Crayons and Spice: Let’s Create Something Nice
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Recent ideas from Crayons and Spice:
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.…
DIY Playing Cards for Kids: Learning Through Fun
My four year old daughter absolutely loves playing Go Fish. We started playing with an oversized deck with Paw Patrol characters on it when she was three. At first we only played with the letter cards and a few of the numbers. Once she recognized those, we added in more numbers until we were playing…