An important activity for kids to practice is following directions. Using a recipe is a fun way to practice this skill. It also makes for a reading activity and math activity too! Isn’t it great when that happens?! My kids all love to bake – and in my house, baking or cooking refers to anything…
Pipecleaner Happy New Year Crown!
Christmas is a big deal at our house. New years and new years day are not so much. But this year is a bit different. We are travelling and will be on holidays over New Years. So I decided we would do some celebrating and crafting for a Happy New Year celebration! I have mentioned…
Burlap Candy Cane Christmas Decoration
I am so excited to be participating in the 20 Days of a Kid-made Christmas series with Mama Miss and over 50 kid bloggers world wide! I am thrilled to be able to share our burlap wrapped candy cane Christmas decoration as part of this series. This is a great Christmas craft for kids to…
Christmas Alphabet Game – Match Me!
Mixing some season fun into learning the alphabet is a great way to make learning meaningful to wee ones! This Christmas alphabet game is super simple – and could easily be changed to fit any theme, season, or learning activity. Just before we get into it, you’ll also want to grab this FREE Christmas Countdown…
Reindeer Puppet Craft: Simple Wet Felting
This cute reindeer puppet craft was amazingly fun to make! Simple and full of sensory fun, too. I had been looking for how to make finger puppets… simply… for a while. A dear friend suggested wet felting. I had no idea what this was, but as she explained, I realized it was exactly what we…
A Simple Post on a Qtip Skeleton
Simple Ghost Crafts – Dixie Ghosts
Simple ghost crafts are the name of the game right now. It all started with these (almost too simple) Facial tissue ghosts. Sammy and Madeline both became ghost making machines. As fun as they are, a Mama can only take so many facial tissue ghosts.
5-Minute Dinosaur Crafts for Kids: Bobbling Dinosaur Hats
In Kindergarten we did so many dinosaur crafts for kids! This Dinosaur craft was perfect for my Sammy. Sam, as you may recall, loves hats — especially bobbling hats (like this Turkey one). This Dinosaur bobbling hat is so quick to make and provided Sammy with so much fun! To make this Bobbling Dinosaur…
Triceratops Nest: Dinosaur Dig
Sammy’s Dinosaur fascination continues (thank goodness!) so yesterday we created this Dinosaur Dig. I thought of this sensory activity after seeing the Dinosaur Land on Teachpreschool.org (such a great idea!). Sam was so very excited to explore his Triceratops Nest in the Backyard. It was super easy to make, and Sam had so very much…
Thanksgiving Gift: Turkey Cookies
Recently, I have been talking with my wee ones about being Thankful and what that word really means. I decided it would be nice to make little gifts with the kids to give to some of the many people we are thankful for this Thanksgiving. I looked on Pinterest (I have so much fun on…