Free Apps of the day for Ipod/Ipad/Iphone from ITunes

I am part of this site on facebook and they are always posting free applications. Here are the applications that are free for today.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rover/id483262612?mt=8

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nasa-app-hd/id387310098?mt=8

Book creation platform. Great for homeschooling!http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scribble-press/id487300076?mt=8

eDrops Nature (regularly .99¢ … some of our kids – and ourselves need a few minutes to relax …): http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/edrops-nature/id515845551?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

AP Spanish Verbs (regularly $5.99 free for limited time … for older kids taking Spanish etc): http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id392545987?mt=8

Starlight – Mobile Planetarium (regularly .99¢): http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id489705597?mt=8

Let’s Name Things Fun Deck “Super Duper”: (regularly $1.99): http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id454450994?mt=8

Audiobooks: Children’s Favorite Fairy Tales 3 (regularly .99¢): http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id489385932?mt=8

Bunny Popper (regularly .99¢): http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id490447459?mt=8

Tiny Painter HD (regularly $1.99): http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id454204463?mt=8

Animated kids stories for word study 1 (regularly .99¢): http://itunes.apple.com/app/animated-kids-stories-for/id518898338?mt=8

Castle in the sky!

If you are like me and don’t have a lot of room to make a fort on the floor for your boys try this:

What you will need:
-cardboard boxes
-crayons, markers, sticks, stickers, any other decorating you might want
-hammer and nails
-string

How to make:
First pick a corner of the room you want to have the fort in. You will have to first break the cardboard boxes so they are flat. Let your children decorate them any way they want. Once decorated put two holes at the top of the cardboard and thread your string/ribbon. Now, attatch ribbon to the ceiling so the cardboard is hanging. Make the ribbon long enough so the cardboard almost touches the ground. Now you have a fort that doesn’t take up any room because it is hanging from the ceiling!!

Pasta Planes

What you will need:
-Variety of uncooked pasta
-Glue
-Acrylic paints
-Paint brushes

How to make:
Glue the manicotti to the center of a lasagna noodle. Next, add a tail wing. Break a fettucine noodle into three equal lengths and glue them to the top of the manicotti. Center and upright rigatoni to the fettucine base. To finish the nose of the plane, glue a pasta shell or elbow macaroni over the open end of the manicotti. Then, fashion a propeller by gluing on two short pieces of fettucine or a single bow tie pasta. Let glue dry. Once construction is complete, paint stripes, numbers or symbols. Your project is complete! Your planes can be used to play or display. You can even tie them to the ceiling using a string.

Finished Project

DIY Paper Boxes

This project is super simple. I used the boxes we made to organize my daughters hair accessories!

What you will need:
-paper
-scissors

How to make:
This is kind of difficult to explain so I attached a link for a video
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-make-a-great-paper-box-8352
Once finished you can decorate them anyway you want!

“Sick Day” Craft

Our second craft of the day, I wanted to do something with the kids hand prints. At first, I thought paint BUT I was unsure of the mess it would make and if it would really wash off because it was dollar store finger paint, so we decided to go with crayons. This is what we came up with and even though it is not “perfect” I still love it

Pencil Holder

So, it has been a long time since I posted but I have felt inspired thanks to Pinterest to begin crafting again! I made this with the help from my son who is 8yrs old. We took and old pillow case and hot glued it to a tin can. EASY PEASY!!