If you need the largest size heart you can print out on a single sheet of paper, here's one you can use. To print it out at full size, click on the image below. It will pull up as a PDF file. It's so big, it takes up an entire sheet of printer paper! I suppose I could have made it a half heart so you could trace it out even larger. Let me know if you'd like a template like that, and I'll design it! Super Sized Heart Template My kids and I probably use this huge heart shape the most every Valentine's Day. My 8-year-old daughter LOVES Keep Reading
Wide Heart Templates – 4 Large Outlines on One Page
I love all kinds of hearts. But I'd say the large, wide, "fat" hearts are my favorite kind. They're just so traditional and perfect! Here is a set of wide heart outlines that print out 4 to a page. They're perfect for anytime you need a large heart for a craft project. You can use these for tracing, stenciling, coloring, and more! 4 Wide Heart Templates on One Page Print out as many of these big rounded heart templates as you'd like for any project! We like to use them as DIY heart shaped notecards as well as mini Valentine's Day or Mother's Day cards! (Click on the Keep Reading
How to Get Dressed in Half The Time
Your morning routine needs to change You want to leave the house every morning calm and relaxed instead of rushed and harried. Imagine waking up and sauntering over to your closet. You pick out a pair of pants and a cute top. When you try them on and look in the mirror, they work perfectly together. Bam! You're done getting dressed! Can you imagine how much that would improve your day? How much more time you would have if picking out an outfit only took 30 seconds? This is what I do every morning. And no, I'm not insanely gifted at it. Quite the contrary. I used to be so self Keep Reading
Free Printable Dinosaur Coloring Page
My kids have been asking me for a dinosaur coloring page forever, and I'm so excited to say that I have finally have one for them (and you!). :) My youngest (3 years old and ALL BOY) is obsessed with dinosaurs. Second only to his 2-year-old cousin who won't even use his hands at the dinner table because dinosaurs don't eat with their hands. LOL Here's a cute dinosaur coloring sheet for all the dino lovers in your family! Free Printable Dinosaur Coloring Page To print out this coloring page for yourself, simple click on the image below to pull it up on DropBox. It's in Keep Reading
7 Fun Summer Activities for Families with Young Children
Thank you so much to Aflac for sponsoring this post. I love my sponsors….they make all my blogging dreams possible! The purpose of this post is two-fold. First, to give you some fun ideas for summertime family fun. And second, to give you information you need to make informed insurance decisions for your family. Having fun is wonderful, but it's also nice to do it with peace of mind that you're covered in case of emergency. 7 Fun Summer Activities for Families with Young Children I love having fun with my family. I have 3 little ones (ages 7, 5, and 3) and worry constantly about them Keep Reading
Pretty Coloring Sheet for Adults – Flower Medallion Pattern
I'm already in love with this coloring page - of the handful I created recently, this is second favorite (second only to Bursting Blossoms). I hope you enjoy it as much as my kids and I do! Feel free to share with your friends and print out as many copies as you'd like. Flower Medallion Repeating Pattern Coloring Sheet To download this coloring sheet, click on the image below to access the PDF. It will print it out on a full size sheet of printer paper. More from WhatMommyDoes Bursting Blossoms Coloring Page Free Printable Flower & Animal Coloring Pages for Grown Ups Keep Reading
Simple Summer Fun ~ Mud Pie Playdate
This is a sponsored post written on behalf of Banana Boat®. All opinions are mine! Ya'll know I love a good playdate. We have playdates for all occasions around here - to celebrate holidays, to celebrate the start of a season, really for any reason! This week we had one of my very favorite summertime playdates - a MUD PIE PLAYDATE! Mud pie playdates are perfect for just about any child who still loves playing in the mud, but they are especially great for preschoolers. They're adventurous enough to get right in there and start making mud pies, but not so young you'll worry about them Keep Reading
5 Adorable Pregnancy Announcement Ideas
I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for First Response. I received product samples as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation. All opinions are 100% my own. Finding out you’re pregnant is one of the most joyous moments in life. It’s a wonderful yet stressful experience wrapped all in one. These days, pregnancy testing is so much more advanced than it was the first time I was pregnant 8 years ago. My husband and I were actively trying to get pregnant for all three of our pregnancies, and I’ll never forget what seemed like an Keep Reading
5 Sanity-Saving Summer Road Trip Tips for Families with Little Kids
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Sam’s Club for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Every year when June rolls around and the summer heat sets in, I get an itch to hit the road with my family. Traveling with little ones (mine are 7, 5, and 3 now) isn’t always easy, but it is totally worth it in the end. If you go into battle (let’s face it, that’s what a road trip with little ones is like!), you can survive the trip with as little drama as possible. I like to make a plan, get prepared ahead of time, and go into our road trips with every likely “traveling with kids” Keep Reading
Dinnertime Tantrums Getting You Down? This Simple Trick Will Stop Them For Good!
Every mom I know wages an age-old battle each evening. During the magical hour just before dinnertime, our children transform into crazy little beings who cry for no reason, start fights with one another, and decide the moment mommy is working with a pot of boiling water on the stove is when they MUST be picked up! Our battle always occurs as I'm trying to cook dinner. All three kids have their moments. Right now, my youngest (3 years old) is having his. Every evening around 5 p.m. he just loses it. I'm usually starting dinner because my husband comes home around 5:45/6, and we like to eat Keep Reading
ABC Throwing Game
I am always looking for creative ways to teach my kids their letters. My middle child doesn't like the traditional method of sitting down to learn (we always say that she doesn't stop moving except when she sleeps!). So we've done lots of different learning methods with her to varying degrees of success. The two best ways we've found to teach her the alphabet are letting her watch this video and reinforcing it with fun games like the one below. ABC Throwing Game - Fun Way to Practice the Alphabet It's so easy to put together the ABC throwing game,anyone can do it. Here's Keep Reading
3 Things Every Little Girl Needs to Hear Her Daddy Say
This post is for all the dads out there with little girls in their care. It's my fourth post in my 3 Words series, a series of posts full of heartfelt encouragement for moms and dads. Today as I was driving down the road, I heard a song I had heard a million times before. But for some reason I heard it a different way this time. It was John Mayer’s song, Daughters. I recently wrote a post on 3 Things Your Daughter Needs to Hear You Say OUT LOUD. It was written from my perspective as a mom. As I drove down the road listening to Daughters, this post came to me. The song goes: Fathers Keep Reading
Printable Circle Dots
I know many people have been asking for me to make a set of very small circles. So here is a set of tiny circles - they're great for all kinds of uses! Maybe table scatter, confetti, coloring pages, or even number practice! (My 5 year old is using them to write down her numbers - one in each circle. She came up with it all on her own!). Enjoy! Printable Circle Dots This set of printable dots print 81 to a page (9 rows of 9). I have other sizes of circle printables available as well - see the link below. Free Printable Circles / Dots Need Larger Keep Reading
The Complete Guide for Stay-at-Home-Moms
Today I have something wonderful to share with you all. It's a collaborative project I'm participating in called the Complete Guide for Stay-at-Home-Moms. It's an effort by over 50 SAHM bloggers to compile TONS of resources all stay-at-home-moms need to connect and find encouragement and resources. I'm proud to say I'm contributing a bunch of posts to the Living on One Income section (no surprise there!), as well as a few other areas. These are the topics included in the guide....starting at the top in order, a new section will be published every day from April 19th - May 8th, then Keep Reading
Easy Homemade Playdough Recipe
I just uncovered the oddest thing - a TON of pictures I took for a blog post that I meant to publish last fall....and then completely forgot about it! I can see why - for some reason I have a bajillion photos illustrating the process. Apparently I was delirious! Seeing as how most of my blog posts are WORD heavy. :) So, without further ado, here is a pictorial of a homemade playdough recipe I cooked with my 4-year-old daughter including a recipe card about half way down the page. It was seriously soooo easy to make and lasted a REALLY long time. I think we made this in October/November, Keep Reading
