I absolutely love the holidays and always enjoy making them a special time for our family. This year will be no exception. I wanted to reach out and send some love to our extended families, so we decided to create some very special homemade Christmas gifts for grandparents from grandchildren. We absolutely love making ornaments…
The ART of Spreading Joy: Homemade Christmas Card for Kids to Make
As a parent, I have become hyper-aware of the struggle to find balance when it comes to the holiday season—avoiding becoming overscheduled or overindulging my kids. I am constantly trying to find opportunities to reinforce the importance of the season—not just the pleasure that comes from receiving presents, but the importance of giving to others,…
Winter Art Activity: Crayon Resist Winter Landscape
I love the simplicity of crayon resist art. It seems when the weather gets cold we turn to winter art projects a lot. Crayon resist is definitely one of my go to art projects for kids – so easy and so pretty. We first did this winter art project 5 years ago! At that time…
Christmas Art for Kids
Do you know what goes hand in hand with snow in our home? Christmas art for kids! It’s official: we have had snow! I just love the first snow. It means that Christmas is on its way (or Halloween, depending on the year… but this year—Christmas!) I wrote about Christmas crafts for kids last year…
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…
Welcoming Winter with My Little Ones
It always seems so strange to me how ‘winter’ comes far before the seasons officially change. Today is indeed the first day of winter and yet winter weather has been here for so very long already! This is precisely why I feel that winter is just sooo long. It really is! At least the winter…
Popcorn Snowman Counting
We have been working on counting activities for preschoolers lately. Yesterday morning I announced to my little ones, “Wash your hands! We are going to do a fun activity!” To which one of my little ones responded, “Wash them because it is a delicate activity, or an eating one?” When I announced it was an…
Christmas Handprint Art
I try to share a lot of process, meaningful art activities for kids in this space. But sometimes? I go for the cute. The super cute, keepsake-worthy crafts that I adore pulling out each and every year. Just like today with this list of Christmas handprint art. And goodness, there are some adorable Christmas handprint…
Ho-Ho-Holy Moly! Oodles of Santa Crafts for Preschoolers
Just as soon as we get our first snowfall, that “s” word starts to come out a whole lot. And not by me either—it’s these little ones of mine! As soon as that snow appears, all things Santa begin as well. As soon as that snow appears, I start digging through the craft supplies. Sure,…
Snowflake Silhouettes
The snow that arrived earlier this week in full force – the storm that left us almost a foot of snow – has come and gone. I believe I said it was here to stay. But this morning we have green grass. A blessing really – a second chance for us newbie farmers to REALLY…
