A photo on Friday. Happy Friday friends. This week we had some more Christmas-y fun with playdough. The kids were rolling thick and thin ropes of playdough (here is my ultimate no-cook recipe). These ropes were popped on to some white paper candy canes I had cut out. This activity is fabulous for developing and…
Playdough Christmas Trees
We are keeping things simple around here right now. Sammy is adjusting to school (sort of). Madeline is adjusting to having a little brother at school (sort of). Benjamin is adjusting to being the only little one at home with Mama (sort of). And me? Well, I’m adjusting to nothing. Change is just so hard…
Christmas Sensory Bin and a Sticky Tree
Too soon for a Christmas post? Nah … it’s November! This was one of the boys’ favourite activities last season—a sticky Christmas tree to decorate! Super simple, and lots of learning can be added. Counting, colour or size sorting, and patterning can all easily come into play (Ha! Play—I didn’t even do it on…
5 Ways to Reuse Wrapping Paper
Merry Christmas! I just wanted to send you a quick note, wishing you the happiest of holidays. Thank you for all of the love and support you have given me this year with my website. Your comments, shares, and encouragement keep me inspired to continue. Happy Holidays to you and yours! Oh … and don’t…
3 Extremely Unusal Ways to Save Money at Christmas
As you likely know, I love to write to you about learning activities with children, crafts and activities, and simple living in general. But am also very passionate about saving money. The reason I am able to be home now with my kids, that we are able to live on one income, and that we…
A Simple Paper Plate Christmas Craft for Kids
I wrote this post last year at this time, and it is one of my very favourite crafts for Christmas time, so I thought I would share it again! Hope you don’t mind—and hope even more that it is helpful! Before we get into it, you’ll also want to grab this FREE Christmas Countdown Calendar…
Christmas Skip Counting Games for Kids
I wrote this post on Christmas skip counting games for kids last year—and I love these activities so much that I thought I would update it to share again this year, as we have quite a few more people joining us now! We will be using this as our Christmas advent calendar again this year….
Paper Snowflake Puzzles – Preschool Winter Craft
It has happened with Sam. A few years ago it happened to my Madeline too. I come up with a creative and fun craft or activity for them, and they take that idea and make it so much better. This preschool winter craft I did with Sam is a prime example. I will still take…
Wrapping Paper Beads
I am not one for taking the wrapping paper slowly and carefully off of my gifts. Neither are my children. So Christmas morning we wind up with lots of ripped and wrinkled wrapping paper. Seems a shame and waste to throw it all away, so we have been thinking of ways to reuse wrapping paper. …
Invitation to Create Christmas Ornaments for Preschoolers
Sammy has had quite a fascination with our Christmas tree. Specifically with decorating the Christmas tree. Even more specifically, making Christmas ornaments for our Christmas tree. We have made some simple Christmas ornaments, like these simple paper plate Christmas balls, and these burlap candy canes. I also found 6 awesome easy Christmas ornaments for preschoolers…