Let’s make 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 […]
Valentine’s Day Heart Suncatcher Craft
A simple and beautiful Valentine’s Day craft for preschoolers and toddlers! This heart suncatcher is deceptively easy!
Melted Bead Halloween Candy Dish Craft
Oh my! I love our Halloween Candy dish craft! We use ours every year! It’s a tradition! Halloween crafts are such a hit in our house. We love Halloween, we may be obsessed with this holiday. We decorate the house and spend the whole month of October doing Halloween themed learning activities and crafts. One […]
Easy Christmas Tree Ornament Craft for Kids
Make simple Christmas tree ornaments from glue! It’s time for some easy Christmas crafts for kids and these Christmas tree ornaments are deceptively easy to make. They also make great suncatchers for window decorations. We love hanging ours on the tree because the colors from the Christmas tree shine through and make the ornaments shine even more. […]
Space Sensory Play for Kids: Star Slime
We’ve been reading all about stars, astronauts and space for this month’s Poppins Book Nook (a virtual book club joining books with learning) because this month our book club theme was “Beyond Our Planet.” The kids picked out a fun book about stars and we made some star slime to go along with our book! The girls loved […]
Easy Pony Bead Crown Craft for Kids
This colorful pony bead crown craft is a fun way for kids to practice threading beads while creating something they can wear for pretend play. With a little preparation from an adult, children can choose their favorite colors, create their own bead patterns, and decorate their crowns with ribbons, bells, or special-shaped beads. When the […]
Mardi Gras Beads Process Art for Kids
Read for some Mardi Gras beads process art you can do with your kids? We picked up a pack of Mardi Gras beads from our local Dollar Tree (5 for a dollar) to add to our dress up station but before they made it to the dress up clothes we used them for some art […]
Melted Bead Suncatcher Mobiles
Pony bead crafts are some of MB’s favorite craft activities and these melted bead suncatcher mobiles are no exception. They are super easy for kids to create and this time there was no stinky melted bead smell in the house like we had when we made our Melted Bead & Salt Dough Ornaments! Melted Bead […]
DIY Stick Wind Chime for Kids: Easy Nature Craft
This colorful DIY stick wind chime is an easy nature craft that toddlers and preschoolers can help create using sticks, pipe cleaners, pony beads, and bells. Children can collect a stick outside, choose their favorite bead colors, and practice threading the beads before hanging their finished wind chime in the yard. It is a simple […]