I remember being little and creating sweet homemade gifts to give to my friends and family. I want my children to learn all about this too. The idea of creating something using nothing but a few crafts supplies, lots of time, and loads of love. That is what gift giving is all about! I started…
The Loveliest Spring Activities for Preschoolers!
Oh goodness do I love spring! I am always completely and utterly ready for spring activities by February. So you can only imagine how ready I am when the snow actually melts and spring weather actually comes late April. But in the meantime – we will fully pretend! I thought it time to share these amazing…
Easter Egg Name Puzzles
Another holiday approaching means another name puzzle on the blog! I will do a round up once I have finished my first year of blogging with all of our name puzzles – like this Christmas tree one, and the Halloween pumpkin. For our Easter name puzzle I took some inspiration from Hands on as we…
St Patrick’s Day Craft: Pepper Stamping!
We really don’t celebrate St Patrick’s day. I said it. The cat is out of the bag. I am a Mom who blogs about activities for kids and I don’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. I am not anti-leprechaun at all (in fact, if anything I would be completely pro-leprechaun). It is just that March is…
Beautiful and Playful Valentine’s Day Crafts for Preschoolers
It is only 1 week away so I thought it time to think about Valentine’s Day crafts! Are you getting into the holiday spirit yet?! I know what your thinking – ‘holiday spirit’ – good grief! We are talking Valentine’s Day, right? Yes. Because you see, for those of us who do not enjoy the…
Pretty Valentine’s Day Flowers
The count down is officially on to Valentine’s Day. Fourteen days to go! We are still making little creations to send to Grandma and Gigi for Valentine’s Day. With some Valentine’s made with celery stamping, and some cozy yarn wrapped hearts already set to go, I thought we would make some non-heart valentines. We have…
Clothespin Build-a-Snowman
It came! It finally came! And much in the Northern way we are used to — late at night, with barely a warning. A good six inches at least … and on the very same night these newbie farmers ran out of propane in their big old farmhouse. Oh yes, the snow. And I do…
Winter Art for 2 Year Olds
My baby is now 2 and fully into the crafting that goes on daily around here. I wrote about 50 crafts for 2 year olds recently – crafts that I love for toddlers because they focus on the process, not the end result. I thought I would do the same sort of post, but specifically…
Christmas Handprint Art
I try to share a lot of process, meaningful art activities for kids in this space. But sometimes? 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 are there some adorable…
Thanksgiving Craft Ideas for Kids – 10 Amazing Ideas!
Thanksgiving is a perfect holiday to do some crafting – keeping wee ones busy and having fun. These 10 Thanksgiving craft ideas for kids are AMAZING! There is something on this list for everyone. While here in Canada Thanksgiving is long since past (and the winter snow tells us so), I know my American friends…