Thursday, March 13, 2014

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Parenting Author Creates ParentallySanctioned Mischief this St. Patrick's Day

T oronto, ON - Were all a little Irish on March 17 th. Indeed, this year nearly seventy global landmarks will be going green on the big day, including the Taj Majal, Leaning Tower of Pisa, and London Eye! But this St. Patricks Day, author and publisher Tina OConnor is helping parents to bring the aura of leprechaun mischief into their house. Going beyond the decorative crafts that many children bring home from school in the run-up to St. Patricks Day, OConnor has a great plan of attack designed to bring about a bit of that Irish magic. The author of Be That Mom loves the idea that everyone, regardless of their cultural background, gets into the act every year: Virtually every culture has their own version of a trickster, but my favourite is definitely the leprechaun. So I love the idea of creating the illusion of a leprechaun running amok in the house for the week leading up to the great wearin of the green. Shes amassed a slew of tips to make that illusion a realityat least until the 17 th. Serve up a meal with mysterious miniature green footprints on the plate. An action figure shoe dipped in green food colour mixed with icing works perfectly. Use washable ink to create the illusion elsewhere A toque suddenly winding up in the fridge, stuffed animals suddenly dressed up and ready to go out, opened booksthere are all sorts of harmless, mischievous pranks that create the illusion of an imp wreaking havoc in your house. Create leprechaun traps with your kidsthere are dozens of examples available online. Then overnight attach a shred of green velvet poking from out of it to give the illusion of an ill-fated escape attempt. Then consider making a little pint-sized snack with your kids as bait. The pot o gold at the end of the rainbow just begs

About Be That Books

Led by President & CEO Tina OConnor, Be That Books is an innovative and uniquely Canadian hybrid publisher designed to cultivate a strong philanthropic community of authors. Providing quality publications, they offer full marketing, distribution, and publicity support to their family of authors, and are known for hosting fabulous events. Helping people around the world, their authors donate 10% of their book sales to a charity of their choosing.

for a scavenger hunt for those foil-wrapped coin treasures. Each day in the run-up to March 17 th, hide a chocolate coin thats attached to a clue where another coin can be found the next dayall leading up to a final jackpot on the big day. Start off the lead-up to your activities with a mysterious teeny letter in the mailbox addressed to your child. There are kits available for miniature letter-writing, but its incredibly easy to create a letters from a leprechaun, then shrink down a printable envelope template and postmark a tiny letter from the Emerald Isle. The list of edible goodies to get the family into the swing of things is endless, adds Tina: Aside from the obvious fact that adding a tint of green food colouring qualifies food as Irish for the occasion, Irish food staples are surprisingly easy get kids involved in creating. Irish soda bread, for example, is one of the simplest breads you can makeand one of the tastiest! Of course, OConnor also has a vast array of decorating ideas and family-friendly activities with that tint o the green up her sleeve many of which shell be talking about throughout the week on her blog and social media.

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