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Blue Eyed Mama's Blog – Family Recipes, Crafts, and Homeschool Ideas

Blue Eyed Mama's Blog – Family Recipes, Crafts, and Homeschool Ideas
Easter is More Than Eggs and Bunnies
03/25/202403/09/2025 Bettina Zabel

Easter is More Than Eggs and Bunnies

Crafts and Activities, Easter, From the Heart, Fun for the Family, Holiday Crafts, Spring Season, Tips

The Story of Easter Easter is almost here and though my kids are well into their teen years, I still like to give them little

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Maple Glazed Scones
03/02/202407/09/2024 Bettina Zabel

Maple Glazed Scones

Breakfast, Recipe, Sweets

Afternoon Tea Time Scones are very British and while you can find them elsewhere, they aren’t as popular in most other places. In the U.S.

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Valentine’s Day Keepsakes
02/13/202403/09/2025 Bettina Zabel

Valentine’s Day Keepsakes

Crafts and Activities, Fun for the Family, Valentine Crafts, Winter Season

Easy Crafts to Cherish for Years to Come Valentine’s Day is traditionally a lovers holiday but in recent years it has become a holiday to

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Easy Beef and Broccoli
02/10/202403/09/2025 Bettina Zabel

Easy Beef and Broccoli

Holiday, Lunar New Year, Main Course, Recipe

Tasty Dish For Even Those Busy Nights When my kids were babies, we often visited a local Chinese restaurant where the ladies there loved my

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How to Cook a Pumpkin or Squash
11/02/202303/08/2025 Bettina Zabel

How to Cook a Pumpkin or Squash

Fall Season, Holiday, Recipe, Seasonal, Thanksgiving

Making Homemade Pumpkin Purée The ease of grabbing a can of pumpkin purée is alluring, but unless it is organic it is unclear what chemicals

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How to Bake Pumpkin Seeds
10/29/202303/09/2025 Bettina Zabel

How to Bake Pumpkin Seeds

Fall Season, Recipe, Seasonal

Seasonal Snack and Lots of Fun While you are hollowing out those pumpkins for Jack O’lanterns or for Thanksgiving pies, you might ask yourself… what

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One Pan Shrimp Bake
09/10/202303/08/2025 Bettina Zabel

One Pan Shrimp Bake

Main Course, Recipe

Lazy Cooking at its BEST! My kids are in some sort of activity every night and I am constantly looking for dishes that are quick,

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Make a Viking Shield
06/29/202303/09/2025 Bettina Zabel

Make a Viking Shield

Arctic/Antarctic, Canada, Crafts and Activities, For Kids, Geography, History, Homeschool, Iceland/Greenland, Norse and Vikings

Homeschool Hits Again! While learning about Vikings we decided to make a Viking Shield! This project was pretty easy, fun, inexpensive, and could just be

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Choosing Homeschool
05/10/202307/10/2024 Bettina Zabel

Choosing Homeschool

From the Heart, Homeschool

Our Story on Choosing Homeschool Why our family chose to homeschool was once a question we were asked often. I think people assumed early on

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Nanaimo Bar Recipe
04/23/202307/12/2024 Bettina Zabel

Nanaimo Bar Recipe

Canada, Geography, Homeschool, Recipe, Sweets

Tap Into Your Inner Canadian! During our Canadian studies for school, we came across a list of Canadian foods, one was called Nanaimo Bars. There

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St. Patrick’s Day Keepsake
03/03/202303/09/2025 Bettina Zabel

St. Patrick’s Day Keepsake

Crafts and Activities, Fun for the Family, Holiday Crafts, Seasonal, Spring Season, St. Patrick's Day

Handprints Make Little Pots of Gold Looking for a cute way to make a memory with your kiddos or students this St. Patrick’s Day… try

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Fluffy Snow Slime
02/13/202303/08/2025 Bettina Zabel

Fluffy Snow Slime

Arctic/Antarctic, Crafts and Activities, For Kids, Geography, Holiday Crafts, Homeschool, Homeschool By Subject, Seasonal, Sensory Learning, Valentine Crafts, Winter Season

DIY Snow Slime This winter we had some pretty cold days. The kind of days where the thought of going outside was just too much,

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