Wall Stickers: Baby & Kids Room Decorating On A Budget

Decorating or re-decorating a kids room should be easy, stress-free, and fun. We are getting ready to change an office space into our 4 year old son’s bedroom once we get another office built so I’ve been on the lookout for some easy as well as affordable ideas. Luckily, Nouvelles contacted us recently to review their Homestickers line and we knew instantly that we wanted to try them out in our son’s new (ish) room. Read more

April 30, 2009 · Filed Under mom finds

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Free Transformers Printables

I have two little boys who absolutely love all things Transformers. If you have kids that are also into Transformers then you are going to like today’s finds. I have put together a list from all around the web featuring all those Transformers characters like the ever popular Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Megatron, Blackout, Frenzy, and more. Everything you see here is free. All you need to do is print them out, sit back, and let the kids enjoy!

There are 20 Transformers images to print and color over at coloring-book.infoÂ

More Transformers coloring pages & mask printables from Kids-n-Fun.com

Here’s a very cool Transformers maze - I used it with my homeschooled 1st grader via Printables4kids.comÂ

Your kids may also enjoy this online arcade featuring Transformers games for free at the Hasbro website

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April 29, 2009 · Filed Under kid fun, mom finds

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Corn & Dairy Free Chocolate Oatmeal No Bake Cookie Recipe

First off let me say these are probably the BEST allergy-friendly no bake cookies out there. My entire family loves them and they definitely quench an allergic child’s thirst for sweets!

These allergic-child friendly AND frugal cookies are corn-free, dairy-free, soy-free and egg-free. * They are NOT peanut/nut-free.
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April 25, 2009 · Filed Under Kid Recipes

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Earth Day: 5 Easy Ways For Kids To Go Green

Learning to reduce, reuse, and recycle should not be limited to Earth Day alone so we wanted to share with all of you 5 very easy ways for kids to “Go Green”.Â Here are 5 things that toddlers and older kids can do every day to help our Earth.

1. ) Keep the water off while you brush your teeth

2.) Recycle your old toys by giving them away to other little boys and girls

3. ) Turn off the lights when you leave your room

4. )Â Plant a tree

5. )Â Take a quick shower instead of taking a bath

Want to do something with your kids today on Earth Day? How about planting a tree? Start up a garden? Or plant some flowers?

You may also be interested in: Earth Day Picks: Win & Go Green and Earth Day Kids Book Pick: It’s Earth DayÂ

April 22, 2009 · Filed Under Going Green, buzz

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March 2009 Baby Contest Winners

5/7/09 * Due to a claim on a photo we had to retract the overall winner. Our new overall winner is Lauren and the runner-ups have been moved up as well - as we felt this was only appropriate.Â We will choose a new 3rd place winner ASAP. Stay tuned

From Left to Right - Overall Winner: Lauren 1st Runner Up: Leilany 2nd Runner Up: Sawyer 3rd Runner Up: Trent

Our alternate 3rd runner up is: Trent! Congratulations!

You can still enter your child’s snapshot photo in the April 2009 Free Baby Photo Contest for a chance to win Corel Paintshop Pro X2 Ultimate and more. See what fun things you can do with your photos here