2009 October — We are THAT Family

I’ve seen this awesome idea all over the Internet this month! I wanted to share it here in case it’s new to you. I saw it first at The Pleated Poppy:

Family Rules

I think it’s not only a great piece of inexpensive art you can make for your home, it’s also a wonderful idea to establish good family rules that are positive and focus on what matters.

The supplies are just a canvas (I used 18×24, but you can use any size you want or already have), painted in a neutral background color. I printed out rules (I used a lot of hers, but added a few of my own too) on some of my favorite scrapbooking paper. I used 12×12 paper that had to be cut to fit the printer. I also googled free fonts and downloaded some fun ones.

I found it was cheaper to buy coordinating paper in a package, rather than individual sheets.

There is a lot of cutting in the project. I used modge podge to clue the slips of paper in place. I pieced the rules together and applied the glue on top also to seal it.

Here’s mine:

I love having them where we can all read them and remember what our family is all about!

Family rules works for us!

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My baby is going to be three in fifty days. FIFTY DAYS. Three years old.

I spent last week boxing up a couple of her baby toys-some to keep and some to giveaway.

And she wants a bike for her birthday, with a helmet, please.

My baby is growing up.

I’ve been looking at big girl toys, so when Eden Home asked her to review their Organic Rubberwood Animal Memory Game (from Plan Toys® ) she said yes.

She’s nice like that.

Organic Rubberwood Animal Memory Game

Product Info:

Plan Toys ® uses only wood that has been grown without fertilizers and chemicals and then makes their toys with non-formaldehyde glue and non-toxic, water based dyes so you can be sure that they are lead-free, BPA-free, chemical-free and basically as natural as can be.

Plan Toys® Com
bines learning with fun! Their toys are specially designed to enhance a child’s physical, mental and creative development without compromising safety for your child and the memory game is no exception. Consisting of 24 wooden pictures tiles with 12 different kinds of animals this great memory game tests a child’s memory to find the most animal pairs successfully to win the game. It’s great for 2-4 players and there are a variety of ways parents can use the toy with their child to learn.

My little girl loved this little bag of wooden memory pieces! I showed her how to play. She clapped when she got her a match (she cheated a little, but since she’s still two, I let her).