Mama Loves: Stickers

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I wanted to thank all of you that have taken the time to blog and share your Mama Loves here. I have been, and continue to be so blessed by all your great ideas!

We have a new love around here.

Stickers.

Oh, boy! Do we ever love stickers.

This past weekend we went to a birthday party at our local Children's Museum. The girls loved the craft--putting foam stickers on a foam visor.

Just so happens, I have some stickers. They're at least 10 years old, so I'm sure they were delighed to be thought of again. I was pleased to have a purpose for them. So, it was a win/win for the stickers and me.

I needed a project for the stickers. I didn't just want the girls to endlessly stick stickers on a paper, or their shirts, or whatever.

So, the first project--to put stickers on the backs of our Christmas cards. They did a great job! Some of the stickers were put on a little crooked (sorry if you got one of those), but overall I was pretty impressed. The girls worked really hard to do a good job.

I remembered that my friend Mandy at Twin Trials and Triumphs had done a sticker project with her girls awhile back. I found her project and Pinned it for safe keeping.

The other day, we put sticker bingo to the test. The girls were to put one sticker in each box on a grid.

As you can see, they got a few extra stickers. The skill for them to put a larger sticker vs. a smaller sticker on the paper was different, so I wanted to let them practice with both.

I was so pleased with how well they followed directions, and concentrated so dilligently to put the stickers where I asked.

At the rate we're going, stickers aren't going to last around here.

So, Santa, if you're listening, Mama could use a few packages of stickers in her stocking. The girls are partial to the Dr. Seuss stickers (so sorry if your Christmas card had a The Grinch sticker on it---please don't take that personally) if you're taking specific requests.

Can't wait to see what you're loving this week!

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