Creative Nanny

Decorated Purell Bottles by Nanny Gael Ann and her very creative assistant.

Decorated Purell Bottles by Nanny Gael Ann and her very creative assistant.These make great gifts for parents, grandparents, teachers, friends & co-workers. To get the directions for this project and more go to http://www.thecreativenanny.com/

Creative Nanny Wednesday: New uses for old CDs.

Have you ever wondered what you could do with old CDs that might be useful or creative?Kellie from the Regarding Nannies team asked me if I could find some ideas for what to do with old CDs.Here are a couple of mine and some links to some really great ideas. I am sure that you [...]

A favorite Creative: Integrating Music with Painting

Creative Nanny Wednesday: Integrating Music with Painting Today we are sharing a post from Cindy Wilkinson’s blogJumpin with CindyPainting to Music for Elementary & Middle School Aged ChildrenThere are some really cool ways of integrating painting with music for children in elementary and middle school. (These activities may also work for pre-school aged children who [...]

A Favorite Creative Nanny: How to use Smilebox

As we are all heading towards lots of photos being taken digitally over the winter break and holidays, we are left wondering what to do with them. Revisit this awesome post on how to turn your photos into a great little album on Smilebox for those near and far from you and your charges. How [...]

Creative Nanny: Bath Salts & Bath Fizzies

Bath Salts & Bath Fizziesby Buffi Gentry Bath Salts/Body Scrub What you need: 2 cups Epsom Salts or sugar (when I use sugar, I use organic cane sugar) 1 cup carrier oil (carrier oil is a light oil-grapeseed, lite olive oil, sunflower oil-you don’t want to over power the scent with the smell of oil) [...]

Creative Nanny Wednesday: Turkey Puppet

Turkey Puppet by Glenda Propst (Regarding Nannies Team) This is a turkey puppet I made with my now almost 11 year old when she was 4. Back then she went to Pre School 2 days a week but Monday was always craft day for us and even now when we get together we love to [...]

Creative Nanny: Cooking with Kids

Cooking with KidsBy Becky Kavanagh As a child I loved to help my parents when they were preparing a meal or baking. There’s something so tactile and exciting about getting the ingredients ready and knowing that something tasty would reward us at the end of our labors. As we were having fun cooking we were [...]

Weekend Round Up

Don’t forget to take advantage of the Fall Sale on Letters by DesignYou can get 20% off your order with the sales code FALL09Be sure to use the link above. Monday Moxie We shared with you new information on the INA Nanny of Year and who can qualify. Tuesday Tips Pat Cascio shared tips on [...]

Creative Wednesday: Fun with Contact Paper!

A Great Craft Project For Every HolidayBy Alice Shaffer This is a fun craft for children ages 2 and up, and you can make it to fit any holiday. For Halloween you can make spooky bats & cats, and colorful pumpkins. For Christmas you can make trees or stars; for Thanksgiving a turkey or pilgrim. [...]

Creative Nanny Wednesday Coloring Pages 24

Coloring Pages 24 Website: by Glenda Propst One of the things that amazes us about our blogging nannies journey is how many people have found our blog and contacted us. Last week, we were contacted by a web developer from Sweden. He told us about his website and we want to share it with you [...]

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