Ideas on how to create with an elementary schooler
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 […]
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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
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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
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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
Glue and paint are probably my three year old daughter’s favorite art supplies. She would happily use either for hours. Gluing and painting are the two main steps of making these patriotic twine stars. So, my daughter loved making them. They not only make a good 4th of July craft for kids, they are a
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My three year old daughter loves “reading” books to her elephant lovey named Lumpy. The stories are hilarious to listen to. They have phrases from all sorts of books and songs mashed together in them. Recently, I have been feeling nostalgic about Shrinky Dinks. So, I thought it would be fun to make shrink plastic
I love using Christmas as an excuse for my kids to make things for family and friends. I remember doing lots of fun Christmas crafts when I was growing up and I want to give my kids the same memories. This year, I needed something super easy that both my 11 month old and 2
I finally did it! I am super proud of pulling off a plan I have had since I started my blog. It makes it all the better that I was able to do it as part of a Mother’s Day craft. My daughter literally used crayons and spice to make this Mother’s Day picture frame
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