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Spice Up Your Artsy Life With Your Kids

You know how much I love spending time with my kids. One of our favorite activities is doing arts and crafts. Our friends from Pepper Manila suggested stamping and provided us with some stamping ideas and stamping tools:

Stamping is the process of making designs on paper (or another medium) by pressing an inked, raised surface on it. We use it all the time when marking documents (“RECEIVED”) or as an easy way to get our signature on something. But stamps are decorative, too. Grade school teachers have stars and “Very Good” stamps on hand all the time to encourage students.

These rollers make stamping statements on your letters and postcards even easier. PhP 100.

Stamping is something that you and your kids are overly familiar with. So why not turn it into a fun activity that is both entertaining and educational? It is an easy yet ultimately fun activity for families who wish to spend their time together without spending much.

Stamping ideas
Get a sheet of kraft paper and have the kids stamp repeating patterns. You won’t only be making personalized wrapping paper, you’ll also be teaching them order and repetition (or at least proper spacing).Or using individual letter stamps, have them spell out their names and make their own name stamps. Use it to mark their books and other school stuff.

You can also do a creative stamp challenge. Place all your stamps in a box and have the kids draw five pieces each. The challenge is to come up with a creative design based on a chosen topic (robots, Disney characters) using only those stamps.

Cost-effective hobby
Stamping yields different end-products that you and your kids will surely love. So bring out your notebooks, fabric wallets, wooden magnets, and start stamping designs on them to personalize your favorite stuff.
Stamping doesn’t only give you a unique opportunity to bond with your kids but also provides an avenue to nurture their artistry and unleash their creativity. They will be challenged to think of ways to add color and design to usual stuff, making them learn to blend colors, mix and match shapes and appreciate even the smallest details.

These 1.5 inch heart stamps with floral patterns add a decorative touch to any note or scrapbook page. PhP 90 for a set of 4.

This hobby need not be expensive. Sure you need to buy stamps and ink and paper supplies, but (1) you’ll be making stuff that you can actually use (if you do it right) and (2) they’re really not that expensive. Craft shops and online stores like peppermanila.com offer inexpensive hobby supplies that won’t cost you your kids’ tuition. Fifteen pesos gets you a pattern stamp that you could use to turn a simple fabric to a nice placemat. Or you can splurge and get a few hundred pesos worth of letter and roller stamps.

It’ll take all your willpower not to buy them all. But keep in mind: this is for the kids.

5 Easy DIY Mother’s Day Gift ideas

Mother’s Day is one of my favorite occasions and not just because I am now a mother (it adds though haha). Me and my siblings always look forward to Mother’s Day. Seeing our Nanay happy is one of the most heart warming experience we share as siblings. When we were kids, we always think of Easy DIY Mother’s Day Gift ideas. When you’re young and still no income, DIY is your best option. We tried diy picture frames, diy vase, diy Mother’s Day card, diy photo album and all Easy DIY Mother’s Day Gift ideas our little minds could think of.

Now that we’re older and all have an income of our own, we still love DIY-ing our Mother’s Day Gift.

5 Easy DIY Mother’s Day Gift ideas

#1 Mother’s Day Love Jar

This is the best gift if your mom lives far away from you. Decorate a jar with hearts and butterfly. Leave some love notes for your mom. It would be better to leave notes that would last until your next visit (replenish the notes every time you visit). In this case, even though you’re far your mother could still feel your love.

#2 Mother’s Day Foot Spa Basket

Buy her favorite foot products and manicure set and make a beautiful basket or box with ther fave products. Bonus if you’ll do her pedi on Mother’s Day!

I got this idea because my mom was asking for a nipper the other day 🙂

#3 Mother’s Day Chili Chill Con Carne

In this age where everything is fast and everyone is in a hurry, making a time with your mom is a sure hit. Spend an afternoon with her and DIY a meryenda that she always cooks for you.

#4 Mother’s Day Bouquet

Nothing beats a good old fashioned flower arrangement as a gift especially if you’re the one who made it. Make the bouquet more personal by including a card with a sincere message and by adding your mom’s favourite flowers. If your mom is into more exotic flowers, you can order them via internet from online florists and then customize it upon delivery. E-florists like Fresh Flowers has all kinds of Mothers Day flowers, from tulips, orchids, gerberas, etc.

#5 Mother’s Day Ecobag

Here’s something that your mom could use for a very long time. Her very own shopping bag! Using contrasting fabric, felt or buttons, you could create a personalized DIY eco bag for your mother.

All these DIY are pretty easy to make and won’t take a lot of your time.

Downy Baby Gentle Review

My household is a Procter & Gamble house. Most of the products we use are from P&G… Ariel, Downy, Joy, Safeguard to name a few. Kaya naman, when EverydayMe announced their free sample of Downy Baby Gentle, grab agad!

EverydayMe gave out 3 sachets per account and an address can have 2 accounts. Buti na lang naka sign up din ang mga kapatid ko. I’m expecting 24 sachets coming from 8 accounts (4 addresses). Ang dumating pa lang sa akin 1 dozen pa lang..pero after using it, keberloo na kung dumating pa sya or hindi na, basta bibili na ako sa supermarket ng Downy Baby Gentle

Downy Baby Gentle

What I like most about Downy Baby Gentle is the smell. Ang bango bango nya but not too much… alam mo yung tamang amoy, yung klase ng amoy na alam mong hindi mapapahamak ang baby mo. Of course it also adds that it comes from P&G who have over 80 years of experience in developing baby products (hello Pampers). I’m assured that the new Downy Baby Gentle has been dermatologically tested and proven safe for use on baby clothes.

I used one sachet of Downy Baby Gentle for about 30 baby clothes.. Tantyahan lang yan ha.. and I love the faint smell it leaves on Marius clothes talaga. Minsan pag si Yaya ang naglalaba, medyo nasosobrahan ang lagay ng Downy but the smell is still not that strong.