Lisa Bonny

I just finished putting together Camden’s Easter basket and filling his eggs, so I thought I’d share what we went with this year! Here’s my favorite ideas for Easter Basket and Egg Fillers for Young Kids. * Treats – Camden isn’t a huge candy eater, so I just got a 4 pack of Peeps on a stick and a white chocolate covered marshmallow egg. I got it on sale at Kohl’s, plus I got $20 Kohl’s Cash from it, part of which was used for the Marshall t-shirt mentioned in the Easter basket!

St. Patrick’s Day is about a week away, and we’re pulling out all our books about leprechauns, pots of gold, and shamrocks. This is probably Camden’s most favorite St. Patrick’s Day book, so much so that we have a fun that goes along with the book. To help toddlers and preschoolers learn this history and traditions behind St. Patrick’s Day, this book is a great place to start! We’re doing a leprechaun counting activity to go along with this book, because it’s a fun little picture book that uses rhyme to count to ten leprechauns.

Instead, we’re staying inside, playing with our rice sensory bin and making this simple and easy, 3 ingredient ice cream made from snow! If you live in a place that is covered in snow, you’d better give the Best Easy Snow Ice Cream a try! You can substitute 1 cup of milk + 1 cup of sugar for the sweetened condensed milk. Then stir to combine the ice cream and condensed milk completely together.

This Valentine’s Day Rice Sensory Bin is the perfect simple activity to entertain your littles for Valentine’s Day and when they’re stuck inside with the cold winter weather. That got me thinking – a pink, red and white rice bin would be perfect for Valentine’s Day! 2 cups of rice for each color (6 cups total for red, pink and white), water, pink and red food coloring Measure 2 cups of rice into a sandwich-sized zip top bag. Once the pink and red rice is completely dry, pour the red, white and pink rice into the bin.