Valentines Day, in our family, tends to be something more for the kids than for my husband and I. He and I don't usually do much of anything, but the kids get a kick out of waking up to find little valentines out on the table. My mom used to do this for me when I was a kid and I remember feeling [...]Continue Reading
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Make Your Own Paint With Water Pages
(Originally Published May, 2011) Watercolor fun you can take with you! I'm so excited about this simple little idea! These homemade just-add-water paint pages make it easy to say "yes" to painting, and we can take them on hikes or picnics! All you need is some watercolor paper and tubes of [...]Continue Reading
Make a Family Name Banner
Family Name Banners Hooray for you! Don't we all need more celebrations in our lives? We can hang up these family name banners anytime someone hits a milestone - a birthday, learning to ride a bike or maybe trying something they were afraid of; let's hang your name banner for a day! I love [...]Continue Reading
Putting a Stop to Kids Arguments While Crafting
Nothing like getting out the craft supplies, actually managing to get everyone to the table and *finally* starting a craft project, only to to wind up with arguing kids. Not. Fun. Here's how Cerys, a mom to two young kids and author of the kids crafting and activity blog Rainy Day Mum, helps prevent [...]Continue Reading
Painting with vegetables! Plus Weekly Kids Craft Link Up
In the post 5 Nature Art Projects to do With Toddlers Leah mentioned using produce for painting. These veggies were about to head to the compost, but I remembered that I wanted to try using vegetables as paintbrushes, so they got a colorful dip instead. The shapes of the cut celery and radishes [...]Continue Reading
5 Nature Art Projects to do With Toddlers
Nature Based Art Projects for Toddlers Guest Post By Leah Mebane of Earth Paints. Leah has created a few nature inspired art projects using Earth Paints. These are natural paints made from the earth in the same way that our ancestors have made paint for the past 100,000 years. The natural earth [...]Continue Reading
