10th May 2014

Paper Pinwheels

Paper Pinwheels Gather your materials. Cut your paper into a 6×6 inch square. Using markers decorate your paper with shapes, flowers, letters, rainbows…the sky is the limit! When you are...

10th May 2014
Mason Jar Cupcakes

Mason Jar Cupcakes

Round up your kids and bake your favorite cake recipe together, but only put half as much batter into each section of your cupcake pan so that you make smaller,...

10th May 2014

Salt Painting Ice Sculptures

Fill an empty milk carton with water and then freeze the water. Place the ice block on a baking pan. Have the children sprinkle salt on top of the block....

10th May 2014

Fall Sensory Jar

Start by gathering all your objects. V loved sorting all the objects by type, but you could also have your kids sort the objects by color too. Next remove about...

10th May 2014

Easy Bagel Bird Feeders

Gather your materials. For very young children, you may also want to cover your work area to protect it from sticky peanut butter and bird seeds. With your child, prepare...

10th May 2014

To create the frog, tape two construction paper eyes to the top of a tissue box. Cut out the plastic for the mouth opening. We used plastic spider rings with...

10th May 2014

Cupcake Wrapper Flowers

I precut some of the cupcake liners for the younger children and showed the older children how to cut in different styles. You can draw on the cupcake wrapper first...

10th May 2014

Numbered Photo Puzzles

Gather your materials. We used a homemade Mod-Podge by mixing a solution of half water and half Elmer’s glue in a pint-size jar. The kids had a great time pouring...

10th May 2014

PAPER SHAPES WITH THE TODDLER ART GROUP

The toddler art group was held at Iver’s house yesterday. It was just the two babes again, so feels a little funny calling it a “group”, but one family was...

10th May 2014

INVISIBLE INK WITH CRAYON RESIST

This version of invisible ink was so much easier and more rewarding than our lemon juice flop. Although I realize we ought to give the lemon juice another try now that...

03rd May 2014

FLOWER CROWNS & NECKLACES (YES, STAINED GLASS!)

We made some beautiful flower crowns yesterday. Necklaces, too. So easy and yet really quite stunning. It seems the perfect lazy summer activity as well—to celebrate summer, for pretend play...

03rd May 2014

THE FORT MAGIC FORT KIT FOR KIDS (+GIVEAWAY)

I wrote about Fort Magic a few weeks ago. About a fort kit for kids that has turned our house into a creative construction zone—in such a good way. It has added a new level...

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