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March 16, 2025 by: Marla

The Ultimate Guide to Play Dough (Recipes, Storage & Activities)

the ultimate guide to all things play dough

Inside: All things play dough, all in one place! Get my easy recipes for homemade play dough, how to organize & store your supplies, plus simple activities for toddlers and preschoolers. This post may contain affiliate links. You can read our full disclosure policy, here.  Love it or hate, play dough is one of the easiest sensory activities to have on hand.  I get that

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November 12, 2019 by: Marla

DIY Christmas Cookie Play Dough Kit

christmas play dough kit

This easy DIY Christmas Cookie Play Dough Kit makes the perfect homemade gift this holiday season. Toddlers, preschoolers, and big kids will LOVE receiving their own holiday play dough set. It’s been a while since we’ve shared a DIY post around here. Mostly because we’ve been busy chatting about 2 year old’s not listening and what to do with said 2 year old all day.

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March 12, 2018 by: Marla

5 Minute Toddler Sensory Bin

easy diy toddler sensory bin

Lately, I am all about this super easy (and pretty much free) toddler sensory bin. Need to make dinner? Entertain your toddler while nursing the baby? Sit for a minute? Sensory bin it is! I have a confession. I’m not the Pinterest Mom I thought I was. When my first child was just a baby, I used to ooh and aah over all of the

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September 12, 2016 by: Marla

Pumpkin Spice Latte Sugar Scrub

This easy DIY Pumpkin Spice Latte Sugar Scrub is the perfect homemade gift for fall! My name is Marla and I have a pumpkin problem. Okay more like a pumpkin spice problem. I’ll admit it, I’m as “basic” as it gets when it comes to fall. Just give me #allthethings pumpkin spice and nobody gets hurt. True story: last year my husband actually had to

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September 2, 2016 by: Marla

Homemade 3 Ingredient Baby Yogurt Melts

Skip the storebought stuff and make these homemade spinach & banana (3 ingredient) baby yogurt melts from scratch! This is our last post for Easy as 1..2..3.. Week! You can still grab my Crazy Easy 3 Ingredient Slow Cooker Dinners And my clever 3 Step way to store your little girl’s headbands. And today? Today I’m sharing these amazing Homemade 3 Ingredient Baby Yogurt Melts.  Who knew

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my daily winter break routine with 3 kids

My Daily Winter Break Routine with 3 Kids 

Inside: Ready for the kids to be home for 2 weeks? Instead of wondering “how do I keep my kids busy over Winter Break?” I’ll show you how to create a predictable (but festive!) daily winter break … [Read More...]

Toddler Meals

everything I meal prepped for my family of 5 this week

Everything I Meal Prepped for My Family of 5 This Week

Inside: Steal my easy family-friendly meal prep plan! Realistic, healthy ideas for Sunday meal prep for my family of 5.  This post may contain affiliate links. You can read our full disclosure … [Read More...]

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