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Taking Your Dog on a Roadtrip? Here’s Pet Friendly Travel Hacks

April 10, 2017 by amushro

In honor of National Pet’s Day and my beloved pooch Suggie, how about a few pet travel hacks! When you’re planning your next roadtrip and taking your favorite four legged friend, there’s a lot to consider besides just tossing their leash in the car. So before you and your pooch hit the open road, here’s a few hacks to make the trip a breeze.

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Filed Under: Can You Hack Motherhood?, Family Tagged With: Amanda Mushro life hacks expert

Egg-ceptionally Easy and Fun Easter Crafts and Activities

April 7, 2017 by amushro

When the Easter egg hunt that you carefully planned only lasts 10 minutes, you’ll need to hop into action to find a few quick and creative ways to keep your kids entertained. From your youngest bunny to your oldest chick, these super easy and super cute Easter activities and DIYs will be egg-sactly what you need to keep every bunny egg-static.

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Bunny Bowling– Once you set up Bunny Bowling, even the adults will want to take a few turns at trying for a strike. Using a plastic tablecloth as the bowling alley, pool noodles as the bumpers, water bottles for the bunny bowling pins, and a large plastic egg as the bowling ball, you’ve got a bowling game that is a real crowd pleaser.

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Easter Grass Seed Bombs– When it comes to Easter baskets, we’ve got a strict No-Easter-Grass policy in our house because it magically multiplies and I’ll find it in random corners of my house at Christmastime. But for this festive craft, you can put paper Easter grass to good use. Start by soaking the paper grass in water. Then add a few packets of seeds—like wildflowers– and gently mix. Create shapes by molding the mixture using cookie cutters, muffin tins, or even plastic eggs. When the seed bombs dry, spread them in a garden or in your yard and wait for your spring flowers to sprout.

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Egg Engineering– With a little Playdoh and plastic eggs, your tiny engineers can create and build egg-defying towers and sculptures. This is the perfect boredom buster when the youngest guests finish Easter brunch before the adults.

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Bunny Goggles– These silly bunny goggles are eggs-tra cute and super easy to make. Using white construction paper, cut out a bunny face and attach to sunglasses for a simple and sweet craft. Kids will love personalizing, decorating, and sporting their bunny googles during Easter festivities.

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Little Chick Place Card Holders– Let your kids help set the table for Easter brunch by making these adorable place card holders for all of your guests. Using small terracotta pots and craft paint, kids can personalize the pots and create a chick from a plastic spoon. Attach name cards and this DIY becomes adorable table decor that guests can take home.

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DIY Bubble Blower– Bubbles are a springtime favorite so let’s have a little more bubble fun by creating our own bubble blower. All you need is a cup and a straw to make egg-stravagent bubble.

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Peep Village– Looking for an easy way to get rid of all that Easter candy–seriously, we still have Halloween candy hanging around our house– Create a Peep Paradise or a Bunny Village for your marshmallow Peeps by building graham crackers houses. A little icing works great as the glue, and Easter candy as accents will make these houses sweet and one of a kind. Let your kids create their Easter village on foil lined cookie sheets to cut down on the mess and cleanup.

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Filed Under: Can You Hack Motherhood?, Family Tagged With: Amanda Mushro, Amanda Mushro life hacks, bunny crafts, Easter crafts, easy Easter DIY, kids Easter, seed bombs

Ice Cubes Gone Wild: The Best Ice Cube Tray Hacks

April 6, 2017 by amushro

If you are only using your ice cube trays to make ice, you need to put them to work! Yesterday I spent the morning over at Good Morning Washington to share my favorite ice cube tray hacks. Since live news can be so unpredictable, breaking news unfolded and part of my segment was cut! However, I’ve got the video of the segment and a few pictures and the details for the ideas that I didn’t get to share. I love spending my morning over at GMW, and I’ll let you know when I’ll be back!

Freeze Veggies: If you’ve got kiddos that refuse to eat their veggies, make veggie cubes! Buy vegetables like spinach and kale in bulk, chop them up, and place them in ice cube trays with hot water. The hot water will blanch the veggies so they keep their color and healthy nutrients. Freeze the cubes and when you are cooking, toss a few cubes into things like soups, sauce, or smoothies. Or when you bake, add a few veggie cubes to muffins for a sweet but healthy treat!

Seed Bombs– I’m not a fan of Easter grass but here’s a fun way to re-purpose that messy grass. Using paper grass–or colorful construction paper- cut or tear into small chunks and soak in a bowl of water for 15 minutes. Then pop it into the food processor to make a pulp. Push the pulp into ice cube trays–I used a fun heart shaped tray- and add a packet of seeds. Top off with more pulp and let it dry for 24 hours. Let your kids put the seed bombs into a garden or spread in the grass. They will love watching the seed bombs bloom!

Make a New Crayon- If you are a mom, there’s a good chance you have a few broken crayons in your bag and probably all over your house, too. So take those broken crayons and use them to make new and fun shaped crayons. Start by taking the paper off the crayons– soaking in hot, soapy water helps to make this process faster. Then break up the crayons and place them in a silicone ice cube tray. Fill the tray to the top because the wax shrinks when it melts. Then pop in the oven at 200 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Let the crayon cool completely before taking it out the mold. When it’s all done, you’ll have a giant crayon that colors every color of the rainbow. So much fun!

 

Filed Under: Can You Hack Motherhood?, Family, TV Appearances, Uncategorized Tagged With: Amanda Mushro life hacks, Amanda Mushro life hacks expert, ice cube tray hacks, ice cube trays, Life Hacks, melting crayons crafts, seed bombs

5 Spring Date Nights Ideas

April 5, 2017 by amushro

If it feels like you have been hibernating all winter, it’s time to plan a date night and get out of the house. With spring and the gorgeous spring-like weather upon us, it’s time to get a babysitter and plan a date night NOW! But instead of just going out to dinner and a movie, try one of these spring date night ideas.

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Family Road Trip Hacks: Eating Out

April 5, 2017 by amushro

When you’re a parent, you learn pretty quickly that heading out with your kids means being prepared for just about anything, especially when you’re taking your kids out to eat. Sure someday it’ll be less stressful to take your kids to a restaurant, but until then, here’s a few hacks to help you survive and enjoy a meal out with your kids.

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April Fools Day Hacks

April 1, 2017 by amushro

If you’ve got a few jokers in your house, then you have to go BIG for April Fools Day. Now we only want tears from laughing so hard, so here are my family friendly April Fools pranks from my life hacks webseries over at TLC.

 

Filed Under: Family, TLC #LifeHacks Tagged With: Amanda Mushro life hacks, Amanda Mushro TLC, Amanda Mushro. DC blogger, April fools, April fools day family friendly, April Fools jokes for kids, April fools pranks, Life Hacks, Life Hacks Amanda Mushro, TLC life hacks

A Mom Favorite: Eating Out With Kids Restaurant Hacks

March 22, 2017 by amushro

Eating out sure does change quickly when you have kids. But you don’t have to say goodbye to eating in a restaurant with your kids. You just need a few of my Restaurant Hacks. Here’s the latest from my Life Hacks web series TLCme LifeHacks. From games you can play with things that are already at the table, to mom hacks to remember for a quick exit if you need it, check out my latest video.

Filed Under: Family, TLC #LifeHacks Tagged With: Amanda Mushro life hacks, Amanda Mushro life hacks expert, Amanda Mushro TLC, Amanda Mushro video, eating out with kids, games when you eat out with kids, Life Hacks, Life hacks for kids, Life hacks video, mom hacks, Mom hacks video, restaurant hacks

Shamrocking Rainbow Cupcakes-Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day

March 17, 2017 by amushro

How cute are these cupcakes? I love that you only need 4 things to make these lucky rainbow cupcakes to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, and you don’t have to bake anything! Here’s the latest from my Life Hacks webseries, TLCme #LifeHacks.

Filed Under: Family, TLC #LifeHacks Tagged With: Amanda Mushro, Amanda Mushro life hacks, Amanda Mushro life hacks expert, rainbow cupcake, St. Patrick's Day cupcake, St. Patrick's Day DIY, St. Patricks day treat

Shamrock Pretzel Pops

March 17, 2017 by amushro

I’ve got the perfect combo of salty, sweet and festive for a perfect DIY St. Patrick’s Day treat! Here’s the latest from my webseries on TLC called TLCme #LifeHacks

 

Filed Under: Family, TLC #LifeHacks Tagged With: Amanda Mushro, Amanda Mushro life hacks, Amanda Mushro life hacks expert, shamrock, St. Patrick's day, St. Patrick's Day crafts

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