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Minne-Mama is on Facebook! 'Like' us to stay updated on our fun crafts and activities! Thank you for stopping by! Happy St. Patrick's Day! Whether you celebrate the day, or if you just enjoy the various green, shamrock, and rainbow crafts that accompany the day, I hope it is a good one! And if you do not celebrate St. Patrick's Day at all, happy Monday! Here is a roundup of our St. Patrick's Day crafts and activities, and some of my favorites from other blogs. Check them out if you are looking for a last minute idea for today or some ideas to pin for next year!  Shamrock Printing for Toddlers Fine Motor and Color Sorting Rainbow Coffee Filter Clovers St. Paddy's Day Play Dough Contact Paper Rainbow Play St. Patrick's Day Sensory Bin ... ...and a fun extension activity to go along with it! Colorful Rainbow Heart and Shamrock Mobiles Green Sparkle Slime ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And some St....

Minne-Mama is on Facebook! 'Like' us to stay updated on our fun crafts and activities! Thank you for stopping by! It has been a full and fun weekend with daddy home and the welcome, almost-springlike weather allowing us to be outside every day! We have been spending every minute possible walking and playing at our favorite outdoor places .  On Friday we had a walk planned with a friend, but the sky was looking iffy so we went to the mall nearby to do some laps. The little friends had fun running around the mall which was empty since the stores has not yet opened - perfect for toddlers! In the afternoon, Skyler and I headed to my dad and step mom's (with a seemingly endless amount of vehicle toys to play with and an awesome bearded dragon to observe). My hubby picked me up from their house when he got off work and we had a date night, leaving Skyler on his first overnight (with us staying at home)! Minneapolis/St. Paul locals or anyone checking out the area, if you have neve...

Minne-Mama is on Facebook! 'Like' us to stay updated on our fun crafts and activities! Thank you for stopping by! Since our heart garland countdown was taken down with Joe's return from training, I have been missing the decoration on our mantel. I have wanted to make a shamrock version with multiple hearts, so using various colors, I made these heart and shamrock mobiles (and a garland) as a replacement. To make the heart mobiles and the garland, I cut pieces of scrapbook paper into one inch strips, and once I found a stapler that would actually punch through four layers of paper, I got to work folding them into the heart shapes I wanted. To minimize the number of staples I needed, I would fold the bottom strip of paper into a heart shape and slip the next color in between, then staple them together. When I got to the top heart, I placed a piece of string in between and then stapled that in with the last piece.  I was able to make a ton of heart mobiles with just one piece...