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V is for Vulture Craft: Painting With Velcro

Emily — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

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 […]

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How to Make a Handprint Ornament With Shrinky Dinks

Emily — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

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 […]

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U is for Unicorn Craft: Udon Noodles

Emily — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

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 […]

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Fun and Cute Valentine Craft for Preschoolers

Emily — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

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 […]

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DIY Playing Cards for Kids: Learning Through Fun

Emily — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

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 […]

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T is for Tiger Craft: Tie Dye Tissue Paper and Tempera Paint

Emily — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

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 […]

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Easy Pom Pom Turkey Craft for Thanksgiving

Emily — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:56:15 +0000

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 […]

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Simple Fall Craft: Paper Mache Autumn Leaf Bowls

Emily — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:00:00 +0000

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 […]

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How to Tie Dye Tissue Paper With Markers

Emily — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:45:04 +0000

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 […]

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DIY Scratch Art Paper: A Simple Fall Craft

Emily — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 04:57:19 +0000

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 […]

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