Dollar Ben Bargains - Building Blocks

Our Experience: 

I feel that all the best crafts and activities for toddlers come from the dollar section. After all the rip, break and lose soo much. Today we are busting out the dollar building blocks. 

We have not ourselves invested in Legos as of yet simply because the cost a pretty penny and my toddlers would lose them. We love the idea of Legos so when I spotted these at the bottom of a Target dollar section I had to have them.

The kids are definitely enjoying these blocks. I say money well spent.

Always take time to scan the dollar section anytime you're there you never know what neat things you'll come across.

Neon Colored Rice (video included)

What You'll need:

• White rice
• vinegar
• food colors
• Rubbermaid container with lid
• baking pan

Directions: 

1. Feel you container with rice about half full.
2. Add 4-6 drops of food color
3. Put the lid on the container
4. and shake until rice is fully coated with color
5. pour rice on to the baking pan to dry.

Our Experience: We love Neon colored rice, like really. Its so simple to make and easy to store. we can dig in it, we can search for things in it and take our hot wheels off roading in it. Its our favorite.

video

Bingo Marker Art Activity

Super fun, super easy.  All you need are bingo markers and paper. I bought our bingo markers at the Dollar Tree, so that makes this activity super cheap also. Bonus.

We let free and got pretty in to our art making session and pretty messy. I'm a spotted multicolored Mama right now. We where doting pretty hard to make a splatting effect and we achieved that effect on paper as well as all over ourselves . So I'd say wear old clothes and do this activity out doors.

I think this activity is a keeper as long as you have some clean up time available, which is the case with most crafty activities, so no big deal.

Simple Things I Did to Make a Week Day Birthday Special.

Haydynns birthday landed right in the middle of the week this year, and although we will be celebrating this weekend with a party and all the family, her BIRTH DAY is still special. So this is what we did for her to make her day special as she is. 

When we woke up for school I traded my coffee time to make her look extra special. So worth it she was beaming from ear to ear.

I made little goodie bags, with bulk candy. Easy enough.... 

Well kinda. Haven kept swiping the candies.

Then finally when he gave up our little kitty Dexter decided thought it be fun to try to steal whole bags.

This i where normally i would bag them up and place them in her back to deliver to her teacher as soon as she got to school, But we got lucky this year and grandma bought cupcakes and we got to visit her class room after lunch. It was so nice.

Then later at dinner time i made her the exact dinner she requested the night before, no questions asked. It was very yummy.

And of course in true birthday fashion there was cake. It was homemade and very homemade looking but that didn't matter because she loved it. We sung and then enjoyed this delicious cake. It was a absolute great day. She felt as special as can be which is very important to a little girl with two little brothers so close in age.