Handprint Calendar: Sunflower

Paint Colors:

Instructions:

paint the palm of your child’s hand, except their thumb, with yellow paint
turn the page and have them create five handprints all pointing toward the center to form the flower (you may have to add more paint to their hand between each handprint)
use a paintbrush to add a green stem at the bottom
use brown thumbprints to make the seeds in the middle

Teresa

I highly recommend having 2 washers and 2 dryers, it makes life much easier. I have 4 kids a husband and my brother lives with me plus a home daycare. I would be lost without the extra set! I also do not allow clothing in my kid’s rooms, that way I don’t have to worry about it all ending up on the floor. I have shelving outside our bathroom to hold clothing that is worn daily, plus shelving in the laundry room for extras.

Stefrz

2 machines for one average sized family does not make sense at all – not for space and not for the pocket book. It makes sense in your situation because you run a home daycare.

http://www.cecilathome.blogspot.com CECiL

One good idea is to put a laundry basket just outside the bathroom to collect all soiled clothes right after finishing the baths.
http://www.barefootragamuffins.blogspot.com Casey

We use to have a family closet when we lived in a larger house and I loved it. With 6 kids, laundry is a never ending chore. I try to do a load or two every day. Falling behind is dangerous.
http://www.creatingcomfort.blogspot.com Becki

My children always leave their dirty laundry outside of their bedroom door when they go to sleep each night as I don’t have a basket or hamper in either of their rooms. After I am done tucking everyone in I take the armload of dirty downstairs with me and put it in the laundry room where I have a hamper to be filled and/or a load to be put in. As a bonus, it is one less thing to pick up off of their floors each day (because there is always plenty to pick up!!) :o)

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