Crayons and Spice: Let’s Create Something Nice
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Recent ideas from Crayons and Spice:
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…
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…