As the leaves change color and the air grows crisp, it’s the perfect time to embrace the slower pace of autumn with some beautiful woodland craft ideas. From loose-part nature crafts to playful woodland animal masks and puppets, these 15 ideas will connect your little ones with nature while developing their creativity and fine motor…
Popsicle Stick Crafts: 35 Fun Things for Kids to Make & Do
Do you know what is almost TOO simple for a crafting supply? Popsicle sticks. If you don’t have any on hand, I highly recommend that you get a package so you and your kids can have fun with these popsicle stick crafts and activities! For this post, I’ve searched the internet for some of the…
Nature Printmaking for Kids
You know you’ve been blogging for a long time when you think of an idea, Google it (to ensure it’s kind of creative and unique) and find you have already written about that topic. Not once, but twice. Ha!! An oldie but a goodie—and with a nature twist, today I bring you … Nature Printmaking…
Toddler Butterfly Craft: Math Art!
Did you see my Math Art Blog Post? The boys and I made beautiful flowers using a weaving technique. While they were nice and simple to make, they were not toddler simple. Not preschooler simple either. I really like giving my children crafts and activities they can truly do independently. A bit of support is…
Math Art: Yarn Flowers
We took a much needed break from our typical math work this week to do some math art. There is so much math to be practiced through art and creating! My boys thought this was a great art project and were thrilled to know it took the place of their typical math work for the…
Painting Ideas for Kids
Get ready for the best, most creative, most EPIC painting ideas for kids you have ever seen! Because … well, February. February is definitely a month that requires some fun and loads of bright colours too. If you have preschoolers or toddlers who love when Mama gets that paint out, have we got some fun…
Colorful Crafts for Kids
With my revelation last week about the lack of colour in winter causing me to go colour crazy in spring, I thought it best to go all out. Why not find the most colourful crafts for kids around? I certainly didn’t need to look very far. Turns out every single March I share oodles of…
A Handy Kids Bracelet
Riddle me this … Why can I not find a craft kit for my son that is not pink, purple, flowery, or covered with girls? Not that he would mind the packaging — I know he really wouldn’t think twice about it, with his 7 year old gentle heart. But I do. With my giddishgeesh year…