Here’s a fun and inexpensive way to make some neat building blocks for little ones. Our fabulous friend Jan, a local Head Start teacher, came up with this idea. She purchased a couple of $1 bags of foam blocks from Target and then purchased some adhesive velcro. She cut the velcro into tiny squares and…
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Quick Bath Fun
Here’s a simple way to make baths a little more fun (and colorful!). Freeze some colored water in muffin tins or other medium sized containers, and then add a few to the kids’ baths when you want to make things a little more interesting. They melt pretty fast but it sure is fun while they…
Update: Puffy Paint in a Regular Oven
I posted about our puffy paint craft yesterday and several folks asked here and on Facebook if it could be done in a regular oven. I looked online and couldn’t find anybody who knew if it could be done without a microwave, so we did a little experiment ourselves this morning. The answer — yes!…
Five Fun Things
There’s been so much fun stuff catching my eye on the web lately. Here’s some favorites you might like…. 1. Things I want to teach my children everyday: Steph from Modern Parents Messy Kids has a great post and free printable at Bloom… 2. Dress-up wings, courtesy of Little Eco Footprints… 3. And dinosaur wings,…
More Halloween Fun
Are you getting into the Halloween spirit with your kiddos? Here’s a few more Halloween activities….. Make a large paper jack-o-lantern and play pin the nose on the pumpkin. Tie a white tissue over a round sucker to make mini-ghosts. Use markers to add a face. Go pumpkin bowling, using empty plastic bottles for pins…
New Uses for Old Markers
What do you do with a dried out marker? I’ve been listening to the boys’ Pirate CD for too long, because I’m hearing that phrase in my head to the tune of “What do you do with a drunken sailor?”. 😉 In any case, there are plenty of ways to get more use out of…
Driveway Graffiti
I love this idea from No Time for Flashcards! Brilliant! We’ve mixed up sidewalk paint before and it hasn’t been the biggest hit with any of us, but using balls with it? I love the sounds of it!
Make Your Own Seed Tapes!
I’ve posted links to homemade seed tape instructions before, but I especially liked these simple instructions using newspaper strips and flour paste. The packaging is so pretty too! Head over to Giver’s Log for the tutorial. Have I mentioned how much I love, love, love spring? 🙂
Magazine Pictures
Here’s a quick, fun art project that my kids dreamed up when they were bored last week. Cut out some fun elements from an old magazine or catalog, draw or paint the backgrounds, and then glue the pictures on top. Our kids had a ball with this and it easily works for all ages. They…
A Few Good Crafts
Here’s what’s on my craft radar this week… Dress Up Drawings… And also from Made by Joel, Slotted Building Discs… (Yes, the templates are there to print for free!) Felt and ribbon wrist corsages for kids at Salty Pineapple… (Except ours will be much less fancy than some of these and will be kid-made) And…