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T is for Tiger Craft: Tie Dye Tissue Paper and Tempera Paint
This is a fun one. If you aren’t familiar with our alphabet crafts, I have been doing animal alphabet crafts with my 4 year old daughter. To make them more unique and fun we have been using craft supplies that also start with that same letter. The added difficulty has made it slow going at…
DIY Garbage Truck Birthday Party for a Three Year Old
Friday morning is our trash day. My kids will jump up on the couch when they hear the trash truck coming to watch it out the window. Or if we are in the backyard, they go running to the front yard to watch. We have even ran around the neighborhood keeping up with the garbage…
Easy Pom Pom Turkey Craft for Thanksgiving
Both of my older kids love pom poms. But my 2 year old son especially does. So, when I saw this cute pinecone turkey craft from Live Craft Eat, I immediately wanted to make something similar with pom poms. It took a couple tries to figure out how to do it, but once we figured…
DIY Flynn Rider Costume: Little to No Sewing Needed
Something brought you here. Call it what you will, fate… destiny… wanting to make a DIY Flynn Rider costume. Either way, you are in the right place. When my daughter wanted to be Rapunzel for Halloween, I decided we should all go as Tangled characters. My husband decided he wanted to be Flynn Rider. But,…
Best 2024 Amazon Black Friday Deals for Kid’s Crafts
Can you believe it is already the middle of November? Christmas is going to be here before we know it. To help you get ready for it, here are some awesome Amazon Black Friday deals. This list was dangerous for me to make as several items got added to my own Amazon cart. I know…
Simple Fall Craft: Paper Mache Autumn Leaf Bowls
Light shining through darkness is so fascinating for both kids and adults. Lately my kids (2y&4y) have been very interested in glow in the dark things. So, we have made several glow in the dark crafts, played with glow sticks, and played with light up toys. While thinking of a fun and simple fall craft…
How to Tie Dye Tissue Paper With Markers
My 4 year old daughter had so much fun with this craft that for a few weeks she wanted to pour water on all her drawings to make them “even prettier.” She loved watching the colors spread and mix on our tie dye tissue paper. It took us several attempts to get the colors dark…
DIY Scratch Art Paper: A Simple Fall Craft
I wanted to do a couple fun fall crafts with my kids (2y & 4y). They got put off until this week with me making their Halloween costumes. I settled on two fun but very simple leaf shape based crafts. And while we made our fall crafts we watched the snow fall covering all the…