Discover the joy of crafting with young children through a simple yet creative project: coffee filter flowers. Ideal for little hands, this activity combines coloring, cutting, and water play, culminating in vibrant, handcrafted flowers. A perfect keepsake that symbolizes the beauty of family creativity and love.
You can almost feel the electricity of excitement as they enter the Halloween or Harvest party area that you’ve prepared. Whether they’re in first grade or fifth, they bolt in with wide eyes, darting from corner to corner, to see what decorations, games and treats you’ve brought for them. It’s party time! With thirteen years … Read more
Learning and Discovery Each Month One of my favorite parts of this job is discovering new things for kids and families to do together. In my researching I found monthly subscriptions designed for kids and parents. Here are 5 of my favorites that emphasize education and family time. And really, who doesn’t like receiving packages … Read more
This is a fun craft! My son’s been into making DIY felt finger puppets. He made an elephant and a giraffe for test finger puppets. This one is a tiger. I’m wondering if he was influenced by Daniel the Tiger since we just watched Won’t You Be My Neighbor? My 10 year old came up … Read more
I love making homemade art supplies! We go through them so quickly that it has become a much more economical option for us. There are so many fun materials we want to try, so it has been really interesting learning how to make our own like the DIY powdered paint and beeswax crayons we made awhile ago. This morning … Read more
I’ve been wanting to play with powdered paint for awhile, there are so many cool activities you can do with it! So, when I was browsing through Pinterest the other day and discovered you can make it out of crushed chalk, I knew I had found my next project! From Amazon, powdered tempera paint will run … Read more
Exercise. It’s something we all know is important. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that “children and adolescents should do 60 minutes or more of physical activity per day.” Oh boy, sometimes that’s easy, especially when the weather outside is nice. But let’s face it, when it’s cold outside, sometimes it’s pretty tough … Read more
We’ve been having fun with lots of different artistic science experiments lately, and this beautiful marbled milk experiment is no exception! I first remember doing this for an elementary school science fair, so long before the days of Pinterest this fun activity has been amazing kids! With only three ingredients involved, this is a great … Read more
I’m always up for a cultural craft, especially if it results in pretty jewelry. Bonus if the jewelry is gorgeous enough for my kids to give away! I have seen lots of necklaces made out of paper beads, and so I wondered just how hard it would be to try our hand at making some. … Read more
We really enjoyed exploring art this week when we made our art history Easter eggs, so I wanted to continue the fun and learn about another artist in a unique way. So, today, we’re learning about Wassily Kandinsky and exploring his circle painting while performing a new science experiment. I just love when art and … Read more