It is getting cooler around here which means two things in our home: more time inside and time for arts and crafts for kids! That’s right friends, get ready for the time of year when art projects and crafts flood this space. This year I thought I would start things off with one of the…
The Perfect Recipe for Salt Dough Beads
As you might know, I have the absolute best playdough recipe you will ever find. Goodness that sounds braggy, sorry about that, but it is! It comes from having been a Kindergarten teacher for ten years. Well, today I get to share with you the perfect recipe for salt dough. Specifically, the perfect salt dough…
PERFECT Pumpkin Carving Ideas for ALL Kids
Guess what is just around the corner friends? Halloween! It really is – especially if you are a planner like me. Well not like me, but like I am aiming to be. Last year I went a bit batty finding perfect pumpkin carving ideas for my kids. You see, I want my little ones to…
SPOOK-tacularly Simple Halloween Crafts for Kids
It is official the first of September so let’s jump right into Halloween Crafts for Kids, shall we? Is it too soon? It is so hard to know! I mean, Costco has snowsuits out already! While we are not quite yet doing Halloween crafts for kids at home, you can rest assured, I am…
Back to School Crafts
Are you looking for back to school crafts?! Do you have a little one starting school this year? Maybe a preschooler heading to school for the first time? Or older children heading back to school? Maybe you are homeschooling and about to embark on a brand new school year? No matter what boat you currently…
Cute and Creative Apple Crafts for Kids
Can you smell it? That sweet, crisp smell that can only mean Fall? PUMPKIN SPICE!! Ha! No, I mean APPLES! Every September when I was in the Kindergarten classroom I started the year with apple crafts for kids. In fact I started with an entire Apple theme! It was tons of fun and last year…
45 of the CUTEST Fall Crafts for Kids
Happy August friends! Autumn is just around the corner, so let’s start things off right with a great big list of easy Fall Crafts for kids, shall we? There is just something about Fall that brings out the crafting side of me … perhaps it’s the beautiful colours that inspire me, or the cooler…
Summer Crafts and Activities for Kids
Are those lazy long summer days calling your name? We are entering full summer mode here. Our days are slow and long and full of summer crafts and activities. It’s amazing to me how summer can feel so different than the rest of the year. Maybe it is because our activities wind down, but for…
Colorful Spring Art Project for Kids
This Spring art project for kids is so colorful and fun. I must say – it certainly cheered me up today! You see, I had the false belief that the beginning of spring would be … well … spring like. And so far I have been very disappointed. Today, I was driving home through a…
Spring Crafts for 2 Year Olds
Spring! A time for flowers and butterflies and … brightly coloured toddler crafts? I should mention, for those of you who visit regularly and may be scratching your head — I don’t in fact have a two year old. But I am really holding onto that ‘toddler’ title of this baby of mine. Stretching it…