Octopus hands with Body Crayons

Aren't these octopus hands cute? I've posted about Body Crayons before when I made alligator hands. They are the perfect little helper for babysitters. I just bring them with me every now and then for a special treat.

Top three rainy day activities for the babysitter

Rainy days can be your worst nightmare. The kids get restless and start bouncing off the walls, literally.

Babysitting tip #3

Bedtime incentives:

 If you know you're going to be putting the kids to bed and you know they are likely to give you trouble, bring a "surprise" book and put it in a manilla envelope. Tell them that once they've brushed teeth, put on their p.j.'s and are in bed, they can open the envelope to find out what book you brought. You can use your own books from when you were a kid or pick one up from the library. My favorite book for this time of year is The Jolly Christmas Postman. 
What is your favorite children's book? 
What are your bedtime tips?

Babysitting activity: Owl s'mores

So I got this idea from pinterest to make an owl s'more. It looked fairly easy and super cute. So I decided to try this when I babysat last weekend. I was watching four boys.

Fun with Body Crayons!!

Last night I was babysitting a family of three super-cool boys that I have helped for a few years. I bought these body crayons a while back to use as a special activity when babysitting. It was Friday night, so I brought them with the intention of making turkey hands. But of course with kids, thing don't always go as planned. I was so excited to do do turkey hands, but my little seven-year-old buddy said he wanted an alligator instead. The two older boys didn't think this was cool, so they did their own thing. No problem! We had a lot of fun anyway. Here are the pics:

I don't remember how much this cost when I bought it about a year ago. I'm sure it was less than $15. Also the crayon comes off really easily with water and soap. 

Cute alligator hand!

Muscle man!