homemade laundry detergent powder

This really was super easy to make!
2 cups Borax
2 cups Arm & Hammer super washing soda
1 bar Fels-Naptha stain remover soap
(i found them all in the laundry aisle at Wal-mart)
I purchased a betty crocker fine grater at the dollar store that i will use just for this

grated the fels-naptha bar of stain remover soap while Naters worked on her workboxes; then mixed it with 2 cups of Borax and 2 cups of the Arm & Hammer super washing soda.  voila! laundry detergent powder!  First I tried it on a load of whites and was very pleased.

Thanks for looking!
becky

Letter S, alphabet sensory tub

This coming week we will be working on the letter S for Snowman.
This is Naters'alphabet sensory box with all the S letter additives.
We also added in the drawer S from our Alphabet Sounds treasure box.

additives:  shark silly band, spider, snake, shamrock, sheep, saw, seahorse, seal,
thanks for looking!
becky

January, winter play-doh

This is the winter play-doh i made for Naters this month!
Blue is scented blueberry muffin and the white is peppermint

Thanks for looking!
becky

Homemade Bath Crayons!

I saw these on a couple of blogs and thought what a great idea.  I bought an ice cube tray for water bottles (WalMart) and one lb of meltable olive oil soap (bought with 40% off coupon).  I already had on hand the wilton gel food colorings.  Made all of these for about $3.00, and still have 1/2 lb of soap left.

Ideas are swirling in my head for what I can do with future batches (scents, glitter, mica powders)!!!
Enjoy!
thanks for looking!
becky

God Bless Us, Everyone!

Merry Christmas to your family from ours!

Naters was 4 yrs old when we went to Disney World in September (the family picture in front of the epcot space ball).  We had a great time at Disney world (our first) and are already planning our second trip there for January 2013!  Recommend to anyone who is thinking about it!

Have a wonderful & Healthy New Year!
warmly,
becky

Christmas play-doh

Red is scented with Peppermint, and the green is scented with Mistletoe & ivy

Since i've been making the monthly playdoh again, she's playing with it way more than she was the store bought play-doh, which just makes me happy to make it for her!

scholastic warehouse sale

I think i did pretty well.  the entire back row are hardback books.  So glad i got the new Bad Kitty book.  Love those for the abc's in them!  Naters practically has the first one memorized!  So got these 19 brand new books for $75.67 (tax included)  I thought that was a great price since six of them are hardback!  I do admit, I really miss my border's book store and their coupons!  I think these are the first books i've purchased since my local border's closed...

thanks for looking!
becky

Christmas Crafts

These are 3 crafts we did today.  The angel handprint & footprint and the handprint on ornament ideas I got from pinterest!  Love pinterest!

For the paint i combined white shimmer and while holographic acrylic paints togethers for lots of shimmer & sparkle!

Thanks for looking!

becky

Advent Playdoh, Christmas 2011

Here is the Advent playdoh I made for Naters this month.  both have lots of Martha Stewart's fine glitter as well as polyflake glitter (non-toxic) the pink is scented with Happy Birthday and the purple is scented with Grandma's Dessert

Thanks for looking!
becky

Christmas Sensory tub, December 2011

This is Nater's Christmas sensory tub for this month.  I'm going to be changing her sensory tubs up a little bit.  I try to incorpoate them into whatever subject we are concentrating on the for week, two weeks, or monthly period of time we give to a subject..  She is getting older (4yrs 4mos old) and I want them to be more education centered.  So she may not have a sensory tub every month, but when she has one I hope that they we will more educational or be able to reinforce more of whatever subject we are working on.  Won't be too technical; but will depend on what materials i can find on the cheap (garage sales, estate sales, resale shops) or shopping with my coupons (Hobby Lobby, Joann's, Michael's, Lakeshore Learning, United Art & Education).  Will let you know how my ideas for this unfold.....

Pretty much everything in the tub is recycled from last year except the spoons.  Last year she got the colored rice separated initially, but then it was combined during play; so this year it's combined.  Thanks for looking! 
becky