Pony bead crafts have been high on our list of kids craft activities lately as the girls are really interested in using them. After a wind storm left a bunch of down branches and sticks in our yard I decided to combine the two and let each of the girls make a stick wind chime. […]
Pony Bead Butterfly Craft for Kids
Let’s a pony bead butterfly craft together! Pony beads have become some of our favorite materials in recent weeks. We recently used them to make our heart suncatchers (no melting needed!) and have been doing lots of threading and un-threading activities. These easy pony bead butterflies came out of all those hours of threading beads […]
Counting & Sorting DIY Love Bug Rocks
I had been planning to do some rock painting with MB and the daycare girls in the upcoming days but due to a BBQ with friends and creative little school-ager we ended up with these AMAZING love bug rocks instead. One of our friends has a creative 2nd grader who saw the rocks and […]
Salt Dough & Melted Bead Ornaments Kids Can Make
Fun ornaments kids can make are perfect for adding some personalized flare to your tree and they make great keepsakes! This Christmas season we are making salt dough and melted bead ornaments as gifts. These ornaments were inspired by these amazing Handprint Suncatchers from Homegrown Friends. We had something similar planned but instead made these awesome ornaments […]
Toilet Paper Roll Turkey Craft for Thanksgiving
This toilet paper roll turkey craft for Thanksgiving is perfect for your holiday table! Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays (just behind Halloween) because it’s the time when most of my family gets together. Plus most of the decorations are fall-themed and fall is my favorite time of year! I don’t know about in […]
Exploring Light with DIY Shadow Puppets
This week we made DIY shadow puppets and found different ways to play/explore with them as part of our Light & Reflections Series! These were very easy to make and only required a few inexpensive items that you may already have on hand and you can reuse all that old cardboard you have laying around! […]
Pumpkin Collages with Fall Fabrics for Toddlers
Every fall I tell myself I’m going to use my sewing machine to make something festive but I just never get around to it. This year I finally decided that rather than letting the fabric just collect dust I should actually do something with it. As a result I turned some of it into this fun fall craft for my […]
Coffee Filter Flower Craft for Toddlers
This coffee filter flower craft is a perfect art activity to do with toddlers in spring or even summer! It’s a low prep activity for you but kids love it and the results are colorful and pretty! My daughter and the daycare kids are really into exploring flowers. We have a flower arranging sensory bin […]
Tissue Paper Candle Holder Craft
Do you need a homemade gift your kids can make? This easy candle holder craft is a great last-minute gift idea that preschoolers and toddlers can do. They are a perfect gift for Mother’s Day, a grandparent’s birthday, or even Christmas! My kids had a great time making these simple tissue paper candle holders and […]