Crayons and Spice: Let’s Create Something Nice
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Recent ideas from Crayons and Spice:
Simple DIY 4th of July Hair Bows
Children are fickle. In less than a minute, my three year old daughter can change her mind several times. In one sentence she can tell me she both wants something and doesn’t want it. Bows is one of the things my daughter has been most fickle about. She has a whole bunch of them and…
Rock Crayons = Crayons + Aluminum Foil + Oven
My three year old and I have been having lots of fun making different shapes of crayons. We started by making pumpkin shaped crayons. Then, we made seashell shaped crayons for her under the sea birthday party. Using silicone molds to make them was lots of fun, but I wanted a way to make them…
Easy 4th of July Craft for Kids: Patriotic Twine Stars
Glue and paint are probably my three year old daughter’s favorite art supplies. She would happily use either for hours. Gluing and painting are the two main steps of making these patriotic twine stars. So, my daughter loved making them. They not only make a good 4th of July craft for kids, they are a…
Mini Books – A Shrinky Dink Craft For All Ages
My three year old daughter loves “reading” books to her elephant lovey named Lumpy. The stories are hilarious to listen to. They have phrases from all sorts of books and songs mashed together in them. Recently, I have been feeling nostalgic about Shrinky Dinks. So, I thought it would be fun to make shrink plastic…
How to Help Your Preschooler Make a Smoothie
This morning my 3 year old daughter didn’t want to get out of bed. She told me she was too tired. That was until I told her it was a smoothie morning. Then, she jumped out of bed and immediately started getting ready. She absolutely loves having smoothies for breakfast. Mostly because she loves making…
My Craft Failures: A Reminder to Keep Trying New Things
For several months I have been really bad about writing blog posts. But, I have still been crafting with my kids. So, the pictures and ideas have piled up. To motivate myself and not let these crafts go to waste, I set myself a challenge. I wanted to post 20 different crafts this month. Well,…
Cardboard Box House for a Lovey
This is going to be what my 2 1/2 year old daughter would call a “silly” post. For her something being silly is a badge of honor. She loves wearing mismatched shoes and putting the wrong color caps on her markers. Her elephant lovey named Lumpy is also very silly. One day my daughter decided…
The Best Toddler Craft Supplies to Have on Hand
My grandma claims that the only thing I needed to keep me entertained when I was little was paper and tape. My daughter must follow in my footsteps. She spends a lot of her independent time (read about the benefits of independent time here) coloring on scrap paper. She is 2 1/2 now, but she…