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Archive for October, 2008

20 Simple Homemade Halloween Costumes

Friday, October 31st, 2008

It is past nine o’clock, the grandchildren are on their way home…probably sound asleep. Halloween is over for children who live on the East Coast of the USA. Trick or Treaters came early. The weather was pleasant, not too warm for those heavy costumes and not too cold for the costumes requiring less clothing. Kids stay [...]

Children’s Games: Effective Tools for Learning

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Do you remember the hours of fun you enjoyed playing board games with your friends or family when you were young? It was a big deal and you didn’t even know it. While you were having fun, you were also learning important skills. By playing games with your children and grandchildren, you have a chance to relive your childhood [...]

5 Easy Homemade Halloween Costumes

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

The following homemade Halloween costumes are very easy to put together and will bring laughs from all those that you meet on Halloween!
Chest of Drawers
What you need:

Safety pin a pair of Boxer shorts to your on your chest.
Safety pin another pair on the back of your shirt.
Pin a random sock here and underwear there.

And what [...]

18 Easy Homemade Halloween Costumes

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

You can recycle cardboard for fun-to-make homemade Halloween costumes. Combine cardboard, some inexpensive trimmings, and imagination for the makings of clever, unique, and easy homemade Halloween costumes, such as a cheese sandwich, popcorn box, Hershey candy bar, tooth, restaurant table, and more…

Cheese Sandwich

Popcorn Box

Hershey Candy Bar

Restaurant Table

Gift Box

Tooth

Button

Refrigerator

Juicy Fruit Gum

Box

Mirror

Spilled Spaghetti

Candy Buttons

Credit Cards

Laptop Computer

Dishwasher

Post-It

Spirit of Halloween

Cheese [...]

Fashion Sites for Girls: GirlSense

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

In the digital e-boutique community of Girlsense.com, tweens become interior decorators as well as fashion designers using intricate, state-of-the-art web tools that allow their creative spirits to soar…The innovative Marketplace is one of the newest additions to GirlSense.com, a wildly popular online fashion community that blends social networking with an artistic, inspired, virtual fashion world…Girlsense’s online fashion community offers members all the tools, colors, fabrics and styles to design their very own couture lines.