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Philadelphia Art Museum Kid Summer

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philadephia art musuem vintage clothesPhiladelphia Art Museum has a great line up this summer.  Art Splash is the name of the Philadelphia Art museums Family center programs.  I got a sneak peek the events last week.

They have a Exhibited “All Dressed Up”  vintage Fashion for the whole family  the events will be up for an entire year  From Dec 2012- Dec 2013  I loved see in the clothes of the past.  The also provided an area for you to create your designs. My inner Fashion Designer loved this exhibit.. See above is a sneak peek.

candy coated wondeland artThey also have an Exhibit called Candy Coated Wonderland  which is a installation done by local Philadelphia Artist (formerly Candy Depew)  The art work is whimsical and fun.  The kids who attended enjoyed the exhibit and seeing the Old vintage clothes  mixed in with the new.

I also got a sneak peek in to the modern gallery which was featuring “Design or the Modern Child”.  I enjoyed seeing designs from kids from the past and very much present.  The gallery was not open yet so we could no take pictures but it was a fun gallery for the entire family.  I cant wait to bring my kids.

The Art splash at the has a whole host of events every week all summer long.  I highly recommend heading do with the kids.  Thanks to Melinda at LookWhatMomFound for her daughter in this picture.

girl creating art

Here is a list Art Splash kids Programs: Art Splash_Public Programs  They start June 28-.. and continue through the summer

Tips I do recommend the kids to be 5+ because it is a museum.

  • Adults: $20
  • Seniors (65 & over): $18
  • Students (with valid ID): $14
  • Youth (13–18): $14
  • Children (12 & under): Free

First Sunday of the month and every Wednesday after 5:00 p.m.: pay what you wish

Parking:  Also I will let you know:   Museum visitors: $12 for the first 4 hours, $2 for each additional hour.
Museum members: first hour FREE, $8 for the next 4 hours, $2 for each additional hour. Parking is a $32  for over 4 hours.

I can wait to visit with the kids this summer!

Disclosure:  I did receive entry in to the museum to learn about the exhibits to share them with you.

 

 

Cooking, Parenting

Pancake Art Ideas: Kid Food

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pancake drawing

Ideas how to make Pancake art.. talk about a fun activity to do with older kids on a day off school or a weekend morning. Pancake drawing is very easy you need a flat top griddle, Large squeeze bottles, food coloring, and Pancake mix.

I got my 24oz squeeze bottle at a restaurant supply store for $6.00 for all 6 bottles. I  choose the large bottles so they were easy to clean (the ones I bought were dishwasher safe).

This is the art we created,  my husband did the owl.  I did the flower, palm tree, and Turtle.  My son did the large flower.pancake art

KID TIP: I recommend this project for a kid over 8 and supervised since you are dealing with a HOT surface

Ingredients:

  • Pancake mix – add water kind
  • water
  • food coloring
  • powdered cocoa (for brown)
  • Non Stick spray

Tools:

  1. Make pancake mix in a separate bowl  I used add water pancake mix so I could adjust the thickness too thin it runs too thick it wont come out of the bottle (think thick homemade ranch dressing)
  2. Pour pancake mix in to squeeze bottlessqueeze bottles filled with colored Pankcake batter
  3. Add food color or powdered cocoa for brown , replace top, cover with finger and shake (It will spit out a little from pressure of shaking)
  4. Turn on electric griddle on low temperature setting while creating art,  so to not over cook/burn before done
  5. Spray Griddle with non stick spray
  6. Start drawing  NOTE if the squeeze bottle clogs smack bottom on table, use toothpick, or add more water if needed.
  7. You have to build the pancake art picture in reverse, (see I wrote love backwards and put it down 1st)pancake word on a griddle
  8. Then draw the next layerpancake
  9. Then fill in with a background color  to hold the drawing together.
  10. Turn the electric griddle to a high temp to cook the pancake.
  11. Wait for the pancake to bubble and dry out before flipping (check stability of pancake art before flipping you can add more mix behind the art to insure stability)pancake with love written on it

This is my daughter house:girl making pancake art

Great way to teach a kid to think differently about layers.  Eatable art for a fun morning.

For More Great Kid Food Ideas check out my Kid Food Pintrest Board

How often do you make pancakes from your crew?

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Parenting

Real Letters from Santa!

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Is There Really a Santa Claus?

Kids Will Truly Believe When Santa Writes Back
The U.S. Postal Service is helping keep the enchantment of Santa Claus alive with its “Letters From Santa” program. “Letters From Santa” allows a parent, grandparent or any person in a child’s life to mail a letter to their child “From Santa,” postmarked from the North Pole.

 

Here’s how “Letters From Santa” works:

1. Write a letter to your child from Santa Claus and sign it “From Santa.”

2. Insert the letter into an envelope addressed to your child with the return address:

SANTA, NORTH POLE.

3. Ensure a First-Class Mail stamp is affixed to the envelope.

4. Place the envelope into a larger envelope, with appropriate postage, and address the larger envelope to:

 

NORTH POLE POSTMARK

POSTMASTER

4141 POSTMARK DR

ANCHORAGE AK 99530-9998

 

5. Your letter “From Santa” will be mailed back to your child, postmarked from the North Pole.

“Letters From Santa” must be mailed to the Anchorage, AK, postmaster no later than Dec. 10, 2012. Santa’s helpers in Anchorage will take care of the rest.

 

The personalized letters that parents send to their children via the “Letters From Santa” program is different from the historical “Operation Santa” program. In “Operation Santa,” the Postal Service facilitates the matching of customers with letters written to Santa from needy children. Participants in “Operation Santa” help fulfill a child’s dream with a gift and a response letter from Santa. (Customers are not provided the child’s address in the “Operation Santa” program.) The “Letters From Santa” program helps parents fulfill the dreams of their own children.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

Follow the Postal Service on www.twitter.com/USPS and at www.facebook.com/USPS

 

I love this idea!  I received from the post office

 

 
Philadelphia, Product Reviews, Travel

Sesame Place Halloween

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sesame place halloween

So I got to take the kids to Sesame Place  Spooktacluar  Halloween celebration. I have to say I think this is a great time to go to Sesame Place not too hot not too cold.  The kids really loved it. I brought my daughter age 7 and my son 11 and his friend 12.  They all have a good time, There was plenty to do for the big kids.

Pumpkin Decorating which is super fun they punkins were very reasonably prices starting at $4.  The Sesame Place personnel provided paint, stickers, duck tape and more.. so much fun for the kids.sesame place halloween

The kids also loved the Un Haunted house.  The house had interactive station as you walked through it. Like fun house mirrors and count the bugs.  The Kids really loved the interactive pumpkin that responded to them and talked to back asking questions then responding tot he children.sesame place hay maze

They also have  trick or treating.. you hunt through out Sesame Place to find the treats.  The kids really loved trying to find all the locations.sesame place halloween

The also had all Halloween themed shows and the great rides.  My daughter and son friend rode the roller coaster 7 times.

The decoration are also a ton of fun all count colors and pumpkins to look like the characters. sesame place

So you want to go they have a great Line up of Spootackular Weekends:

Check out SesamePlace Deals
October 20th and 21st — Abby Cadabby’s Fairy Pumpkin Party ‐ Help everyone’s favorite Sesame Street friends celebrate Abby Cadabby’s birthday with her very own Fairy Birthday Party! This hour long party includes an all‐you‐care‐to eat dinner buffet, singing, and dancing with your Sesame Street friends. What birthday party would be complete without singing Happy Birthday to the Fairy‐in‐Training! Dinner is at 5:00pm and is by reservation only. Children under 2 are free. Visit www.sesameplace.com for complete information.
October 29th and 30th—The Count’s Halloween Party‐ Take a break from all of your Halloween fun at The Count’s Halloween Spooktacular and enjoy the new dinner menu at Dine With Me! Celebrate Halloween with a terrific all‐you‐care‐to eat dinner buffet plus singing and dancing with all of your favorite Sesame Street friends at their very own Halloween Party! Dinner is at 5:00pm and is by reservation only. Children under 2 are free. Visit www.sesameplace.com for complete information.
October 30th — Halloween Costume Contest ‐ Come dressed in a Halloween costume to compete in the annual costume contest at Sesame Place! Registration will begin at 10 a.m. in front of Monster Rock Theater and there will be competitions for boys, girls, and families. All of the contests will take place at Monster Rock Theater and winners will be posted at the Welcome Center. All winners will be invited to be special guests in the Neighborhood Street Party Halloween parade.
###the count at sesame place

Disclosure: I received the compliment tickets to sesame place for the purpose of writing this post.  The opinions in this post are my own.

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Philadelphia, Product Reviews, Travel

How to Train Your Dragon LIve Show Review

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Last night we went to see How to train your Dragon live show.  The show was held and Philadelphia Wells fargo center. check out the kids thoughts below.  I really enjoyed the show.  The show creators definitely used there imagination when creating the show.  The How To Train Your Dragon Stage show will be touring the US.

The Dragons pulled you in particular Toothless.. he was so cute and all the kids wanted to pet him.   The effects we also amazing I don’t want to give too much away.

I will let you know that souvenirs do run from $15-$50   Souvenir cups are $15, Program menus are $20, The Light up viking Helmets are $20 or 25 and the figurines were $25.

My kids ages were 7-11 but younger kids 3up were there, some got upset when the thought toothless was hurt.  Older teen though it was cool when I talked to another bloggers kids.

We really love the show and effects were amazing alot to look at.   I got “Thanks You’s” through out the show and the way home  from the kids.  The word amazing and cool were used a ton by the 11 years olds.  Looks at the smiles.. kids watching a show smiling

If you want to head to the show you can still get tickets on sale 25% off for Philadelphia.

To Purchase tickets for How To Train your Dragon in Philadelphia

Discount code is MOM — that’s good for 25% off to all shows.

Disclosure I recieved these tickets from the show but the opinions stated in this post are my own.