Crayons and Spice: Let’s Create Something Nice
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Recent ideas from Crayons and Spice:
Popsicle Stick Bird Feeder Made With a Toddler
My 2 1/2 year old loves watching birds and neighbors from our dining room table. She thinks I command them and asks me to make more of them show up. About a month ago she got to visit my husband’s work and got a plastic birdhouse. She was so excited about it that we hung…
Teach Your Toddler to Be a Bagel Pizza Chef
One of my daughter’s first words was “za” which meant pizza. Now that she is 2 1/2, she still answers pizza most of the time when I ask her what she wants to eat. Last week my extended family went and got a 3 foot across pizza. and my daughter ate her fair share of…
Reuse Wipe Lids to Overcome Your Toddler’s Shyness
My 2 1/2 year old daughter is bubbly, talkative, and silly…when she is around my husband and I. Put her in a room full of people and she wants held while she sucks on her hand and hides behind her lovey. We have been working with her on this and she has been doing better,…
Easily Create a Convenient Vacation Sticker Chart
Last week we had a family reunion of sorts. There were about 20 of us and a week packed full of fun adventures. With a toddler and a baby involved it also meant lots of interrupted naps, new people and strange toilets. I wanted a convenient way to continue to encourage my headstrong toddler to…
How to Make a Modified PB&J With Your Toddler
Kids and PB&J sandwiches go together like…well…peanut butter and jelly. It is a great food to pack when you are going to be out and about as well as a super easy and quick lunch for home. Also, making a modified PB&J with your toddler is also a great way to practice spreading and helping…
Painting With Your Baby: The Easy and Clean Way
Painting with your baby? Is that even possible? Believe it or not, there is actually a way for your baby to paint without any mess. I came up with this idea when I heard about how lots of people were painting with their dogs. A couple years ago people were putting paper and paint in…
Should You Make Your Child’s Lovey a Sleep Sack?
I am only 28 and I already have a granddaughter. Her name is Lumpy, she weighs 4 oz, and she is an elephant blanket lovey. My 2 1/2 year old is a great mom. She gives Lumpy naps, baths, and diaper changes every day. Being the concerned elephant-mom she is, one night at bedtime she asked…
How to Make an Entertaining Toddler Notebook
This morning my mother-in-law started back up a ladies’ Bible class that had taken a break for summer. It was across town with no babysitting, but there was a virtual option I could use. It was scheduled during my baby’s nap, but I still had the problem of keeping my toddler daughter entertained. I could…