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Hi, It was Aruja’s third birthday Party and she loves everything about this theme. As we were planning for this theme, she said, “at the end everyone must do the hot-dog dance ” 🙂 Here is the birthday girl ready for a Christmas & birthday party at school and her mom is ready to start …
Hi kids, Remember the home-made decorations and the shuttlecock santa made for last year’s party. No? Well, here are the pictures as below and here is the post – Christmas birthday party Also check if you have seen the other Christmas related posts this year – DIY Christmas decorations Now, let’s make some very simple cards. …
Hi kids,   Christmas is coming. Be good and happy. Try some of these crafts to make you and mom smile. We also have one other post for some more Christmas crafts. Scrubber ornaments   (Note: Adult supervision required) What you will need: Scrubber scissors a cello tape or anything to draw a circle with. …
Hi, Aruja had a show and tell activity in school. Topic was transport. So, we did some charts. Nothing great but, at the last minute we decided: 1.) Not to use the computer and printer to print out stuff but, I did use the laptop to search for easy to draw vehicles 😉 2.) Not to …
Hi everyone, This post was  inspired by some information exchanged between me and my friend Sirisha. It’s soon going to be Christmas time and that means holidays. Time for some great quality time with our kids and also time for gifting. Here’s something which can add to your ideas, if you are planning to gift …
Hi All, Just a few days to go for Diwali and if your family holidays have already started, you can do some of these simple crafts. For most of the crafts, I may have used a scalloped circle or a pinking design circle punch, however, you can also do these with simple circles. They will still …
Hi everyone, I would like to share with you a simple DIY craft to make a key chain. It is like a small attractive notepad attached to your keys. Something on which you can write down emergency phone numbers or your latest idea or your TO-DO list. The best part is, you can even personalise …
Dear Friends, As teachers’ day draws near, I remember my school days and a big hello to all my school friends & teacher’s 🙂 On teacher’s day, the teachers were all given a rest and the older kids from standard tenth came dressed as teachers and conducted classes. As a child we used to enjoy …
Hi there, Remember our last post on DIY Rakhis – http://aspoonfulofideas.com/diy-rakhis-for-our-brothers-on-rakshabandhan Well, it all started from the paper fan rakhis. I just found the fans so fascinating. In addition to that my daughter was playing with these clips. She found them in the kitchen drawer and I guess, they were so colourful that she was …
Dear Moms, Have you encountered a similar situation where the school has asked you to send your child dressed up as a vendor? We had to dress up Aruja as either a chocolate vendor or an ice cream vendor. The super thing was that we not only enjoyed making these accessories but, they are also …
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