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Little Elephants

http://littleelephants.typepad.com

(re)capturing the fun and wonder of childhood.

Added on: May 15th, 2007
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Veronique
Listed in: Parenting Crafts
Tags: kids inspiration cooking crafts creativity activities

Recent Posts

Browsing by pictures

Posted on Friday December 25th, 2009 at 13:59 in blog, thinking out loud

Did you know you can browse my site by photos? It’s a great way to uncover what may be new-to-you content. I think it’s pretty nifty. Just click on the “Browse Photos” link up there in the top navigation anytime you are looki...
Snowman kit

Posted on Wednesday December 23rd, 2009 at 15:23 in blog, Nature, arts & crafts, holidays & parties

Tor was given the most awesomnest gift ever today — a snowman kit! One of the parents at Tor’s school made this set, and I need to meet them to tell them how much they rock. The snow was too powdery today to make a snowman so I stuck the...
Sparkly heart ornaments

Posted on Tuesday December 22nd, 2009 at 17:38 in blog, arts & crafts, holidays & parties

Last year we made a bunch of sparkly heart ornaments using salt clay. They were so easy, all we did was mix our ingredients, rolled out out dough, cut out our shapes using our cookie cutters, then baked at 250 degrees for 3 hours. The next day we pa...
Finger knitting with Outi

Posted on Sunday December 20th, 2009 at 12:40 in blog, inspiration, arts & crafts

With a little help from Outi’s well illustrated Christmas book, Bjørn got a bit of finger knitting done today. We’ve done this before many times before, and somehow forget how to get started each and every time. It was the perfect activi...
A lazy winter Saturday…

Posted on Saturday December 19th, 2009 at 20:24 in blog, home, holidays & parties

We’ve got a nice big storm that’s dumping some good sledding snow for us. As we waited for the blizzard today we got ready with cookies, and apple cider, and we set up our creche in the most inconvenient spot ever — right in front ...
Reindeer snacks

Posted on Wednesday December 16th, 2009 at 09:23 in blog, Nature, holidays & parties

Bjørn’s classmate handed out the sweetest Christmas treat for his buddies at school yesterday — reindeer food! Very simply, it’s oatmeal (uncooked!) with some glitter sprinkled in for the kids to scatter on their yards as a thank ...