Crayons and Spice: Let’s Create Something Nice
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Recent ideas from Crayons and Spice:
DIY Car Seat Tray: Easy and Great for Road Trips
Are you planning on going on a road trip with young kids? Are you worried that everyone is going to drive each other crazy? This DIY car seat tray won’t make your travel 100% stress free, but it will help keep your kids happy and entertained. It is also extremely easy and quick to make.…
How to Make a Garbage Truck Pinata
Homemade pinatas are always a hit at my kids’ birthday parties. I really enjoy the challenge of making them and all the kids enjoy the challenge of breaking them. In the past I have made pinatas that are all based off a round shape. This makes it easy to make the main body by paper…
V is for Vulture Craft: Painting With Velcro
There are a lot of unique ways to get your child painting. Way back when we were on the letter A, my daughter used apples as paint brushes. V was a hard letter to come up with craft supplies for and we ended back at using a unique paintbrush. For this V is for vulture…
How to Make a Handprint Ornament With Shrinky Dinks
Every Christmas I try to make a craft with my kids to give to family. This year I had a 4, 2, and a 7 month old. My four year old daughter loves crafts and could make a lot of things on her own. But my two year old still needs a lot of help…
Simple Kid’s Party Food for a Garbage Truck Birthday
I have a love hate relationship with theming food for my kids’ birthday parties. I love the challenge of coming with creative ideas and a lot of my ideas have turned out really cute. But, since food needs to be fresh it is something that I have to put off until the last minute. So,…
U is for Unicorn Craft: Udon Noodles
It looks just like a unicorn, right? Ok, maybe this alphabet craft didn’t turn out the best. But, my four year old had a lot of fun making it and it tasted good. We have been making animal alphabet crafts that use supplies that start with the same letter. U was a really hard one…
Fun and Cute Valentine Craft for Preschoolers
Looking for a valentine craft for preschoolers that is both cute and fun to make? Then you are in the right place. Well, assuming you don’t mind cleaning up a bit of a mess. But, I promise that it’s worth it. I made these fun rice heart valentines with my 3 and 4 year olds…
Garbage Truck Birthday Cake: Simple and Yummy
Figuring out the cake design is one of my favorite parts of throwing my kids’ birthday parties. I have decorated very few cakes in my life. As in besides my kids’ birthday cakes I think I have decorated about 4. One of those was an elephant poop cake, so I’m not sure if it counts.…