Ideas on how to create with an elementary schooler
My three year old daughter has loved pandas pretty much since she could talk. I don’t fully remember how it started, but I know she wanted to check out all panda books the first time we went to the library. For our P alphabet craft, I wasn’t thinking and we did P is for pig. […]
My three year old daughter’s favorite animal is a panda. And has been for a couple years. So, for our P alphabet craft we obviously did a P is for pig craft. Whoops. I didn’t even think about it until my daughter was telling Grandma about her recent crafts. She asked why we didn’t do
P is for Pig Craft: Popsicle Sticks, Pom Poms, Pipe Cleaners, and Pink Paint Read More »
What is better than making an O is for owl craft with your child? Making them out of another tasty O, oatmeal cookies. We have been working our way through the alphabet using animals and craft supplies starting with that letter. Most of my alphabet letters that we have made from food have been more
Have you read the book Purple, Green, and Yellow by Robert Munsch? It was one of my favorites growing up and now my three year old likes it too. There is a line in there, “everyone knows it’s okay to color your fingernails. Even my mother colors her fingernails.” Well that line opened my preschooler’s
My three year old daughter loves threading things. We recently made beaded keychains for all of her friends, and she had a blast threading on all the beads. One of the simplest ways to make something fun even more fun is to make it bigger. Since my daughter likes beads, I made her giant beads
Pool Noodle Craft: Using Gigantic Beads to Make a Flower Read More »
How do you make friends? I wish I could make friends like my three year old. Every time we go to any sort of play area she ends up having an elementary age girl playing with her by the end. The other day we went to the park and a girl walked up and offered
Make Beaded Shrinky Dink Keychains With Your Preschooler Read More »
If you work in any project based industry you have probably heard the term “scope creep”. If not, it is when a customer keeps adding more and more to the initial request that you agreed to. My three year old had my husband and I cracking up with her extreme scope creep. She initially asked
Simple DIY Toy Boat: Bath Toy or Buoyancy Lesson? Read More »
Some crafts are fun and some are really fun. The summer window clings that we made a few weeks ago were one of those really fun crafts. I still smile every time I see them on the back door. So even though we had just made summer ones, we had to make some more windows
4th of July Window Clings You Can Make With Glue Read More »
Weeds are my number one enemy. This is the 5th summer that we have had a garden. Every year we have started out excited, but every summer I fall behind to the never ending weeds. In my defense, I have been pregnant or had a newborn every summer so far. This year we are late
Shrinky Dink DIY Garden Pinwheel Made by the Whole Family Read More »
Summer is quickly approaching. We took out our blow up kiddie pool for the first time this past weekend. My three year old daughter is so excited for all the outdoor play and fun things you can only do when it’s warm outside. My one year old is already an outside addict and will find
