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Virtual Book Club for Kids: Quiet in the Garden by Aliki


It is time for the Virtual Book Club for Kids and this month's author is Aliki. Now Aliki has wonderful children's books. Some are about historical people, some about things like the five senses and others about experiences. We have read several and Hazel decided her favorite is Quiet in the Garden.
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Thank you to everyone who shared with us last week and to all who took the time to check out the amazing posts people shared! We did not have a most clicked this week. For features I have art and lessons with nature, math and science lessons, and a mixture of crafts I loved.
Nature Lessons and Art

 1) From A Little Pinch of Perfect: Sun Melted Crayon Art
2) From Moosewood Connections: Constructing a Solar Oven
3) From P Is for Preschool: Nature Prints with Clay
4) From Betsy's Photography: Freedom Ignites a Love of Learning
Math and Science Lessons
1) From Living Montessori Now: Shells and Starfish Activities + Free Printable
2) From The Gift of Curiosity: Practicing Advance Sorting Skills with Venn Diagrams
3) From Every Star Is Different: Little House in the Big Woods Pioneer Unit (I only am showing a math lesson from it, but the unit looks great!)
4) From Left Brain Craft Brain: Feed the Shark Play Dough Geometry
5) From Some of the Best Things in Life Are Free: Shark Week Fun for the Kiddos
Crafts and Favorites
1) From Annemarie's Haakblog: Bobble Stitch Wallet
2) From There's Just One Mommy: Doll Camp Fire Tutorial
3) From Living Montessori Now: Montessori Inspired Knitting Activities
4) From A Little Pinch of Perfect: Olaf Magic Paint Recipe for Kids

Thank you to everyone who shared last week!! I hope you will join us and share again!! If you are featured here, please feel free to grab a featured button to display proudly on your blog. 

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This week we shared Cinderella tales for older children and adults, a no sew doll purse, doll sundae tutorial and a doll wooden table tutorial. (Can you tell we are on a doll kick?)





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DIY Wooden Doll Table


Continuing with some of our DIY projects for 18-inch dolls, I made Hazel a table for her doll. I had her pick out a plaque at JoAnn Fabrics and Crafts the other day. It was $2.99. For the legs I used clothespins and woman peg dolls. I glued one of each together and let the glue dry and then glued them on. Once the glue dried Hazel wanted to try it out. Here it is with a tea party and her Hazel doll.

Next I painted it white (well actually I reglued some legs since she insisted on taking it to Nonni's and it does not travel well). To make a stronger table you could use spindles instead of my cheap version. 

Then I wanted to share a cheap find. We found this magnetic chalk board that is doll size for $1 at Target, I believe. It came with a piece of chalk.

 It is made to put in a locker, but that makes it the right size for dolls. Here it is on the table.




Now her dolls are really ready for their tea party and ice cream party! 

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Doll Ice Creams and Sundaes

Now in this hot weather I know we like to have ice cream and as a child I loved sundaes! Well with the heat and humidity we have been having, Hazel's dolls wanted to have a sundae party! I was inspired by the Miniature Sundaes over at Making Friends. I bought clear shot classes at the Dollar Tree and a package of small red pom poms for the cherries. Then I invaded Hazel's ice cream shop. Since Hazel does not like hot fudge or chocolate sauce on her ice cream (I know, strange), I made some without any chocolate sauce and some with it.
I glued a pink for strawberry and a brown for chocolate large pom pom to the bottom of a glass. Then I glued a white large pom pom on top of it for the whipped cream. Then I added the small red pom pom cherries. I showed them to Hazel and she asked for sprinkles, so I found her sprinkle beads and glued each one on. 

 For the hot fudge sundaes I experimented with some brown paint. (I used acrylic since it was what I had.) I first tried just putting it on the top of the ice cream pom pom (I used beige for vanilla). However it just really sat there and also absorbed into the whipped cream pom pom. For the other two, I poured the paint onto the inside sides of the glasses before gluing the ice cream pom pom. This worked much better for looks. We have my favorite strawberry ice cream with hot fudge and a plain vanilla with hot fudge. Now Hazel's dolls are all set to party! They can use the spoons that came with their tea set to eat them! Stay tuned for doll milk shakes. 

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DIY No Sew Doll Purse


Sorry for being a bit sporadic this week. For the first time in our almost eight years of marriage I have gotten the house to myself for a couple of days. The main reason is for me to organize my extremely messy and useless craft room. Well, I got a good start on it!!

 Today I wanted to share a simple way to make an 18-inch doll a purse. I was inspired by the tutorial over at Doll It Up: Make a Doll Purse Out of a Coin Pouch. I had bought a coin pouch at Rite Aid from the $1 bin, but I hadn't gotten around to making it like the one over at Doll It Up. Then when we were at Michaels the other day I saw this adorable panda head coin pouch on clearance for under $1 and knew it would make a perfect one. Hazel has been really into pandas lately.

 To make it all I did was measure a piece of red ribbon so it would hang on the doll the way I wanted it to. I cut the ribbon a little long so I could fold the ends in and cover them. I glued the ends down and then glued the handle back over the end. I didn't want to try to sew the vinyl or whatever the coin pouch is made of. After the glue dried it was ready for Hazel (the doll) to use.
 
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