I’m a horrible blogger… I am always so late to the game, sharing holiday stuff AFTER the holidays. The reason? I don’t do holiday things ahead of time. I do my holiday preparations, tablescapes, crafts, food for my family, when we celebrate the holidays.

With that said, often times the things that would be helpful to you either don’t get on Dine & Dish or they come way after they are needed. For example, I am certain 90% of you have already dyed your eggs for Easter. There might be a handful of you, who like me, just got around to dying Easter eggs with your kids today and a few more of you who still have eggs to dye. Well, this post is for you, my fellow last minute friends!…

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Hi all! Welcome back! As promised, today I’m sharing the winner of the Silhouette Cameo giveaway I shared last week! Congrats, Gina K.! Check your email to claim your prize! I can’t wait to see what fun things you do with your new toy!

I also promised that I would share an exclusive BLACK FRIDAY discount code for some really great deals happening over at Silhouette America. If you didn’t win the giveaway and are hoping for a Silhouette Cameo or Portrait of your own, you most likely won’t see deals like this again! You could even buy a Silhouette Cameo for yourself and get a whole big bundle of stuff free, including a Silhouette Portrait! One machine for you, one for gift giving! How great is that? Head over to Silhouette America before December 8th to take advantage of these GREAT deals! Make sure to use coupon code DINE at checkout to receive your discount!

–> Click HERE to take advantage of this great black Friday sale <–

I’m also really proud of this Pottery Barn Inspired Rustic Holiday sign my friend Heatherand I made using the Silhouette Cameo! I did the painting (detailed below) and Heather took care of creating a festive stencil on the Cameo. Head over to Heather’s blog for complete details on how she made the template to use for our sign. I am really proud of how they turned out! And compared to the $129 price tag from Pottery Barn I’ll take our roughly $50 sign any day!

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Oh, yes we did… lots and lots of fun…

and to be honest with you, it was all kind of by accident…

All because I made a promise to my 5 year old that we’d do something really special this afternoon while Kelly (7) was at a sleepover. The promises of exciting things to come left my lips, her eyes lit up, and the voice in my head was saying “Well crap… now I have to think of something special and fun to do!”

I flipped open my laptop to check my email/Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/Pinterest do important research on fun special things to do with 5 year old girls and lo and behold, if it weren’t the answer to the voices in my head in the form of a Google+ update from my friend Bridget.

Ummmm…. heck, yeah! I had cornstarch. I had water. I had a kid who needed to be entertained for hours. This sounded like a winner!

2 hours later, we were still playing with the Oobleck. I even turned a blind eye to the massive mess being made. Instead, we were having so much fun being amazed at how cornstarch and water can be a slimy liquid and then a hard solid at the same time.

Truthfully, I did ignore the mess until this happened…(which was a photo taken after I had already started wiping up the entire bowl of Oobleck which had been spilled on the floor and chair by my over excited daughter. Ahhh and look… I just noticed there’s a cracker down there too. Nice. Well, just keeping it real for you all!).

We still had fun, mess and all. So much that Ella decided to make a little video for you showing you how much fun playing with Oobleck can be. If you are looking for something to do to entertain your kids and don’t mind the mess, get some corn starch and water together and watch the fun unfold! You’ll love it, I promise.

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