General Conference

This is for all of my moms out there who are always trying to find things for their kids to do during General Conference. 

I love the packets that the people over at Sugar Doodle have! here is a link below to their packets. 

Conference Packets

The church also has some cute coloring pages. 

Church Coloring Pages

Deseret Book also has a free booklet download. 

Deseret Book

It sure helps little M. sit and pay attention at least a little. Have an awesome Conference weekend everyone! 

Painting Time!

So little M. is learning about apples and the color red this week. So we decided to do a little art project incorporating the two. We painted with apple stamps and little M. had so much fun. Here are some picture of our fun. 

We cut the apple up together and looked at the stem and the seeds inside it. Then we cut the apples into different shapes to be stamps. 

  

Ready to go!

Having tons of fun learning about the color red!

The end project became more spread the paint with the apples instead of stamping them but its still pretty. 

Apples are Red

                                                                      

   Apple's are Red! 

  

I am a big believer in starting to do lessons with your little ones early on. Little M has been doing little  lessons since she was 1 and she loves it! I am always trying to find cute simple things to do with her during her lesson time. This week we are learning about the letter A, the number 1, and the color red. Here are some cute little projects I did with little M today. 

1. We just grabbed a picture off of google and put it in a word document and wrote underneath it. Little M. was actually really excited to color this. What 2 year old doesn't love to color. So We talked about the letter A and how Apple starts with A. I had her point out all the A's in the sentence below it and then we colored in with a red crayon. 

2. Next we talked about the number 1 the picture below is funny because it is supposed to be a number one with an owl next to it. She was so excited by our third project that she went back to this one and glued papers to it too. So we counted everything in the room that was only one thing. She got pretty excited then once again colored our paper. 

3. This was little M's favorite project by far. I took red construction paper and cut it into little pieces and let Little M glue (with a glue stick) all of the little pieces of paper to the picture of the Apple. This is when we talked about the color red and named all the things that are red. When I asked little M. what are some things that are red she pointed to the paper pieces and said "right there". 

I know this doesn't seem like that good of a project but if you have a little 2 year old who wants to do everything by herself this is perfect! 

My Self

Here is a list of things that Malia must do " My Self".

1. Get in and out of the car and in and out of her car seat. 

This definitely takes a lot longer to get ready to leave at home and at the store. I have just decided to live with it. She gets such a big smile on her face when she accomplishes it. 

2. Go up and down the stairs. 

This can be so nerve racking! I am always scared she is going to trip and fall. I know she is 2 and I should just relax and let her do her thing. I am working on this one she is really good at doing it and hasn't fallen yet. 

3. Dress her self. 

This one is the most frustrating she can't quite figure out how to take her shirt off or put it on. This means getting ready in the morning and at night time is a lot longer then just a few weeks ago. I let her try but eventually have to insert myself or we would be getting dressed for an hour! 

4. Brush her teeth. 

This one is just adorable she brushes her teeth for like ten minutes every morning. I am sure it is not done very well but it is so dang cute to watch her sit on the floor  and just brush her teeth. Then when she is done she asks for floss! 

No matter how frustrating the "My Self" stage is I LOVE IT! She is so cute and I just can't help but be proud of my big girl and a little sad that she is so big. 

Cute Bag!

If your like me you save most of your scraps from other sewing projects. I have been trying to think of something useful that I could make with these scraps. It came to me today! I decided to make little M. a cute play purse that she could put her toys in.

1. First step was to cut 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 squares 18 squares in all. You can choose which fabric you want more of.

2. Sew the three squares going across together. Make 3 strips.

3. Sew the 3 strips together into a front panel. Repeat steps 1-3 to form another panel and then sew the two panels together fronts inward facing. Leave 1" at the top not sewn together. 

4. Fold the top inch down and sew so that there is a tunnel for a string to go through. 

5. Turn inside out string some ribbon through the top and you have yourself a bag! 

Happy Crafting!!