The weather outside is frightful - or, it’s getting that way. For that reason we’re making dry snow sensory dough that’s going to keep the kids occupied for an hour or snow when it’s just too cold to go outside. What I love about this dough, it’s dry and perfect for making a miniature snowstorm,

I have indoor kids with a five minute expiration of being outside. For this reason I am always trying to find more things for the kids to do with snow, ice and toys to get them outside to play (even if it’s only for five minutes at a time). Today, we made glass bricks for

The girls love to do crafts. While Olivia was hosting a crafting and cookie playdate today with one of her best friends, they were using puffy paint to make rainbows to celebrate the winter sunshine. Of course, Violet saw the paintbrushes come out and wanted to get involved. When it comes to craft time with

Today is the perfect day for playing outside. The weather is great, the kids can go out in a sweater and gloves and it’s supposed to snow tomorrow. The perfect time to get out there and enjoy it while the sun is shining and you’re not freezing, right? Violet doesn’t think so. You see, she

It’s November, and despite the fact that it is a sunny afternoon, it’s the prime season for doing the many, many holiday crafts that are going to be done around here. Olivia has been wanting to create some play dough, and I’ve been wanting to play with it with the kids so today we just

Something has been happening around here when it comes to playdates. Olivia has her friends over and Violet just wants to play. They’re playing things like Barbies, or pirates or ‘jumping all over the couch’ and Hungry Hungry Hippos and Violet’s just not old enough to play. She wants to, but she isn’t invited all the

Scissors and glue. Those are the two basic things that I think could occupy Olivia for hours, and hours. Cutting out scraps, gluing them on to paper - making crafts and activities that are filled with cutting and gluing. We made this easy activity to create Halloween bags that we used to label, and found

With all the kids getting back to school today, the kids to play with in the neighborhood were few and far between. I needed to find something to occupy Olivia to avoid hearing ‘I’m bored’ because all of the kids are gone back to school and daycare. Two Ingredient Puffy Sidewalk Paint 1 cup flour

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Making ice cream dough was so much fun. I made it during Violet’s nap and Olivia’s forced ‘rest time’ so it was ready when they woke up. I made two different colors for the girls, and it was awesome to see the blue and the pink meld together. Plus, it was perfect to go with the Melissa