The March 2020 issue of Wild Kids Magazine is up! For those who are new to the magazine, Wild Kids is a free monthly printable nature-based magazine that I publish as a nonprofit way to put some more good in the world. Each issue includes ways to learn and play in nature that month, foraging…
Category: neat stuff elsewhere
Oodles of Nutcracker Kids’ Crafts!
Miss Fiona and her daddy have a tradition this time of year of watching The Nutcracker and reading picture books about nutcrackers. Daryl also has a collection of nutcrackers that the kids love to play with. Last week, Fiona asked me if she could spend her money on a nutcracker for daddy. The nutcracker in…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
Happy Monday! It’s been too long since I’ve popped in and I’m once again resolving to find a way to do so more regularly. So let’s start by getting back to some ways to make the day more magical. 🙂 Here are 10 ways to make a little magic this week… 1. Go on a…
Signs of Love
Here’s a sweet art project that’s perfect for the times right now. Girls to the Moon offers instructions for how to make Signs of Acceptance to show people that you care about them and are on their side. The site says: What are some words you could say to let people know they are safe with…
Don’t Let the Pigeon Make Some Crafts!
Do you have Mo Willems fans in your family? We are huge fans of all of his books, but especially the pigeon books. I found this adorable craft today via the Learning with Literature group Pinterest board. With lots of other adorable pigeon ideas at the lovely blog it’s from, Diary of a First Grade…
Let’s Learn About the Weather!
There are some wonderful, whimsical freebies out there to help little ones learn about the weather. Here are some of my favorites! Paint on the Ceiling has a Free Printable Weather Chart for Preschoolers. Mr. Printables offers My Weather Station | Printable Weather Activity. Fantail Digital Art has “My First Weather Chart” Free Printable And…
Plastic Bag Flowers, Revisited
A few days ago, I got a comment on a new post asking how I made some plastic bag flowers back in 2010. I didn’t even remember making plastic bag flowers, but a quick blog search showed this post where I linked to a fabulous blog with instructions. It turns out that the original blog…
I am (uplifting them)
Here’s a wonderful project that I am so happy to see! I am (uplifting them) is a new social media project that proposes to use social media to uplift our kids instead of to shame them. Page creator Stephanie says: I am saddened by the amount of kid-shaming photos and stories I see all over…
Weather Trees!
I’m in love with weather trees. I’ve admired them over the years and always wanted to start one with the kids. Weathertree.com offers this one for sale from the UK each year… And they also offer one that focuses on goals (weight loss, exercise completed, eggs laid by chickens and small business profits are some…
A Little Festive Fun
Want to have a little online holiday fun with your kiddos? There are some really sweet sites that let you virtually decorate trees, make gingerbread houses, cut snowflakes and more. Technology Rocks. Seriously has a fantastic roundup of gingerbread man fun storyboards, activities, interactive sites, printables and so on like these: Then there’s the snow…