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Just a quick post to share some fall suncatchers we made today with autumn leaves, chrysanthemums, and zinnias. Just the beginning of some fall crafting and decorating that we have…

How We Did It First, have your kids select the figures they want to use and arrange them on the lids. We thought this part was super fun... it's like…

How We Did It We start off with a grownup step first: Start by cutting the apple crosswise. Cut one slice for each different color combination you would like to…

How We Did It 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…

How We Did It We collected all of our paper scraps and cut them into strips and squares. I blew up the balloon to the perfect size to make a…

How We Did It First, we needed to separate the sunflower stems from the bundle. This would would work with any artificial flower. We chose sunflowers because they are my…

How We Did It Any kind of glass jar is perfect for this project... you can use a jelly jar, a fancy-shaped jar, a baby food jar--whatever you like. First…

How We Did It Grownup supervision is required for this project. (My daughter just turned seven, but we tackled this project for the first time when she was just four...and…

Marshmallows and toothpicks, both things we always have around the Tahoe cabin, are perfect ingredients for sculpture. We've done this project with gum drops too. (and if you get the…

Last week the children began their own role-play game which started with a 'tiger loose in the front room!'  To enhance their play I provided them with; a toy tiger…

Today the children have been exploring gloop.  This is really easy to make, for anyone that doesn't know its just cornflour (available in the bakery aisle at supermarkets) and water. I didn't want the children…

As you can see from my previous blog, the children have been engaged in exploring gloop this week.  However this activity then took a slightly different direction from normal and…