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Recent ideas from Crayons and Spice:
DIY Stuffed Animal Costume for Trick or Treating
Happy Halloween! To prepare for trick or treating tonight, I have been practicing with my shy 2 1/2 year old daughter. So far she understands that we need to go to the neighbors’ houses and knock or ring their doorbell. After she asked how many eyes and legs neighbors have, I think she has also…
Free Toddler Calendar Printable to Teach Concept of Time
My 2 1/2 year old daughter is still learning the concept of time. She will ask me if things are “this day” (today) or “next day” (tomorrow). For a long time every thing was Tuesday, so she is learning. To help her understand when things are, I created this two week toddler calendar for her.…
Zucchini Painting: A Simple Alternative to Pumpkin Carving
Every spring I say, “this is going to be my gardening year.” Then, every fall I say, “next year is going to be my gardening year.” Every summer since having a yard I have started out hopeful, but between 1st trimester morning sicknesses and newborns, the weeds have taken over by the end of every…
7 Craft Essentials That Every Mom Needs
One of my main goals for Crayons and Spice is to help parents see that making things for their kid doesn’t need to be difficult or expensive. You don’t need a lot of tools and supplies. These 7 craft essentials are almost everything you need to make most of the “create for child” crafts on…
Nature Monsters are Fun and Simple Toddler Crafts
I enjoy looking at all the different stats on my fitness watch, but the funniest one is the cadence. On a walk or run, it will be going steady and then drop all the way off to zero. Is my watch broke? Nope, that is just me stopping because my daughter spots a leaf or…
Mural Painting 101 – How to Create a Nursery Mural
When I was little, I was absolutely obsessed with Winnie the Pooh. I was so obsessed that my mom painted a mural on my wall with all the Winnie the Pooh characters on it. Even though I later covered it up with dolphin wallpaper, I still remember loving that mural. So, when I found out…
Make a Toy Fishing Net in Under 30 Minutes
OOPS! I think I got my toddler addicted to making crafts. Several times a day she asks for another thing, which is her way of saying she wants to make a craft. The other day, after just making bubble wrap octopuses, she started asking to make another thing. I asked her what she wanted to…
Bubble Wrap Octopus Craft: Straight From a Toddler’s Mind
My 2 1/2 year old daughter came up with the idea of making a bubble wrap octopus craft. It sounds unrelated, but a couple of weeks ago we made tissue ghosts. My toddler had so much fun making them that as soon as we finished she asked for more. And then asked again, and again,…