Plastic Bag Bean Bag

Sometimes, there will be a game or activity that calls for a bean bag, and I don't have one!  This is an easy way to reuse a plastic bag to make your own!

Supplies

Plastic Bag

Beans

Tape

1)  Fill a plastic bag with a scoop or two of beans.  Seal.  (You may want to consider double-bagging if you are using thinner bags).

2)  Settle the beans to one side of the bag.  Fold over the opposite edge and tape it together!

Back to School - Oh, How I Love New Supplies!!

I know that I'm not typical, but I love this time of year!  I always loved shopping for new school supplies every year before school started, and I still do!  There are so many wonderful bargains, it's easy to stock the craft supply closet again.

Mandie, over at I Heart Coupon Deals, has a post listing some of the best Back-to-School bargains in stores and on the web.  You can find her post here.

I am still making my lists and haven't yet made it out to pick up any new supplies, but Money Saving Mom had a great post about stocking up on supplies for filling shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child!  We love to fill boxes, and I'll post more about it as the time draws near.  One year, my girls even received a letter and picture back from two little girls who received the shoeboxes we'd packed.  It was so special!

Head on out and get stocked up on supplies for the coming year!  We have a lot of messes to make!

Random Week

This week is going to be a hodgepodge week!  I am going to take a few days off to get organized for the upcoming school year, but I'll share a few random posts I started but never quite fit in the schedule (starting tomorrow)!

Happy Monday to you!



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Random Thought -- My Messy House

"My house is clean enough to be healthy, but messy enough to be happy!"  (Author Unknown)

I hope that quote encourages you today.  I heard it at a homeschool convention last weekend, and it really hit me!  I feel like I spend so much time trying to keep the house clean that sometimes I miss out on just relaxing and enjoying my girls.  Like today, I vacuumed and mopped, cleaned the bathroom, and helped the girls straighten their rooms.  Within 10 minutes, most of what I had done was undone (can you hear my scream of frustration!).  Obviously, we need to do these things, but I'm trying to remind myself to let go a little.  The world isn't going to end if someone stops by and sees my mess of a house!  Maybe I should hang that quote on my front door as a warning!!!