Is your family getting geared up for Halloween? Here’s a really easy and inexpensive Halloween bag decorating craft that would be fun for any age! The tutorial even includes a printable stencil for the pumpkin bag face or make up … Read More...
Handprint Spider
I Love small personalized decor that children can easily make. This handprint spider from the Mother Huddle fits the bill! With just your child’s hands, black ink, and googly eyes make this adorable decoration!
Quick!! Halloween is almost here!
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Virtual Halloween Parade
Did you make your child a Halloween costume this year? Then join in the virtual Halloween parade that Ashley from Make It and Love It is putting together! She’s going to compile all the submissions and display them on … Read More...
Scarecrow Felt Board Game
This is a cheap and easy way to have some fun with younger children from Let’s Explore. Simply create pieces for a scarecrow (hat, clothes, head, etc) out of felt and let the kids put the scarecrow together. For more … Read More...
Fall Activities
I am loving this idea by My Sweet and Simple Life
Basically, you make a paper tree with fall leaves that each contain a fun fall activity to do that day on the flip side. Every day, your child chooses … Read More...
Spaghetti and Meatball Hat Craft
This is another great activity to do while reading the book Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
. Kids of any age can make a spaghetti and meatball hat with just some glue, a paper plate, and yarn. With some … Read More...
Where the Wild Things Are Paper Toys
Check out these awesome Max and a Wild Thing paper toys from Toy-A-Day. Just in time for the movie, you can print out the characters, Moishe (apparently one of the Wild Thing’s names) and Max (on a different link). … Read More...
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Lapbook
I’
ve loved lapbooks for a long time, but mainly I’ve seen them for younger children. Learning letters, shapes, sequencing, etc. So I was excited to find printable pages for a lap book designed with older students in mind for … Read More...
Make a Counting Book
Lu Bird Baby has created a fantastic photo counting book for her daughter and posted a tutorial so you can make one too!! These would be great to give a child something to do while standing in line, sitting in … Read More...
Craftsman Drill Review
A couple of months ago, Craftsman contacted me to find out if I would be willing to review one of their products.
Um, yes please!
It was fabulous timing too because Zak’s drill (manufactured by another company which shall-not-be-named) had… Read More...
It was fabulous timing too because Zak’s drill (manufactured by another company which shall-not-be-named) had… Read More...
Where the Wild Things Are Week
Where the Wild Things Are
by Marcus Sendak is one of my son’s favorite books. Last year we even dressed him up as Max for Halloween! The movie based on the picture book is coming out soon, so … Read More...
Printable Grandparent’s Day Card
PreKinders has an adorable Grandparent’s Day card for printing and decorating. Kids can add glitter, glue, color or whatever else you have in your craft stash to this simple card to make it personalized for Grandma and Grandpa.
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Kicking off the school year right
Family Fun is always a great resource for activities. Right now they have a Back to School Fun Guide with lots of ideas for parents to get their children excited about the new school year and get organized. My favorite … Read More...
Back to School Party
Why don’t you celebrate the start of a new school year with a Back to School Party?!? A great way to get kids excited for school! A Southern Accent has compiled some ideas for partying, plus a printable invitation just … Read More...
Back to School Schultute
Marie from AlphaMom (and Make and Takes) made a Schultute to celebrate her son’s first day of school. Traditionally, in Germany, these are given to children starting their first year of school, but it sounds like a great idea to … Read More...
Summer Fun Ideas: Make a Mobile
Roots and Wings has a fun idea for making a Fish Mobile out of paper and other things you have in your home. Great way for children to display their artwork as well! They can add glitter or other embellishments … Read More...
Sorry about the delay in posts. We moved this week to a new home in a new state!! We’re still surrounded by boxes and what seems to be an eternal unpacking job, but at least we now have the internet!!… Read More...
Living in New York
I wish that I lived in New York with my kids so that I could attend all of the fabulous activities and performances described on the KidCity Blog. They even have a list of daily FREE activities throughout the summer … Read More...
In case you hadn’t heard….
Barnes and Noble sponsors a Summer Reading Challenge each year between May and September. This year, each school age child who reads 8 books and documents their reading during the summer will receive a free book from a list of … Read More...
Summer Activities Challenge
Education.com is sponsoring the Summer Activities Challenge for kids. I signed up today and I’m so excited about it!! Just register on the site and then mark off 20 activities from the ideas provided that you complete with your children … Read More...