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Happy Holidays

the mom-team — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:58:36 +0000

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I have been too busy. But busy in a good way. Lots of changes going on with my other business that is taking all of my time. I am sorry to all of my mom-stuff friends for the absence of posts .

It is now time for the Christmas Season. This is my favorite time of the year. I love the music, the lights and the overall feeling of goodwill. I wish it could be Christmas all year.

At www.mom-stuff.com we have lots of great Christmas ideas for you. Here are your links for family fun and easy gifts.

Family Fun

Christmas Recipes
Christmas Recipes . . . keep reading

Christmas Games
Are you having a Christmas Party and need some games to play? We have a few ideas for you. . . . keep reading

My Christmas Tradition
Christmas Traditions . . . keep reading

Simple and Inexpensive Christmas Gift Ideas
Simple and Inexpensive Gift Ideas-These have also been nic named neighbor gifts. . . .keep reading

Christmas Kids Crafts
Snowmen craft, Candy Countdown, Christmas Tree Countdown and Santa’s Beard Countdown are fun crafts for you and your children to enjoy this Christmas. . . . keep reading

Gift Ideas

Christmas FRIEND Gifts #4
Candy Canes, Rudolph’s Nose Repair Kit, Lotion( A Friend) Cookie Cutter and What is Christmas Mug. These are great for teachers, neighbors, co-workers, housekeeper, delivery person or anyone you don’t know what to get and don’t want to spend a lot, but want to show your holiday spirit. . . . keep reading

12 Days of Christmas
The 12 Days of Christmas . . . keep reading

Christmas FRIEND Gifts #3
Large Candy Bar, Grinch Candy Canes, Santa Kisses and Snowman Kisses. These are great for teachers, neighbors, co-workers, housekeeper, delivery person or anyone you don’t know what to get and don’t want to spend a lot, but want to show your holiday spirit. . . . keep reading

Christmas FRIEND Gifts #2
Snowman Poop, Snownman Soup, and Reindeer Droppings. These are great for teachers, neighbors, co-workers, housekeeper, delivery person or anyone you don’t know what to get and don’t want to spend a lot, but want to show your holiday spirit. . . .keep reading

Christmas Friend Gifts #1
Christmas FRIEND Gifts Christmas Dish towels, Help with the Mess, Candy Cane Seeds and I Ran Out of Time. These would be great to give out at work, to neighbors, for people you don’t know what to get and don’t want to spend a lot, but want to show your holiday spirit. . . . keep reading

It is my wish for all of you to have the best Christmas Season ever with family and friends.

Dianne

Halloween Ideas from Mom-Stuff

the mom-team — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:02:51 +0000

It is our favorite time of year at www.mom-stuff.com. We love Halloween. Come and visit and get some fun ideas to make this your best Halloween season. We have everything you need:

How tp Plan a Halloween Family Party
Family is were all the fun begins. Every year our family has an annual Halloween party and we wanted to share with all of you our experiences. This will let you take the ideas and make your own family fun. You can use these ideas and make them your own by adding your families personalities to them. If you do not have extended family around you get together with other moms and plan your Halloween Party together. This is a good way for everyone to make more friends. “Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family. Most of us would give our own life for the survival of a family member, yet we lead our daily life too often as if we take our family for granted.” ~Paul Pearshall . . . keep reading

Fun Family Halloween Games
More Fun Family Halloween Games . . . keep reading

Fun Halloween Recipes
How to make fun Halloween treats for big and small. Everyone will enjoy this creepy food for Halloween Night! . . . keep reading

Skeleton Plates,Cups and Punch Bowl
This Halloween Party was all about Skeletons. Make plates, cups, serving bowls, or even a punch bowl to match. We have your instructions and patterns. . . . keep reading

Halloween Games
Fun Halloween games for team and individual contests. . . . keep reading

Halloween Trick or Treat Bag
Re-Purposed T Shirt into a Halloween Trick or Treat Bag for this years Halloween fun. . . . keep reading

Neighbor Halloween Gifts

Neighbor Halloween Gifts . . . keep reading

Treasure Hunt for Your Halloween Party
To plan your Treasure Hunt get a map of your city or a piece of paper to draw a map. You will want make a trip using these locations in your town: . . . keep reading

Halloween Party Skeleton Invitations
Halloween Skeleton Invitations . . . keep reading

Halloween Party Scrapbook Page
For these pages I wanted to use some pictures from our Halloween Party. I choose some tan textured paper that looked like rocks. I love to make tear animals so I tried a cat and a bat. . . . keep reading

Halloween Kids Crafts
Make our Shrinken Heads, Ghost Lanterns, and Smasked Witches, with your kids this Halloween. They are fun to make and will add to the hounting spirt of the season. . . .keep reading

Mom-Stuff Updates

the mom-team — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:11:00 +0000

Your Own Style Yoga Shirt
Add Your Own Style to Your Yoga Shirt Fold your shirt in half . . . keep reading

Hair Streaks
All you need to add a streak of color to any hair style is a Bobbie Pin and some embroidery floss. . . . keep reading

Tips for Back-to-School Shopping
Tips for Back-to-School Shopping The frenzied back-to-school shopping season is upon us, and more than ever, it’s evident that parents want a new and thrif . . . keep reading

What Can One Person Do?
a donation of $2,000 worth of pet food, and I’ve helped to forge new friends from other countries who all care about the same things I care about. And it all started with a simple posting on Facebook because I wanted to help a local animal shelter. It’s been magical.” . . . keep reading

Fourth of July Ideas are Here

the mom-team — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:16:08 +0000

Fourth of July ideas are here at Mom-Stuff.

Happy Birthday America
Fourth of July Crafts to celebrate America’s B-Day. Fun to make and even funnier to wear. . . . keep reading

Summer Family Fun
Schools Out!!! Now What??? . . . keep reading

Fancy Flip Flops
Fancy Flip Flops . . . keep reading

Rockin Bobbie Pins
Make your own Rockin Bobbie Pins to match your clothes. All you need are bobbie pins and your imagination. These are so much fun. You can make some for every holiday or even every outfit. . . . keep reading

Souvenir Vacation Scrapbooking
Vacation Scrapbooking Pages Using Souvenirs . . . keep reading

Summer Kids Crafts
Summer crafts to make with your kids; funky flip flaps, jewelry, popsicle stick flowers, summer noise makers and cookie flowers. We have also added a craft for moms to make for their kids. It is a back pack blanket for all of their summer activities. . . . keep reading

Summer Fun Recipes
Summer is the time for fast, easy and light food. We have gathered together some of our favorite summer food recipes . . . keep reading

Father’s Day Ideas

the mom-team — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:16:19 +0000

We have some great Father’s day ideas to help make this the best Father’s day ever. We here at Mom-Stuff want to celebrate all of the great Dad’s in the world.

Father’s Day Family Fun
5 ways to Celebrate Father’s Day (A special day without breaking the bank) . . . keep reading

The Truth about Dads
On the outside, dads are like steel. Anodized steel to be exact. But way down, deep inside, they’re all mush. Every last one of them. Show me any cantankerous, tough as nails, testosterone-driven Neanderthal, and I’ll show you his softer side–and we needn’t even be near a Sears Department Store. . . . keep reading

Father’s Day Dessert Recipes
Father’s Day Dessert Recipes- The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach and there is no better time to work your kitchen magic than on Father’s Day. . . . keep reading

Father’s Day Kids Crafts
Make this fathers extra special for the Dad’s in your life. Help the kids make them a gift from the heart. Father’s love to keep the gifts their children make for them. . . . keep reading

Scrapbooking A Father’s Love
A Father’s Love Knows No Boundaries Scrapbooking Page . . . keep reading

Hanging Out With Dad
Great page for Father and Child pictures. . . . keep reading

Teachers Appreciation Week

the mom-team — Tue, 03 May 2011 17:24:35 +0000

This week is Mother’s Day. Mom-Stuff wants to wish all of our moms the best Mother’s Day ever. If you still need some fun ideas to help celebrate your Mother’s day visit mom-stuff.com for some last minute ideas.

This week is also Teachers Appreciation Week. We have posted two new crafts for you and your kids to make for their teacher. We hope you will have as much fun making these as we did.

Crayon Bouquet
This is a very easy project and it was so much fun for the kids to help with. My grandkids loved pushing in the crayons. . . . keep reading

Crayon Wreath
This project is mostly done with a glue gun so it is recommended for older kids or moms. . . . keep reading

Make sure you tell your child’s teacher “thanks” for all they do. Teachers make the world a better place for all of us, one child at a time.

I Am A Teacher

By John Wayne “Jack” Schlatter (Adapted from his book I Am A Teacher) the toughts of a Teacher.

I was born the first moment that a question leaped from the mouth of a child.

Throughout the course of a day I am called upon to be an actor, friend, nurse and doctor, coach, finder of lost articles, money lender, psychologist, substitute parent and a keeper of the faith.

I am the most fortunate of all who labor. I know that what I build with love and truth, will last forever. I am privileged to see that life is reborn each day with new questions, ideas and friendships.

And who do I have to thank for this wonderful life I am so fortunate to experience? You, the public and the parents who entrust to me their greatest contribution to eternity, their children.

I have wept for joy at the weddings of former students, laughed with glee at the birth of their children and stood with head bowed in grief and confusion by graves dug too soon for bodies far too young.

I have a past that is rich in memories, I have a present that is challenging, and fun, because I am allowed to spend my days with the future.

I Am A Teacher and I Am Thankful For It every Day.

Only 2 Weeks Until Mother’s Day

the mom-team — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:48:13 +0000

Mother’s Day is a time of commemoration and celebration for Mom. It is a time of breakfast in bed, family gatherings, and crayon scribbled “I Love You’s.”

Mother’s Day is only 2 weeks away, with Easter being so late this year I thought I better warn you. There is not much time to get ready. Here are your mom-stuff links to help you with ideas. Mother’s Day will be celebrated on 08 May (in the U.S.). In the UK is celebrated on the 03 of April, 2011.

Mother’s Day Recipes
Recipes Handed down from Wonderful Mothers In the spirit of our Mother’s Day Tribute all of our recipes this month have a story of love and tradition. Each one reminds us of a person who made this special food for us. . . . keep reading

Kids Crafts for Mother’s Day Gift
Our society’s current financial circumstance is the perfect opportunity to shift our focus to what is really important in our lives. Focus on the people in our life this year on Mother’s Day. keep reading

Mother’s Day Tributes
A Mother’s love is something that no on can explain, It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain, It is endless and unselfish and enduring come what may For nothing can destroy it or take that love away . . . . . . keep reading

From His Hands to Ours
This scrapbook page is the day my daughter became a mom and I became a grandma. The collection of pictures were the first time we each held her. I wanted to capture the joy of the family welcoming her in to our lives. . . . keep reading

Flower Ball For Mother’s Day
Beautiful, easy and INEXPENSIVE gift for Mother’s Day. . . . keep reading

I am still working on Teacher Appreciation Week. So if you have any great gift ideas you want to share, email them to me. dianne@mom-stuff.com

St. Patrick’s Day Ideas

the mom-team — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:05:00 +0000

Feeling Irish

On St. Patrick’s Day we can all FEEL IRISH!!!

On St. Patrick’s Day you don’t have to be Irish to enjoy the spirit of the day.

Geather your clan and celebrate the spirt of the day with some Irish food because everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. The popularity of this holiday has spread like a patch of clover. There are more St. Patrick’s Day parades held in the United States than in Ireland.

Celebrating each holiday is our way of celebrating life. It does help if you look good in green, believe in wee-folk and enjoy a bit of sausage and cabbage. Come and visit us at www.mom-stuff.com and celebrate with us.

St. Patrick’s Day Kid’s Crafts
St. Patrick’s Kid’s Crafts .

St. Patrick’s Day Treat Bag
These are fast, easy and inexpensive for when you want to give a friend gift to several people. . . .

Rockin Bobbie Pins
Make your own Rockin Bobbie Pins, hair accessories, to match your clothes. All you need are bobbie pins and your imagination. These are so much fun. You can make some for every holiday or even every outfit. . . .

St. Patrick’s Family Fun
Geather your clan and celebrate the spirt of the day with some Irish food because everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. On St. Patrick’s Day we can all FEEL IRISH!!! On St. Patrick’s Day you don’t have to be Irish to enjoy the spirit of the day. Every holiday is a good excuse to celebrate. Holidays are a good time to add some fun and enjoyment to your life. Celebrating each holiday is our way of celebrating life. It does help if you look good in green, believe in wee-folk and enjoy a bit of sausage and cabbage. . . . keep reading

St Patricks Day Decorations
May you live as long as you want, and never WANT as long as you live. “Irish toast” . . .

St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
Gather you clan and celebrate with some Irish food because everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day! . . .

St Patrick’s Day Scrapbooking
For this page I wanted to make a St Patrick’s page for the mom-stuff web site. I wanted it to use a picture of my grandson who I feel very lucky and blessed to have in my life. . . .

For St Patrick’s Day we have given you crafts, recipes and decorations to make and enjoy. We hope you will have the luck of the Irish with you, get a kiss from a good looking lepracon, find the gold at the end of your rainbow or at least have a toast with us. the Mom-Stuff Team

May you live as long as you want, and never WANT as long as you live. “Irish toast”

Featured Resources for Moms

the mom-team — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:48:23 +0000

This month at Mom-stuff.com we have some great articles for January.

How to Scrapbook for Beginners

The truth is, anyone that can use scissors and glue can scrapbook. And you don’t have to spend ridiculous amounts of money to create attractive pages. With some basic supplies and a little imagination . . . keep reading

Organizing For Taxes – For the Unorganized
My taxes are a mess, or rather doing them is. I run a small business to make it even worse, am I am semi organized at best. Today found me with a large pile or receipts for just about everything that needed to be organized and tallied and more . . . keep reading

To Sick for School?
Family Health-Are your kids to sick to send them to school? Parents can use the following symptom-based guidelines to help them decide whether to keep their child home or not: . . . keep reading

Recipe Overhaul
If you’re human, I am sure at one time or another you have had a stack of recipes to go through.I started with a spiral index card book in High school, then went onto a small ring binder for index cards, next was a small album with sheet protectors, and now I have FINALLY found a great strategy that works for organization of your recipes. Let’s go about this in 5 steps! . . . keep reading

Kids In the Kitchen: More Than Just Learning How to Cook

Kids cooking, what are real benefits? Over the years, I have discovered that cooking with my kids is an opportunity for them to have fun and LEARN. . . .

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Classmate Valentines

the mom-team — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:17:12 +0000

Our Classmate Valentine has been one of our most popular Kids Crafts on Mom-Stuff.com. The comments from our moms have been amazing. These are so easy to make and they look so cute.

The patterns are made to be printed on colored paper with very simple details. I made them last year with my granddaughters, one was only two. Pick the pattern from your child’s cutting skill level or per cut them your self. Have some fun with the children in your life. Crafting can be great family time. Get your FREE patterns at mom-stuff.com.