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Hair Mail! Donating Your Lovely Locks (or your children’s)

By on February 1, 2013 in Fall, Gift Giving, Limited Time, Spring, Summer, Winter

Part of me thought I shouldn’t write this post on Cbus Mom, but then I thought, “I am pretty sure most of my readers have children AND I’m pretty sure this story will resonate with some of those who birthed the children.” During pregnancy the last thing I wanted to do was cut my hair. [...]

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December Events as seen on WTTE Fox 28′s ‘Good Day Columbus’

By on December 7, 2012 in Art, Educational, Gift Giving, Limited Time, Play Indoor, Play Outdoor, Theater, Winter

Thanks to those of you who tuned into the December family fun activities I suggested for WTTE Fox 28′s ‘Good Day Columbus’. So much fun stuff going on in Columbus – it is really hard to choose just a few events! Here’s the list for December: Polar Express – Register today! Location: Main Library Friday [...]

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Crafty Gift Idea: Thanks to City Folks Farm Shop

By on November 27, 2012 in Educational, Fall, Gift Giving, Shopping, Spring, Summer, Winter

City Folks Farm Shop is a little shop in the Beechwold/Clintonville area full of supplies for those interested in things such as beekeeping, canning, bird watching, or chicken keeping. The shop focuses on natural, eco-friendly products. They also offer intro classes that focus on urban homesteading, in addition to workshops where patrons can make herbal [...]

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Extra Halloween Candy? Donate to Halloween Candy BuyBack Program

By on October 1, 2012 in Educational, Fall, Food, Gift Giving, Limited Time

For the past few years readers have asked me and I have been in search of what to do with left-over and extra Halloween candy. There were a number of great options shared online that would work, but nothing that really floated my boat. I read about freezing the candy for treats later on, but [...]

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Graphic Novel Review: “Giants Beware!”

By on September 12, 2012 in Educational, Fall, Gift Giving, Spring, Summer, Winter

My daughter has been “reading” graphic novels since before she could read. My son is the same way, he’ll sit with a graphic novel for hours and he has no idea what the speech bubbles say. They both follow the stories in pictures, and have even been known to make up their own scenarios to [...]

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Kids Workshops at Home Depot

By on May 15, 2012 in Educational, Fall, Gift Giving, Play Indoor, Spring, Summer, Winter

Do you build things with your kids? Meaning with wood, a hammer, and nails? If not, give it a try. Home Depot has Kids Workshops every first Saturday of the month and they are FREE! We went for May’s planter box project, and each child went home with a cute little apron, a pin marking [...]

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DIY Gift Idea: Picture Puzzle

By on January 6, 2012 in Art, Fall, Gift Giving, Spring, Summer, Winter

This is not a craft blog. This is not a craft blog. This is becoming a craft blog. In my defense, I am coming down off of Christmas crafting, and this is a really cool idea I need to share with you. My super awesome idea is a DIY picture puzzle I made for people [...]

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