Happy Spring

Spring is finally here! Let's celebrate the season with a fun and easy craft that is great for children and adults. These wind chimes are easy to make and will make a wonderful sound as the spring time breeze blows into our state.
For the wind chimes you will need:
Scissors
Clear Plastic Lids
Hole Punch
Fishing line
Stick or Dowel
Jingle Bells

1. Cut the rims off of the plastic lids, then help children cut out several leaf shapes from the clear plastic lids.
2. Punch a hold in the top and bottom of each leaf. Tie a 7 to 10 inch length of fishing line to the top of each leaf then hang the leaves, evenly spaced, from the stick or dowel
3. Using the short lengths of fishing line, hang a jingle bell from the bottom of each leaf.
4. To make a hanger, tie the ends of a 6 to 8 inch piece of fishing line to each end of the stick.

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Shamrock Cupcakes

Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day!! What a great day to get together with your "Little" to celebrate! These Shamrock Cupcakes are an easy and fun way to celebrate the day.
To make Shamrock Cupcakes you will need:
Cooled Cupcakes
White Icing
Green Gumdrops or Spearmint Leaves
Small Heart Shaped Cookie Cutter
Rolling Pin

1. Frost a cooled cupcake (baked from your favorite recipe) with white icing.
2. For the shamrock, flatten three gumdrops or spearmint leaves with a rolling pin
3. Use a small heart shaped cookie cutter (about 1 1/2 inches across) to cut a heart from each flattened leaf.
4. Place the hearts on the cupcake to form a shamrock.
5. Cut a stem from the excess of one of the flattened candies and set it in place below the three hearts.
6. Enjoy!!
We hope you and your "Little" will enjoy this recipe. For this recipe and others like it please visit familyfun.com.

Spring Time Games

Spring is here, the weather is beautiful. It's time to get outside with your children or your "little". This frisbee game is a fun and easy way to enjoy the lovely weather. For this game you will need a frisbee, two teams and two goal lines.
1. Begin with each team standing behind its goal line. One team throws the frisbee into the other team's end zone. The receiving team must try to move the frisbee up field by using a series of passes.
2. Each time a player catches the frisbee, they must stop in their tracks and throw to a team mate before taking another step.
3. To score a point the receiving team must complete a pass to a player positioned behind the opponent's goal line. The opposing team is awarded the frisbee following a score, and incomplete pass or an interception. The first team to score 21 wins!

Have fun!!

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