Musical Activities for Guaranteed FunWritten by Deborah Shelton
Publishing Guidelines: Feel free to publish following article in its entirety in your ezine, website, or print newsletter. The resource box must be included with an active link. Please send a courtesy copy of publication in which article appears to: deborah@fiveminuteparent.com Word wrap to 60, (204 words) ***********************************************************Musical Activities for Guaranteed Fun By Deborah Shelton Music has power to calm, sooth, energize and make everyone have fun! Try these ideas at your child's next play date or sleepover for a guaranteed good time. 1. Jamming Art: Turn on some music-upbeat or mellow-you decide. Without looking directly at paper, draw pictures and designs to beat of music. Make several drawings from different types of music.
| | Easter Scrapbooking IdeasWritten by Rachel Paxton
Easter is a great time to capture family photographs for scrapbooking. Even if you don't scrapbook, planning your picture taking ahead of time ensures you won't miss any of these great family memories. No family traditions? Then this is a great time to start!Here are some Easter photograph ideas for scrapbooking: Photograph spring flowers in bloom. Daffodils and tulips will make a colorful contrast to your other photographs. Have your kids help you make Easter cookies or an Easter cake. Snap a picture of them working in kitchen and then make sure to take a picture of finished product. We made a layer cake and arranged it on a thick piece of cardboard covered with aluminum foil. It was lemon cake with lemon filling and pink frosting. We decorated it with store-bought Easter candy. Around base of cake we arranged Easter grass and added chocolate eggs and peeps for decoration. It made a great picture! Gingerbread houses aren't just for Christmas! Make a gingerbread house and decorate it for Easter with pastel colors and lots of Easter candy. The possibilities are limitless.
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