A photo on Friday – because sometimes, all you need is the photo. {And maybe the ingredients: Apple, peanut butter, raisins, dry spaghetti noodle, and cheese} Fewer words then last week – I’m improving! Happy weekend Friends! Please consider liking us on Facebook so we can share more creative learning activities with you and your…
Fun and Healthy Valentine’s Day Snack
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day! Truth be told, I do miss being in the classroom on days like that. A day of fun, crafting, and Valentine exchanging—and seeing the cute snacks parents would come up with. But this year, I am home with my little ones and embracing every aspect of it. I will have many,…
Gorgeous Walnut Candles
Winter and candles, a match made in heaven! Well, actually my heaven is more a cool drink and a tropical breeze … but candles in winter are pretty good too. These adorable walnut candles are actually a wonderful hand strengthening craft for kids. And while we did use beeswax, melted crayons would be a fantastic…
28 Ways to Beat the February Blahs
Am I the only one who suffers from the February Blahs? I am tired of the snow, and spring is still a long ways away. The kids have been cooped up in the house far more than they are used to, and cabin fever is setting in. This year, we are choosing to keep ourselves…
Knit a Chicken
I really like my chickens. A lot. Really a lot. And my little ones really like them a lot too. So when I was thinking of what I might knit next, after successfully having done some hats, chickens came to mind. This really shouldn’t surprise anyone, chickens always come to my mind. The thing is,…
Wrapped in Love (and Yarn)
Winter and yarn crafting go hand-in-hand around here. If you spend any amount of time on our farm you will likely leave with a hat. (Whether you want one or not…) With big sister busily crocheting chicken hats for the flock, and Mama still making hats almost as fast as the little ones are losing…
An Adorable Homemade Birthday Card
Someone I love very much just celebrated a big birthday! My Mama turned the big 6-0 on the weekend. It was only fitting that we make her a special homemade birthday card to commemorate the big event. And what does a Nana love just as much as homemade goodies, why little handprints of course. One…
Celery Heart Stamped Valentines
Valentine’s day … a day of love … a day of kisses … a day of hugs … a day of stamping celery into paint and sending the resulting prints to those you love. Sigh… So, with Valentine’s Day just less than a month away, I thought I would share a simple way to make…
Torn-Paper Polar Bear – Cute, Cute, Cute!
Winter has really settled in around these parts. A few days last week were so cold we only ventured outside to the chicken coop, visited our unhappy ladies, and hightailed it back inside. Those poor chickens. This is their first winter and they are not enjoying it. We, on the other hand, are settling in…
Stunning and Simple String Wrapped Snowflake
It is hard to believe that we are well in to January and have had very little snow. We had a week of good sledding, snowman building, and snow fort making snow – and then it disappeared. While my little ones were afraid that was our entire winter – I knew better. And tonight, as…