Musical Activities for Guaranteed Fun

Written by Deborah Shelton


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2. Animal Walk Parade: Play your favorite tunes onrepparttar radio and dance and walkrepparttar 111433 way your favorite animal would. Remember,repparttar 111434 more friends you invite to play,repparttar 111435 more fun your parade will be!

3. Music Maker Box: Fill a small trunk, box, or dresser drawer with musical instruments for when inspiration strikes. Purchase inexpensive instruments at garage sales, or make your own including tambourines, strands of jingle bells and film canister maracas.

4. Dance Party: Invite your friends over for a dance party! Ask each guest to bring along a cassette tape or CD with his or her favorite music. Play a song or two from each CD and dancerepparttar 111436 night away. For super cool invitations, use a permanent marker to writerepparttar 111437 details ofrepparttar 111438 party on those free Internet CDs that come inrepparttar 111439 mail.

Deborah Shelton is a mother, freelance writer, and author of the brand new book, "The Five Minute Parent: Fun & Fast Activities for You and Your Little Ones." Visit Deborah's website for more family-friendly ideas and a free email newsletter: http://www.fiveminuteparent.com


Easter Scrapbooking Ideas

Written by Rachel Paxton


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If your family attends Easter church services, make sure to get a picture of your girls in their Easter dresses. Dressing up is a great excuse to take a picture.

Coloring Easter eggs never gets old, whateverrepparttar age of your kids! They never get tired of showing you how creative they are. Join in onrepparttar 111432 fun and then take a picture ofrepparttar 111433 finished product.

Easter egg hunts are also fun forrepparttar 111434 whole family. Take some good action pictures and get a picture of your kids with their Easter baskets.

Easter dinners are a great time to take family pictures. It's a good time to take pictures of relatives you don't often see, and fun to get pictures ofrepparttar 111435 family laughing and enjoying a meal together. Take pictures of any ofrepparttar 111436 good food you want to remember later.

Have fun picture taking, and have a happy Easter!

Rachel Paxton is a freelance writer and mom who is the author of What's for Dinner?, an e-cookbook containing more than 250 quick easy dinner ideas. For recipes, tips to organize your home, home decorating, crafts, and more, visit Creative Homemaking at http://www.creativehomemaking.com.


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