Tag Archives: kids
Make a yummy Flying Spaghetti Monster!
So… I decided to make a FSM (Flying Spaghetti Monster) out of a radical combination: Spaghetti and meatballs. No, these aren’t just stacks of spaghetti, with meatballs on top, these are true meatball creatures… suitable for your own Flying Spaghetti Monster, or whatever you’d like to create!
I used a technique similar to the one I used for the Halloween Cephalopods (thanks to Filth Wizardry for the idea!).
Ingredients:
- Frozen Swedish Meatballs (I used the ones from Ikea), 2 per monster. (Defrosted)
- Thin Spaghetti, dry.
- Several tubular noodles (I had some elbows on hand, but this would probably
… Read on…
The Hotdog Creature experiments
For Halloween this year, I tried a new idea, that I had gotten from the most excellent blog, Filth Wizardry. She did this as a fun project with the kids, and I thought it looked like a lovely and disgusting item for the Halloween buffet, especially for the kiddos. Now those of you who follow me on Twitter may remember this for the Dot Cooks “Live Tweet”, where I documented all my Halloween food prep (if not, you can see the summary here!).
So why am I showing you this now, since Halloween is a whole year away? … Read on…
Halloween Costumes, part 3 – Homemade Kids Costumes (plus more links)
A third flickr Gallery for your inspiration… this time featuring some cool/cute and homemade kids costumes. ( See Part 1 and Part 2)
I’m from the old school that likes to make rather than buy costumes. And I totally remember being “Dracula” with a red towel for a cape!
Some of these are totally doable by amateurs… Others might require some actual sewing skills… but hopefully this gallery (18 photos) will send some inspiration your way.
From animals (adorable bird, silly shark, cute bunny, and more) to pop culture (Darth Vader, Oompa Loompa, Mario, Dorothy from… Read on…
Halloween Costume Tutorial: The Spider!
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This easy and fun homemade costume was the hit of last year’s Halloween carnival–I love how the arms all move!–so I insisted that my friend Holly write up instructions to share with you guys.
Materials:
Black turtleneck shirt
Black pants or sweatpants
3 pairs of long black socks
Black toboggan
4 pairs of white gloves
3 small Styrofoam balls – cut in half
Square of red felt
Square… Read on…
Kids Halloween Costume Ideas: How to make a Garbage Man, and more!
I’ve been posting cute kids costumes over at the Dabbled Facebook page, and inviting readers to join in, and Lisa posted this one. I thought it was so cute we just had to share it with everyone.
Lisa made this Garbage Man/Truck costume, and I think she did an awesome job. As she points out, the same principles could be used for a fire truck (with fireman costume), tow truck, or whatever your little boy would like!
According to Lisa, she made this with: Two cardboard boxes, six paper plates, some paint and some ribbon. And, notice the matching… Read on…
How to make Homemade Slime – the Photo-recipe
Since there was some spotty behavior in the slideshow in the Homemade Slime post, I’ve decided to post it as a “Photo-recipe” here!
Make Slime! The Photo Tutorial.
Click through to see all the flickr pics.
1. Slime ingredients, 2. Stir the Borax and water to dissolve, 3. Pouring glue, 4. Water + glue + paint for color, 5. Pour the Borax solution into the glue mixture, 6. Stir, watch it clump up, 7. Pour off the excess water and check out your slime!, 8. Initial slime, 9. Ball… Read on…
How to make Homemade Slime!
I needed an activity to do with The Boy today… he’s 4 and lately when I ask him what he wants to do, he says things like “I want to watch Star Wars”. And as tempting as it is to park him in front of the TV, I think I can quote Episode 1 line by line now, so I think we need a new activity.
Enter slime. “Do you want to make SLIME?” was greeted with a rousing “YES!”
I had made slime at some point pre-kids, for our Halloween party, so I dug out the recipe*. The only… Read on…
How to Make a Floatable Fossil Screen – perfect for hunting for treasure!
My brother, Brett, wrote up this Tutorial for me, and I love it. When we visited him in North Carolina, he took us all down to the river to look for fossils and sharks teeth and whatnot, and it was a fun adventure. This would also be very cool to use at the beach for shells. It’s a perfect end of summer project– Do something fun, especially with your kids!
Most kids like dinosaurs, sharks, and such, so when The Boy and Dot came to visit I decided to take them to creek to look for fossils from dinosaurs, sharks… Read on…
Dragons, Dinos, and Colors for Newbies
Hi! I’m Adrienne. My husband and I write about geek parenting at Baby Toolkit. I’m excited to be a guest writer at Dabbled!
There are loads of summer reading lists for adults, teens, and school age kids, so I’d like to offer up a short list of beach (or bedtime) reads for the preschool set.
Dot’s awesome dragon cake and party brought to mind one of our household’s favorite books: Jack Kent’s There’s No Such Thing as a Dragon. A friend gave us a copy of this, her (now grown) sons’ favorite book. She confided… Read on…
Defend yourself against the 70s! (Kids Music Album Covers)
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Not long ago, my parents were cleaning out their attic, and sent me a bunch of old records (remember those things?) from when I and my brother were kids. I thought they were too cool not to share – some for the memories, some for the interesting album artwork. So, here are some of the pics (if you click through, you can see full size on flickr [or go to the set here])
Some of the Covers:
