I am excited to partner with Wikki Stix today to bring you this GIVEAWAY and post on how to strengthen a pencil grip through play! Please leave a comment at the bottom of this post to enter the giveaway. We all know how important play is for children. Play builds creativity and imagination and it…
The Warmest Yarn Crafts for Kids!
Yarn might just be the best crafting material of all time. It is full of sensory wonder for little ones, incredibly versatile, can be perfect for strengthening fine motor skills, pliable, bendable, marvellously mess-free … And no, this is not a sponsored post for yarn – though any yarn companies out there – I am…
Optical Illusions for Kids to Make
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Ticonderoga. All opinions are 100% mine. My kids are all about optical illusions right now. And why wouldn’t they be?! They are so cool! While they are fun to look at, I thought it would also be neat to try to create some of…
Awesome Bracelets for Kids to Make
Making bracelets is really a staple in any childhood, isn’t it? I know I spent hours and hours creating DIY bracelets of every kind when I was a kid. My friends and I even set up a bracelet stand one summer, selling our creations to the neighbourhood! I wanted to find some simple bracelets my…
Wild-Child Wind Spinner
There are an awful lot of trees in our new house. Sammy recently made a birdhouse with his Papa, and it made me think about this post from last spring. I think it is time to make some more wind spinners with my wild child. Here is my original post, in case you would like…
Super Easy DIY Bead Loom
Do you know what I am LOVING right now? How my Sam is at the perfect age for doing all of the crafty things I remember loving as a child. Like the bead loom! Did you have a bead loom as a child? Before I bought him one, I wanted to try it out to…
The Easiest Woven Baskets
It’s that time of year for all of those fresh, local berries and goodies! We have been visiting our local farmer’s market each week and each week I am so thankful that there are gardeners far better than I. This also means that we have been getting oodles of those green plastic baskets too. And oodles…
The Easiest Kid-Made Movies!
I am excited to partner with Wikki Stix to bring you this post that gets kids creating and making! Goodness how easy it is to fall into the rhythm of just a little too much TV and screens in the summertime. A show or two in the morning in jammies, maybe another after some time…
Fingerprint Keepsake Craft for Kids!
I have mentioned here a time or two how much I love keepsake crafts for kids. Of course I love messy process art and all things creative for my little ones also, but now and again there is certainly a place for a good old fashion keepsake craft. Each year I teach Kindergarten I send…
Welcoming Summer with My Little Ones
Goodness it has been almost an entire year since we started this series! I have shared with you how we welcome fall, winter, and spring into our home, and today I get to share with you how we are welcoming summer. In my very first post in this series I shared with you how I…