{enchanted} lovely links May 14, 2012

Hello Friend,

I hope your weekend was lovely – and all you Mamas were spoilt rotten yesterday!  My gals (with a little help!) out did themselves – I got a sleep in, yum cha for brunch… and dinner cooked for me last night!  The girls also made me some sweet cards and gorgeous hand-print tiles… seriously spoilt rotten!!!

Every week I find myself explaining/apologising for why I have so many links on these lovely links posts… today, no apologising.  I’m just owning it… I’m an excessive list-maker with hoarding tendancies (!!), so I don’t know why I’m always surprised at how many links I’ve collected.

Yummy Recipes to Try…

• A round-up of bread recipes.
• White Chocolate Strawberry Tart
• Mexican Lasagne
• Basil Lemonade
• The perfect ice-cream sundae

Thoughtful Posts

• How to Miss a Childhood
• Ideas for helping your children respect other cultures
• A post about mindful choices
• I loved this post: Find compassion for your child
• 9 skills children should learn
• A book to add to my library list… are we wringing the creativity out of our littles?

Craft and Activity Ideas for the Littles

• My gals love going to the zoo… next time we do, I’m gonna take some pics so we can try this Zoo animal hunt.
• Cute ice-block stick farm animals
• DIY animal masks
• Lessons in the art of pillow fort building (this one’s super-great!!)
• Baking soda and vinegar fizzy dino tracks (intrigued!?)
• It’s always handy to have a basic craft supply kit on hand!
• Now I know it’s still two months away, but this is a great round-up of Olympic themed crafts and activities.
• The first post of an upcoming series on how to create great natural play spaces in your backyard.
• This very sweet laundry sorting game.

And some Crafty Mama Time!

• I recently found out that one of Ava’s friend’s Mum has this great online shop full of crafty and party resources… Little Ink … I’ve already got a mental wishlist!!
• The next celebration we have, I’ll be making one of these to decorate..
• Super-cute bird hanging
• And, finally… I have always loved the idea of coming together with a group of crafty women on a regular basis and making, learning and laughing together… this post provides a step-by-step for forming a crafty collective.