs and spiders.  I am working on a couple more pieces that I'll add to it and I'm sure I will get special requests.

  I cut out pieces out of foam and colored some of them to fit my image.  I had foam on hand from separate purchases at The Dollar Store and Walmart.

  I was busy cutting and making details on like things like spots for the ladybug and legs for the spider to list a few.  It didn't take that much more effort but sometimes it makes me feel better when things I make can be identified without questions.

For these to stick on the window they need a little water. To minimize mess I added a small amount of water into a medicine cup and added a paper napkin. Just dip your finger in.

The medicine cup is just the right size for little fingers.  Dip your finger in the cup then wipe the water onto the foam.

Stick the foam piece on the window. It's all about the placement. So of course the clouds are getting placed in the sky.

This is a super inexpensive way to keep your kids constructively busy.  I will be using this as a learning tool for my son.

What color is this flower?

How many legs are on the spider?

What are the leaves attached to?

What shape is the sunrays?

We have previously played with foam pieces in the bathtub as well check that out here.

Next up I will be making a foam garden with vegetables! It will probably do better then a real garden tended by me.