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. | The Origins Of April Fool's Day
What is April Fools Day and how did it begin? Well, that is a very good question. The origin of this holiday is rather uncertain. However, the common belief holds that during the reformation of the calendar the date for the New Year was moved from April 1st to January 1st. During that time in history there was no television or radio so word spread slowly. There were also those who chose to simply ignore the change and those who merely forgot. These people were considered "fools" and invitations to non-existent parties and other practical jokes were played on them. "All Fools' Day" is practiced in many parts of the world with practical jokes and sending people on a fool's errand. Others believe that the origin began with celebrations at the Spring Equinox. 
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. BUILD AN EGG FACE
drag the items onto the eggPeter Rabbit forgot to paint faces on these eggs. Can you please help him by making some different faces on the drawing board? 
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| A Message From The Craft Lady... "A photo album just shows you the photos but a scrapbook tells the story" |
Just Beginning to Make a Scrapbook?
These tips might help
A photo album just shows you the photos but a scrapbook tells the story. A scrapbook can contain photos, mementos, notes about the event and by the page's look and feel, it can depict a 'mood'.
What's the Best Way to Organize Photos? If you have a lot of older photos you'd like to make into scrapbooks: Start by organizing your photos: Do you have drawers or boxes of photos to organize or to remove from old 'magnetic' albums? It might be best for you to divide the photos into themes rather than try to go back and make chronological scrapbooks covering years and years. | Good organizational themes are: All our Christmases
All our Vacations
All our Moves
Family Reunions |  |
Making a scrapbook of each theme is a good idea because you can put them together fairly rapidly--each page doesn't need to be totally unique, in fact you want continuity. It will save you time and money using the same colors of background paper, for instance, and maybe for Christmas alternate red and green backgrounds to depict changing years.
Do a 'cover page' for each year or event and keep it simple and bold--maybe one photo and the date and location. If all your 'cover pages' are similarly styled, there will be a nice continuity throughout. 
| Themed books are easy and enjoyable to look at and they show how children grow and styles and fashions change over the years. Even visitors to your home will enjoy flipping thru albums of this type whereas they would get bogged down on a chronological album showing all the minute details of life. You can have color copies of your themed scrapbooks made so you can give each child his/her own copy. |
COMING NEXT MONTH... MORE SCRAPBOOKING TIPS
 
 | | Ingredients 1/3 cup shortening
1/3 cup butter
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
Dash salt
1 cup sifted powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Milk
Desired food coloring |
| EASTER COOKIES 1. In a large mixing bowl beat the shortening and butter or margarine with an electric mixer on medium to high speed about 30 seconds or until softened. Add about half of the flour. Then add the granulated sugar, egg, milk, baking powder, the 1 teaspoon vanilla, and salt.
2. Beat until thoroughly combined, scraping the sides of bowl occasionally. Beat or stir in the remaining flour. Divide dough in half. Cover and chill about 3 hours or until dough is easy to handle. On a lightly floured surface, roll each half of the dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Using 2-1/2-inch cutters, cut dough into desired shapes. | .
3. Place 1-inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 7 to 8 minutes or until the bottoms are very lightly browned. Cool on cookie sheets for 1 minute. Remove cookies and cool on wire racks. If desired, decorate cookies with Powdered Sugar Icing. In a small mixing bowl stir together sifted powdered sugar,1/4 teaspoon vanilla, and enough milk (about 1 tablespoon) to make a drizzling or piping consistency. If desired, color with food coloring. Makes about 42. |
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