Putti's World

Painted Flower Cookies For Mother's Day

2013-05-06T09:09:00.001-04:00

These Painted Flower Cookies are so lovely for Mother's Day and Kids will love painting them. Have you ever tried painting on food with your kids, it is a fun art medium. Painting cookies is becoming one of our favorite food to paint on. We had some painted cookies for Putti's 3rd ART themed birthday, then made some flag cookies for memorial day and then again made some painted Easter Cookies

Octonauts Toys Review

2013-04-28T10:30:00.000-04:00

We recently received for review some fun Octonauts toys that I want to share with you. The toys were sent to me for free, all opinions are my own and are unbiased. Until my niece who lives in Wales, UK told Putti about her favorite TV show Octonauts, we were completely unaware of the team of creatures that lives underwater and enjoys lots of fun adventures together in the quest to explore,

20 Household Things For Kids To Stack And Build

2013-04-27T09:08:00.000-04:00

Here are 20 Household things Kids love to stack, build and knock over for fun!! Apart from the various building blocks that are store bought, Putti loves to stack random things from around the house. She enjoyed stacking Styrofoam bowls, cups, cardboard boxes, empty pots and more. Don't you love that kids find 'toys' in household things? Click on the images to visit the individual post: (

Recycled Tree Craft For Arbor's Day

2013-04-26T08:33:00.000-04:00

Who wouldn’t love this Recycled Tree Craft For Arbor's Day that’s perfect for a variety of ages? I love to recycle/upcycle things from around the house and use them in our crafts. This was done at a local Green Arts Festival, organised by our reusable resource center that collects and redistributes reusable materials to the community. The wonderful thing is all that you need is available in

Xtreme Customz by Ridemakerz Party from MommyParties #XtremeCustomzParty

2013-04-23T17:07:00.000-04:00

This weekend, we gathered the kids together for an Xtreme Customz by Ridemakerz Party. This is a review post of the toys sent to me for free to share with my friends. The boys picked out their cars and got right to work in building them and playing! The cars were fairly easy to put together. The only thing kids needed help was to make sure that the chassis went on in the right direction.

Bubble Wrap Play

2013-04-20T22:52:00.000-04:00

Today, I share with you a very simple play idea - Bubble Wrap Play! As you all know, when it comes to any activities with kids keeping it simple is the key for more fun. And sure is a known fact that kids do love to play with simple things like cardboard box, leaves, packing material etc. Another such play is with bubble wrap. Just tape down a big piece of bubble wrap- the big bubble kind,

DIY Personalized Kids Name Plaque

2013-04-11T10:29:00.003-04:00

This Personalized Name Plaque is a fun idea for Kids room doors. Putti really loves hers. Ever since we moved to a new apartment couple of months ago, Putti is very excited to have her own playroom. We are slowly getting her room ready. And I thought her room door could use a little personalization and wanted to make her very own name plaques. She loved the idea too and when I was sent some

Take Part - Stop Bullying Now

2013-04-08T23:07:00.001-04:00

TakePart is sponsoring post on bullying as a way to put it to a stop. Please take a minute to sign a pledge. Bullying - A parental nightmare, is one of the things I have been dreading the most. I have been worrying that this will happen somewhere along the line. But never imagined it would start even before my girl enters the school. After we moved to a new apartment a couple of months ago,

Easter Egg Hunt Party

2013-03-30T22:30:00.000-04:00

Putti had a fun Easter Egg Hunt Party at her friend's house this evening. They were all excited to go find the eggs scattered hidden in the backyard. All the girls were excited to find so many eggs around! Here are the proud egg hunters with their eggs! There were a couple toddlers too and this little man was really excited. He would pick up each egg, shake it to make sure it has

Easter Cookies

2013-03-29T10:19:00.000-04:00

These Easter Cookies are filled with candy treats and is sure to surprise your kids! I have been wanting to try the pinata cookies, for a long time now. So, finally got to make it for Putti's friends for an Easter Party. And, it sure was a hit with all the kids. The first kid that started eating the cookies was so surprised to find the candies hidden in them and soon all the kids wanted to

Easy Easter Egg Decorating For Kids

2013-03-28T22:17:00.000-04:00

I have an Easy Easter Egg Decorating For Kids. This idea are perfect for crafty little hands, so grab the kids and re-create these trendy eggs in your own home. Easter is a couple of days away, and we are on an Easter egg decorating binge this year and we both are loving the experience. I hadn’t dyed eggs in all my life and did it for the first time with Putti this year. We also decorated

Holi 2013

2013-03-27T11:15:00.001-04:00

Celebrating colors by playing with them is what we do here at Putti's World everyday. Today, we celebrate it with the world. Happy Holi Everyone! Today, March 27th is Holi, the festival of colors. But, living away from home we had to celebrate it on the weekends and this time a couple days early and we had get-together with friends last weekend. Just last 2 years, Putti was eagerly

Easy Kid Painted T Shirt

2013-03-25T21:52:00.000-04:00

This is a very easy way for Kids to paint their own T Shirts! Holi is the only one celebration where in I prefer to wear some old aka faded cloths as anyway they will get soaked in all the colors or wear synthetic cloths which do not absorb much color. So, this year when I picked a faded white shirt for Putti to wear, she was not happy at all. She wanted some nice and complained it was not

Decorating Foam Easter Eggs On The Window

2013-03-24T00:16:00.004-04:00

Decorating Foam Easter Eggs on the window is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers and is completely mess free - just uses water! As an added bonus it can be redecorated over and over again. We love to use craft foam shapes on the window ever since I first tried it with Putti. She loved building castles and homes with foam pieces. We have later played with it many times and also loved using

Culturelle® Kids Probiotics

2013-03-23T08:45:00.000-04:00

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Culturelle® Kids Probiotics. Continue reading to find out how you can win a sample of Kids Probiotcs. Do your kids get sick with every season change? Well it does happen at our house. Here, I am susceptible too especially now with all the flowers blooming and new pollen kicking up my allergies. It is awful to see my little girl feeling so

Easy Egg Decorating With Kids For Easter

2013-03-21T21:45:00.002-04:00

If you’re looking for an easy last-minute Easter Egg Decorating with kids idea, I have one for you. These polka dot Easter eggs are not only cute but easy and quick to do. Dot stickers are one of the favorite stickers of my girl. She had used them in fall to make pumpkins decorated with dot stickers and also used them to decorate a gift wrap. She had loved them both, so I was sure she

Painted Easter Cookies

2013-03-18T13:38:00.004-04:00

These Painted Easter Cookies turned out so adorable. Kids will love painting them. Last week I baked and decorated some Flower cookies for a friend's little girl's birthday. I had some dough left over and I asked Putti what shapes should we cut them out, she was all for Easter shapes. So we pulled out our cookie cutters, rolled and cut the dough and baked them. I used my favorite short bread

3 Easy Ways to Decorate Easter Eggs With Paas And Heinz

2013-03-16T21:47:00.001-04:00

Here are 3 Easy Ways to Decorate Easter Eggs with your Kids. We used Kits from PAAS to help us. After seeing so many egg decorating ideas all over the web, I wanted to give it a try too with Putti. So, being the first time wanted to make it easy for her and me. Hence when I was offered to review these egg decorating kits from PAAS, I jumped on it. This year, PAAS has seven new egg decorating

Easy Kids Craft - Easter Scratch Art

2013-03-14T15:19:00.002-04:00

Looking for an easy craft for the kids to celebrate Easter? Presenting our Easter Scratch Art ! To make your own Easter scratch art, you will need: Scratch Art Paper Egg-shaped cookie cutter and other Easter cookie cutter you have wood stylus or wooden dowel, tooth pick, back of a paint brush scissors, doilies, glue and dot markers (optional, but totally cute). Invite your child

Sticky Wall Easter Egg Decorating

2013-03-12T15:02:00.002-04:00

This Sticky Wall Easter Egg Decorating is a fun activity for kids of all ages. It is one egg that your little children can decorate over and over. Just like all mothers I love activities which uses things from around the house and that keep the kids occupied for long time. This activity will have your kids coming back to it over and over. And once set up, you will hardly have any more work/

DIY Easy Wall Art

2013-03-11T02:00:00.000-04:00

Today, I am sharing with you a DIY Easy Wall Art that is very simple and does not need any artistic skills. It is easy enough for kids to do most part of it. Materials Needed: Cardstock Black Tempera Paint Paints - Acrylic or tempera depending on your kids (We used Crayola washable paints) Markers (Optional) Paint Brushes A small cup or paper roll or anything to stamp circles This

12 Flower Crafts For Spring

2013-03-09T20:21:00.000-05:00

Spring is just around the corner, yay!!. Flowers are blooming everywhere and nature is coming alive again. Here are 12+ Flower Crafts for you to welcome spring and enjoy making with your preschoolers. We live in Florida where winter is mild compared to other places where it gets snowed in. But, this year, winter seemed longer comparatively and am really ready for Spring. Springs makes me

Kids Sewing Simple Felt Heart Pillows

2013-03-08T21:52:00.002-05:00

Children can practice their sewing skills to make these pretty felt heart pillows - then decorate it with odds and ends to make it really special. It would be perfect to give for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Friendship Day or to Grandparents. These can be used as an ornament, toy or a hanging decoration. Ours are going to be given to Putti's grand mothers. You will need: sheets of felt

12 St. Patrick's Day Children's Books

2013-02-28T15:56:00.003-05:00

Here are some of Children's books we’re reading for the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day. Having born and grown up in India, I really did not know about this Irish Holiday. It is only after moving to US 8 years ago that I got to know about it. I love learning about other cultures and want my daughter to develop that love too. I believe that when kids learn about other cultures, they become interested

Shamrock Mosaics - St Patrick's Day Kids Craft

2013-02-27T23:03:00.001-05:00

These Shamrock Mosaics are a fun Kids Craft for St. Patrick's Day. Every time we do a craft with construction paper, I save the scraps to use later. This is one of those activities that uses up some of our paper scraps. It is a fun holiday themed craft to practice skills such as cutting, tearing paper etc. You could even cut and use green color from a magazine or shop catalogue, like we did