We make a lot of the art supplies around here. Surprisingly, there are few ingredients that are needed to make something really, really cool. One of the most popular activities we’ve done this weekend is to make puffy paint. The kids really love it because they can lay it on really, really thick and it’s just fine. Leave it to […]
It would be quite easy to spend a fortune on art supplies for kids. Between the paints, the play dough, the fun sand and craft foam - I could easily fill a cupboard. Since we do crafts daily, I look for easy ways that we can cut the costs of the supplies, by finding things that we can make at-home […]
Food coloring is one of the staples of fun and activities around here. We use it to make crafts, paint and art supplies - and you can find a few boxes in the pantry at all times. Neon, regular and custom colors you can find at Michaels can be used to create any color you can imagine. It’s nearing the […]
It’s a beautiful rainy afternoon out there today. We spent some time out in the rain and were inspired by the Spring weather, the rain and the puddles. We decided to come home and create some puppets so we could create our own springtime rain walk under the coverage of the porch while we played outside, enjoying the nice mist. […]
Throw them in the Bath TubWell, maybe not - a light toss should do the trick. That’s one of my secrets to getting the inbox cleared. There are three current favorites right now including a glow in the dark bath where I dim the lights and throw a whole whack of glow sticks in the bath tub with the kids, […]
When the weather hits minus twenty we don’t go outside. In fact, a walk to the mail box that is literally across the street and down the length of a couple of houses the toddler is in tears and screaming that she is freezing. Well, I can’t say that I don’t blame her - I’m not a huge fan of […]
I don’t know about your little ones, but it seems that lately our little one is full of expression. Full of wanting to express herself and full of color. Her latest obsession? Colored hair. She sees it while I am browsing on Facebook, she sees it in magazine and she gets it when we go get her hair trimmed (along with […]
The weather throughout the past couple of weeks hasn’t been bad. We’ve been spending a fair amount of time outside, so the toddler stir-crazy winter fever hasn’t set in. We haven’t even started out stir-crazy saver of our Millennium Place pass yet. However, we do need scheduled activities to occupy the kiddo - so here are some of the ones […]
Looking for something to do with the kiddos? Something new? Something that is only going to take you a few minutes to prepare for the next day? Colored pasta beads are simple and easy, take just a few ingredients and are a great choice for preschoolers to develop motor skills, practise sorting and learn new colors. There are many learning […]
We passed the afternoon playing with playdough - and it only took a few minutes to make it at home. It’s delicious smelling and reminds me of summer slushies with the orange smell. The hardest part of this recipe was trying to locate the cream of tarter at Save on Foods. Plus, I find this playdough easier to clean up […]
