Misc. Projects

I have a few smaller projects I've done that didn't seem long enough for a full blog by themselves so I've combined a few into one blog.


1.  Towels. 
Try washing your towels in hot water with one cup vinegar instead of your regular soap.  Then wash again in hot water with 1/2 cup baking soda instead of your regular soap.  I can't vouch for how much better they smell because my nose was stuffed up when I did this but they sure felt cleaner!!


2.  Shower Head

 

Icky!

 

 

Put 1/4 cup baking soda and 1 cup vinegar in a Ziploc bag.  Mixing slowly as it will react!

Attach Ziploc bag to shower head with a rubber band (make sure you get a stretched out one or you will find yourself like me: Standing on the side of the bathtub hollering for your hubby to get a stretched out ponytail holder!). 

Let sit at least 4 hrs (overnight is better if it's really bad). 

Wipe off extra with damp rag.

(Originally pinned from www.ingodseconomy.com)

 

Much better!  Can't wait to take a shower!

 

 

3.  Unplugging DD from TV.

www.notimeforflashcards.com has some great ideas of TV-free ideas you can do with your toddler.

I tried a couple today.  They are so simple and some are things that make you do a face palm because you totally should have thought of this yourself!  Like one we did today, which was to toss bean bags into laundry baskets.  We did soft-sided baby blocks into an empty diaper box.  At bed time I put a diaper box in her doorway and challenged her that she had to make a basket with all of them before she could go to bed and I didn't think she could do it.  At first, she wanted to build a castle with them but I kept jokingly challenging her until she had to prove Mom wrong!  She did and got a High-5! 

 

The other one we tried today was a modification on painting with yogurt.  I would never let my child play in her food but to make breakfast fun I dumped her yogurt on a plate and make a smiley face in it.  Just a simple, cheery way to start the day!

 

Another fun TV-free activity we have done came from www.iheartcraftythings.com.

They re-enacted the children's book "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" with magnets on a cookie sheet.  I have never read this book so wasn't real familiar with their original idea but one day I let DD play with magnets on a cookie sheet in the living room.  She quickly bored of it.  I think because she's such a pro at the alphabet but we both agreed it would be a fun activity for a fun road trip.

 

 

Hope you got some fun, easy ideas from my blog today and until next time, Keep Pinnin'!