tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post393389754307414602..comments2024-01-30T07:46:23.383-08:00Comments on Filth Wizardry: Tinkering with traditionLindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169632319172011782noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-50586675037646776132013-03-22T16:35:44.511-07:002013-03-22T16:35:44.511-07:00i just love these ideas! i will definitely do the ...i just love these ideas! i will definitely do the easter egg idea. every year my daughter is upset because she doesn't get as many eggs as the other kids, but if i do this it'll all be fair and sounds fun! :) lisaCucicucicoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17511563290451167868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-45160539982408413882012-04-22T17:55:13.390-07:002012-04-22T17:55:13.390-07:00I know this is an old post, but my kids always per...I know this is an old post, but my kids always perform at each house for Haloween. <br /><br />One year they wore costumes like those in Riverdance and performed a 3-hand soft-shoe to Reel Around the Sun (they went to about 40 houses - it was quite a workout - but they were in competitive Irish Dance at the time). i never knew we had so many neighbors with Irish ancestry. <br /><br />Last year they did an excerpt from the song Sisters from the musical White Christmas, which was particularly popular with the older crowd who remember Rosemary Clooney performing it.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01084920468504331880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-60338112687371367722010-11-20T17:15:24.432-08:002010-11-20T17:15:24.432-08:00I always feel bad for the tiny little kids who go ...I always feel bad for the tiny little kids who go trick-or-treating who really can't eat that much candy. So last year I got blank wooden halloween shapes, erasers, rings, plastic skeletons and pencils at the dollar store to hand out along with our candy :)<br />Oh and I remember making something in Girl Guides called a "Sit-Upon". It was a sturdy seat for camping made out of plastic bags. Saw your Thanksgiving lunch pic and remembered it. Maybe you can find the instructions online for it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-74472650476729233012010-04-14T07:10:19.388-07:002010-04-14T07:10:19.388-07:00I grew up on a country road where the houses were ...I grew up on a country road where the houses were too spread out to make trick or treating worthwhile. Instead of trick or treating, we would throw a Halloween party at the house for the country kids and my mom would organize a treasure hunt for the goodie bags. She would get the neighbors in on writing, hiding and finding the clues so all the kids in costume would run from house to house (as a group) looking for the next clue. We'd solve the clues together and run to find the next. It always ended right back where we began (at our house), but the goodie bags would be waiting for us. All the parents would chip in to bring treats for the bags and stuff them while the kids were out on the treasure hunt.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04246483770582766029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-66202629319507075112010-04-08T11:17:56.634-07:002010-04-08T11:17:56.634-07:00Ooh, I love the idea of giving treats back when tr...Ooh, I love the idea of giving treats back when trick or treating. What a great idea - thanks!janimalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11916480082033700432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-33730443515106493982010-04-08T08:28:10.358-07:002010-04-08T08:28:10.358-07:00We have two kids, and we divide the plastic egg hu...We have two kids, and we divide the plastic egg hunting in two ways. The kids like that we color-code the eggs (pink, blue, purple = Lass, orange, yellow, green = Lad).<br /><br />A happy circumstance, Lass likes mint and hates peanut butter, Lad likes peanut butter and hates mint. So they already know that they don't want to have the wrong eggs.<br /><br />Christmas, I took a tradition from a friend with six kids: new pajamas for everyone on Christmas Eve. Then they look fresh and coordinated on Christmas morning in and in the photographs.<br /><br />Added benefit for us, photo in new jammies, standing in front of the same door, every year. Wonderful growth chart.<br /><br />Likewise, photo of the front porch every year on the first day of school.<br /><br />I love your blog - thank you so much for sharing your wonderful crafty ideas.Heidicraftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16490630214131313709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-81498763814036714252010-04-07T21:30:52.663-07:002010-04-07T21:30:52.663-07:00I just found your blog and let me start by telling...I just found your blog and let me start by telling you thank you so much for this and I love reading about all your wonderful ideas and crafts! I love to cook and bake but I have never been much into crafting, with your help I hope to make the change. <br />One of my favorite traditions started when I was 3 or 4...<br />New Years eve, my parents left me and my sister with my Grandparents for the night. My wonderful Grandma filled out plastic champain glasses with sparkling grape juice. When the clock struck midnight she swong open the front door and we would scream at the top of our lungs "HAPPY NEW YEAR" to everyone that could hear! It was a blast! Every year I try to do this with my kids!Sabrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348279659574642579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-87986753936124110472010-04-07T01:31:20.886-07:002010-04-07T01:31:20.886-07:00Brilliant egg idea. i was ready to can the idea of...Brilliant egg idea. i was ready to can the idea of an Easter Egg hunt after the stress of watching my dreamy daughter find one egg to the other kids' 14! Will definitely follow your lead next year. Thanks for the idea.Leigh @ Toastedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11182956224045232807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-4271002727710135822010-04-06T21:47:06.041-07:002010-04-06T21:47:06.041-07:00Traditional holiday celebrations don't have mu...Traditional holiday celebrations don't have much meaning for me. I love to hear about how other people re-imagine the "normal" festivities. Thank you for sharing this, KarenSuper Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09068989801676775200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-74685593308945157872010-04-06T18:12:42.274-07:002010-04-06T18:12:42.274-07:00Thanksgiving was a tough one in our house, my wife...Thanksgiving was a tough one in our house, my wife is native and I hate sweet potatoes,yams, etc. <br /><br />Now, we go camping each year. We pack up lots of food, the dogs, camping gear, hiking gear, and cameras. We invite friends out to join us (most come out on Friday). And spend the long weekend experimenting with traditional t-day foods on the campfire, hiking, and being thankful to be away from the offensive cartoon Indians.Mrs. Resendiz de Perezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07029877082023404694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-48547991692327869242010-04-06T12:53:03.346-07:002010-04-06T12:53:03.346-07:00My daughter has a metal contraption in the roof of...My daughter has a metal contraption in the roof of her mouth right now and cant have most candy anyways...So this year we put polly pocket accesories and clothes, and some other little toy and jewelry in the pink and purple eggs for her and her girl cousin to find. My son and nephew got to find the red, blue and green eggs with little balls, cars, yoyos, and some little bugs and stuff in them. It worked out perfect, they didnt even notice that they didnt get any candy they where so wrapped up in all the little toy goodies and doll stuff, and they had something to do while the adults sat around and talked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-14702942267270542482010-04-06T12:02:28.865-07:002010-04-06T12:02:28.865-07:00We also had an egg hunt in our garden with our fri...We also had an egg hunt in our garden with our friends' kids. We agreed not to put too much candy and in fact kids had much more fund finding all sort of small toys from a dollar store and chickens than just another piece of candy.Motylekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796497714962892522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-75903018672816412042010-04-06T10:17:57.425-07:002010-04-06T10:17:57.425-07:00Great ideas! Our son was soooo excited about just ...Great ideas! Our son was soooo excited about just finding the eggs(plastic) in our living room. There was really no reason whatsoever to put candies of any sort in them. <br /><br />We haven't developed any steadfast holiday traditions of our own just yet (TheBoy is only 2)... but we have decided that "birthdays" are "events." (Not about gifts.) I plan to take off work, keep him home from school, and go somewhere/do something with my son on his birthday every year. It was a celebration when he arrived, and shall be treated as such forever more.<br /><br />Great blog! Thank you for sharing your family time with us all!Nikolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106000234195417439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-68628392898836756892010-04-06T09:07:04.373-07:002010-04-06T09:07:04.373-07:00I check in on your blog pretty regularly. I love a...I check in on your blog pretty regularly. I love all the crafts you do with the kids. I received my first issue of the magazine "Family Fun" today. As I was paging through it, I thought "That mom from the Filth Wizardry blog should write for this magazine." I turned the page and saw cute paper pizza slices. I knew I had seen them before, but couldn't remember where. Then I saw the little box with your name and blog name in it. So funny and so neat to see you in a magazine! Thanks for posting all of the fun things you do so we can do them too! (some of them - I'm not as patient as you - lol)kris10dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14329988992701346124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-6152855893728469112010-04-06T08:13:26.915-07:002010-04-06T08:13:26.915-07:00I love the idea of giving back when trick-or-treat...I love the idea of giving back when trick-or-treating! <br /><br />I would love to see more Christmas Caroling for charity. Haven't seen this in years and would like to get my kids involved. We did this as kids and collected money for those in need. <br /><br />Creative and Curious Kids!<br />Stop by and enter my Earth Day Giveaway! (children's book)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16340498474420992787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-13361057442123639062010-04-06T02:21:54.460-07:002010-04-06T02:21:54.460-07:00I think the labeled eggs idea is brilliant! Just a...I think the labeled eggs idea is brilliant! Just absolutely brilliant!<br /><br />But I have to say about the Halloween cookie delivery: Taking cookies around to strangers probably meant that the cookies got thrown out. Even if you seemed friendly/eccentric/foreign, people are not likely to consume food given to them by strangers, especially at Halloween.Rosanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-55044516960655709762010-04-06T00:48:47.557-07:002010-04-06T00:48:47.557-07:00We have a New Years Eve tradition in our family wh...We have a New Years Eve tradition in our family which has been going on since my eldest daughter was 4, (she's now 24). it's a New Years Eve concert. There are 12 grandchildren in my family, I have 3 sisters and 1 brother and every N.Y.E the grandchildren and more recently we adults perform a concert, making up dances, telling jokes, playing instruments, lipsyncing songs etc. It's so good for a laugh! It's getting harder each year to con' the older grandchildren to take part however so far they've all proven to be really good sports, as the youngest are 10, 7 and 3, the older 'cousins' ranging in age from 24 to 17 don't want the little ones to miss out on such a long running tradition. My guess is however that some time in the not to distant future all the grandchildren will be over it and more than happy to make up the audience (or go their separate ways as they do) and it will be the adults who do all the performing to keep the tradition alive! I must admit I don't look forward to that time as N.Y.E. just wont be the same! <br />Donna :)Play for Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08475920387209134195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-706098708243397322010-04-05T20:33:45.301-07:002010-04-05T20:33:45.301-07:00I love the egg hunt! We started using color/desig...I love the egg hunt! We started using color/design coded eggs for our kids a few years ago and it has worked great for us too. They all have the same number to find, but I can hide the younger ones' eggs more in the open, and our oldest has camouflage eggs that are a trick to find. <br /><br />Melissa - the jigsaw idea - brilliant! I'm always trying to find non-candy things that are inexpensive, but not junk that I'm just going to throw out later.<br /><br />I love to celebrate holidays, and the more traditional, the better for me. We try to incorporate as many church traditions as possible for Christian holidays.Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05694521143609595819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-34050784165330960662010-04-05T15:55:34.267-07:002010-04-05T15:55:34.267-07:00lol, my daughter told me this year that the easter...lol, my daughter told me this year that the easter bunny 'layed' eggs at her kindy.<br />I love these ideas, I wonder if they sell those plastic eggs anywhere in Australia? I've never seen them. I might have to make a treasure hunt - then we don't have to wait till next easter.<br />Being down under it is a bit odd to have pretend snowflakes and cooked lunch at christmas (stinking hot summer), and a spring festival at autumn, so this year I plan to celebrate the seasons in their rightful place :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-32486700999668685632010-04-05T11:10:54.238-07:002010-04-05T11:10:54.238-07:00Melissa, I love the jigsaw idea! I might try and e...Melissa, I love the jigsaw idea! I might try and encorporate it next year with the labelled egg approach, so that the kids have age appropriate jigsaw pieces in their eggs.<br /><br />I also love the treasure hunt clues in eggs idea Crazy Gecko, and will save that for the future too! That would be a great way to make the puzzles last throughout the day.Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07169632319172011782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-67135182145341181212010-04-05T10:08:05.400-07:002010-04-05T10:08:05.400-07:00this year the "bunny" filled the eggs wi...this year the "bunny" filled the eggs with pieces to a 330 piece puzzle. after finding all the eggs, the kids sat down and put the puzzle together...and we didn't end up with a ton of candyMelissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283779574007975847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-67199682503114748092010-04-05T10:06:12.327-07:002010-04-05T10:06:12.327-07:00I love the idea of labeling the eggs so that they ...I love the idea of labeling the eggs so that they are assigned to a certain child. My brother and I used to hunt for the regular dyed boiled-egg kind.. so there wasn't much to fight over. We did count EVERY SINGLE CANDY in our Easter baskets to make sure that we hadn't been shorted.Lisa Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774657233218643385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-55743218615110912872010-04-05T09:19:27.304-07:002010-04-05T09:19:27.304-07:00Care, I had no idea that the eggs were supposedly ...Care, I had no idea that the eggs were supposedly left by the easter bunny. We just did it as a human made game. The kids didn't care. I told my husband this morning that I learned that easter egg hunt eggs were left by the easter bunny, and his reaction was "really? That's weird. Better add it to the list of stuff that confuses us".Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07169632319172011782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-46620869082355600992010-04-05T07:46:03.747-07:002010-04-05T07:46:03.747-07:00This year we didn't color eggs. It just seeme...This year we didn't color eggs. It just seemed silly to me. We don't hide them. We hide the plastic variety. (Once when I was a kid, we missed a real hard boiled egg in our search and found it a couple months later as we were re-arranging the furniture. EWWWW)<br />And no one ever wants to eat the deviled eggs that have color on them. So we just didn't do it.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271161853226313816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-316506947003044782010-04-05T07:09:38.627-07:002010-04-05T07:09:38.627-07:00What great ideas! I love the giving back instead o...What great ideas! I love the giving back instead of just taking. It's a good thing to teach children.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727832144786441245noreply@blogger.com