Most little ones absolutely love to get their hands covered in paint! There’s nothing quite like the sensory experience of covering your entire hand with paint and squishing it between your fingers. There is also so much learning taking place. Aside from the sensory benefits, finger painting helps develop fine motor skills, build hand-eye coordination,…
String Heart Art
String art always turns out so pretty. This craft we did for Valentine’s Day quite a few years back, and I am excited to do it again this week. Here’s the post from 9 (!!!) years ago. Please feel free to ‘awww’ at my tiny babes. With Valentine’s day coming up, we have been making…
Toddler Activities to Teach the Seasons
If you’ve been around my blog a time or two, you likely know I am a nature lover. We are nestled on a wee farm surrounded by nature and love to spend a large part of our days outside. In doing this, my little ones are exposed to the magic of this amazing world constantly….
Exploring Colour with Fascinating Books
Do you have a little artist or lover of all things colour and rainbows? If so, they’re going to LOVE what I have for you today! This collection of books covers everything from colour theory, to famous artists like Jackson Pollack and Piet Mondrian, to fun fictional stories, and everything in between. In fact, they…
Gorgeous Fall Leaves Crafts
I feel as though I need to begin this post on Fall leaves crafts with an apology. I am sorry if it feels as though I am rushing past summer and right into Fall. I am not meaning to – I am just a bit of a planner. Well, I suppose that isn’t even exactly…
Art Project for Kindergarten
Looking for the perfect art project for you kindergartner? Search no further – this project has it all! Soap carving develops fine motor skills and knife safety. Your child can come up with his or her personalized design or you can guide them with a pattern or template. The amount of supplies needed is minimal…
Easter Art and Craft Printable {Easter Freebie #5}
Here we are on our final day of Easter Freebies! I hope these printables and activities have been helpful to you and yours. My goal has been to send some FUN and EASY Easter activities your way this week. Just in case you are joining us late, I want to catch you up: Day #1:…
Winter Crafts for Toddlers
Even though I am longing for spring – it is definitely still winter. Winter time is a wonderful time to do some crafts with your toddlers. These winter crafts are easy to prepare and simple enough for a toddler to create. They include many different snowmen, snowflakes and winter animal crafts as well as others….
Giveaway #2: Oak Meadow Little Kid Craft Kit
I am very excited to partner with Oak Meadow again today to bring you this second giveaway in our holiday series – a little kid craft kit! Welcome to Day 2 of our Holiday giveaway series! In case you missed it, yesterday I shared with you the Oak Meadow craft kit for big kids (you…
Color Mixing Activity
Over the summer holidays, my only child finally got to see his cousin after months of not being able to visit with family. He was thrilled to have a playmate, and it was exciting to explore how my preschooler’s activities could be scaled to dynamically engage a seven-year-old. His cousin is deeply interested in arts and…