Posts Tagged ‘ideas’

Write Personal Poems For Mother On Mother’s Day

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

by Simon Darby

One common thing to do on Mother’s Day is to send poems to our mothers. Have you considered writing a personal one for your mother? If you don’t think you can do it, you have come to the right place. Here’s a simple method to write your own poem for your mother.

The first step is to decide what to write about. Think of something you love or admire about your mother. This may be some aspect of her character such as her love, patience, grace or a combination of those. Another good theme to write about is your past, present and future relationship with your mother. You could also make what you want to say to your mother but never got around to saying it as a theme.

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Kwanzaa Can Be Even More Of A Celebration For Your Family When You Do Crafts Together

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

 By Gail Leino

Kwanzaa is a special holiday for many people all over and celebrating it is very important. When you decorate for Kwanzaa it is always great to get the kids involved in the decorating. One great way to do this is to have them make their own decorations with crafts.

A fun and easy craft is an African Drum. You will need to have an empty coffee can, glue dots, glue gun (low temp) or tacky glue, tape, safari animal stickers, construction paper, colored tape and scissors. The kids will need to cut a piece of yellow construction paper so that it fits around the coffee can. Glue the paper to the can and then the kids can decorate it their own way.

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