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Play Doh Party Favors Painted to Look Like Trash Cans

Emily — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000

I don’t know about you, but almost all of my least favorite kids’ toys are favors or favor-like toys. In just a couple days they are often broken and not really something that gets played with much. But, my kids have this special memory associated with these toys that make them hard to get rid […]

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How to Make a Garbage Truck Pinata

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

Homemade pinatas are always a hit at my kids’ birthday parties. I really enjoy the challenge of making them and all the kids enjoy the challenge of breaking them. In the past I have made pinatas that are all based off a round shape. This makes it easy to make the main body by paper […]

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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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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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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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Simple Crafts for Kids That Are Great for Sick Days

Emily — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0000

I don’t know about you, but when I have sick kids I want simple and calm. My 4 year old daughter does calm well, but my 2 year old son does not. Crafts and screen time are practically the two calm things he will do for any length of time. So, when they both were […]

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S is for Snake Craft: Salt Dough and Sequins

Emily — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:26:52 +0000

Playing with dough, painting, and gluing! My 2.5 year old son and 4 year old daughter love doing all three of these things. So, they loved making this S is for snake craft. We used the S supplies of salt dough and sequins to make S shaped snakes. It was a hit with both of […]

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How to Make a Skye Paw Patrol Pinata

Emily — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 03:09:16 +0000

I have enjoyed using paper mache to make things for my kids’ birthday parties. So, I told my soon to be 4 year old daughter that I would make her a pinata for her Paw Patrol themed birthday party. I asked if she wanted one of Skye’s head and showed her a few pictures. She […]

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Salt Dough Recipe and Fun Crafts to Make With It

Emily — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:18:46 +0000

There are some crafts that are so versatile and easy that most of us have done them at some point in our life. Salt dough is one of these. It’s perfect for making ornaments and a go to craft for elementary teachers. But, before you click out of this post saying been there done that, […]

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Pawsome Paw Patrol Hats That Are Perfect for a Party

Emily — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:00:00 +0000

I don’t know about your kids, but mine love dressing up as part of their pretend play. My daughter will use blankets, scarves, and other random items as costumes. She has convinced her 2 year old brother that it is fun to dance around the kitchen singing while wearing blankets. So, I knew she would […]

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