Boo! Little ghosts are haunting our entry way! The kids wanted a quick Halloween decoration to make, and I love how this ghost banner turned out using their hand prints. Make your own Halloween Hand print Banner and welcome a few cute ghosts into your house too. This only took about 15 [...]Continue Reading
preschoolers
This would be more fun if you stopped calling it crafts.
Did you know that what you call your craft project can make a huge difference in whether your kids get excited to create with you? Here's the deal- my kids don't like to do crafts. If I present an activity by asking if they want to do a craft, I'll get a resounding NO. (Maybe I made a few too [...]Continue Reading
How To Do Crafts With a Child Who Is a Perfectionist
My seven year old has a default answer to almost any craft activity I ask him if he wants to do- NO. It’s just his personality to say no first and then decide. I think this is his defense mechanism, because at heart he is a perfectionist and he wants to get things RIGHT. Arts and crafts naturally [...]Continue Reading
Tooting Balloon Art
Balloon Fart Art? Tooting, beeping, barking frogs, fluffing (yes, my husband had a friend whose mom actually called it fluffing.) It's all farts and anything that can make fart sounds ranks at the top of my boys' Awesome List. This week Leland asked to do balloon prints again, and I remembered [...]Continue Reading
Easy Baking with Kids – Dark Chocolate Haystacks
These Dark Chocolate Haystacks were a fun and quick to make cooking project with my preschooler. I like to cook with my kids a lot. I know it's not easy for everyone, but for us it's one of the ways we connect. In fact, you can find our favorite recipe books here. Post includes Amazon [...]Continue Reading
