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These monogram signs are the perfect outdoor painting project for little and big artists. Take a walk outside before painting to collect flowers, pinecones, sticks and rocks that would make interresting stamps for your artwork. Material: Canvas, wood canvas or wood sign (I used a wood canvas and a wood sign I found at the Dollar Store) Acrylic paint  Sponge brushes (or sponges) Masking tape Pine cones, flowers, sticks, grass etc. Marker (I used a silver sharpee) Step 1: Paint the canvas with a neutral back color and let dry Write a letter in masking tape (the first letter of your family name or your children's name) tape a border around the canvas. Step 2: Using sponge brushes or sponges paint the canvas. Sponge paint around the masking tape letter. Step 3: Using the pine cone, flower, stick and other nature made paintbrushes to stamp and make patterns on the canvas. Step 4: Let the canvases dry in the sun. Step 5:...

This is a fresh, light dessert with just a little bit of chocolate and lots of summer fruit. It's a great  recipe to get the kids in the kitchen. Ingredients: Cherries (pitted and halved) Blueberries Cantaloupe (cut in chunks) Mini marshmallows Melted chocolate  (about 1/4c of chocolate chips melted in the microwave or in a double boiler) You will also need muffin papers Step 1: Fill the muffin papers with the fruit starting with the larger pieces. Any fruit combination works for this dessert. Step 2: Top the fruit with a couple of marshmallows and drizzle with the melted chocolate  Tip: prepare this dessert in a muffin tin and refrigerate until dessert time. Bon appétit!

Not all superheroes have capes... some are called Dad! Happy Father's Day to all the  superheroes !

Making a fairy garden is a great family activity that promotes creativity and introduces kids to gardening. You can create a fairy garden in a corner of your flowers garden or in a planter, as we did with this one. Material: Planter 2-3 plants  (I chose plants that do not flower and look like little trees) Stones Fairy house and accessories  (we made a house out of a small terracotta plant pot) Step 1: Fill the planter with dirt. Plant your chosen plants in the planter, leave enough space between each for them to grow out and to accommodate the fairy house.  Hint: after you add the dirt place your plants and fairy house in the planter to decide where to place them. Step 2: Add the fairy house. We used the one we made  here . Add the fairy fishing pond. Step 3: Add the finishing touches,such as a path of stones from the house to the fishing pond and a clothes line made out of sticks and twine. We also added some...

These are simple little houses you can make to add a little magic to your garden or use them to make a fairy garden. They are easy, fun to make and affordable. The little terracotta pots are 3 for $1.50 at the Dollar Store and the rest can be found around the house and  outside. Material: Small terracotta pot and saucer Stones Sticks blue beads or stones Black marker Yellow paint Glue gun Directions: Turn the pot upside down. To make the roof, glue one stick at a time to the pot. Secure all the sticks together at the top with glue. Draw windows on the pot with a black marker. Using a toothpick add yellow paint to the windows. Choose two rocks or pieces of wood or bark for the front and back doors, glue onto the pot. Glue the blue stones to the bottom of the saucer to make a fairie fishing pond.  Place in your garden and keep an eye out for fairies!

  Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while but their hearts forever Find fun handprint paint ideas here 

Moms love coffee (well this one does!) This is an easy coffee cup inspired dessert that the kids can make all by themselves for a Mother's day treat! Ingredients 1 package of chocolate pudding 1 cup of  chocolate chips 4 tbsp of whip cream Step 1 Prepare Pudding as directed on the package. Spoon into 4 glass coffee mugs. Refrigerate Step 2 Place the chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 1 minute stopping at 30 seconds to stir. When the chocolate is melted, remove from the microwave using oven mits. Using a spoon make an S like design dripping the chocolate onto a flat piece of wax paper. Make one design per cup of pudding. Freeze until ready to use. Step 3 Remove the pudding cups from the fridge and the chocolate designs from the freezer. Spoon (or spray) a thin layer of whip cream into each cup. Smooth out with the back of a spoon. Insert the chocolate design in the middle of each cup to look like steam. Serve right awa...