It’s that time of year – the time when I begin to wonder why on earth I did not start my holiday crafting earlier. Good grief! This Mama will be busy for the next few weeks. Here is a post I did last year on making felt numbers. I was aiming for the alphabet for…
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…
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…
Easy Preschool Halloween Decorations: Jack-o-Lantern Windows
We whipped out this gem of a Halloween craft the other day — and I just need to say – it might be the best quiet time activity I have come up with. Not to toot my own horn, but any activity that keeps my little ones engaged on and off for a week deserves…
The Ultimate Apple Theme
Oh the Apple Theme! No kindergarten, preschool, or homeschool would be complete without a good old Apple theme. And for good reason. There is so much learning to be had with this one little fruit. So I thought it would be a good idea to compile a whole slue of ideas right here: Apple themed…
Nancy Number Face
A photo on Friday. Happy Friday! The kids and I had so much fun with this number math art. It is as simple as it looks, we just cut out numbers and turned them into eyes, ears, hair, and noses. It was a great chance for my little ones to look at numbers closely, compare…
Breathtaking Nature Crafts for Kids
We sure do love our nature crafts around here. Summer is in full swing, so we are spending more and more time outside. This means two things: More and more “outside” things find their way inside. The surfaces around our home always seem to gather collections of special rocks, sticks, and shells throughout the summer….
10 Old School Birthday Parties!
Nine! Nine birthday’s to celebrate for little ones in my family this summer. Thankfully that includes two sets of twins, otherwise my cupcake intake could spell trouble as I simply cannot say no to a cupcake. Or two. Well, with twin birthdays two cupcakes IS the minimum. I certainly don’t want to seem rude. Since…
Independent Toddler Activities
Guess what? I have been doing this for a long time now. Writing and sharing ideas in this space. So long in fact, that I am re-using my own ideas! This post on independent toddler ideas I wrote when I had a new baby. Now that new baby is well into toddler-hood himself. And while I…
Messy Art Activities for Kids
There is just something about Spring that gets me in the mood to let the kids get really messy. Perhaps it is the fact that we can now do art outside. Or maybe it is the fact that the warm spring sun has melted the ice from my mind and I can think clearly. Because…
