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Recent ideas from Crayons and Spice:
Make an Easy Morse Code Bracelet to Teach Thankfulness
Kid activity ideas come from the strangest places. Does your pediatrician give you the Ages and Stages Questionnaires? On the 2 year old one it asks if they can string small objects onto a string. At the time, I had never tried this with my daughter. So, the morning of her appointment we tried it.…
How to Paper Mache a Toilet Paper Mummy
I was convinced that my 2 1/2 year old daughter would love paper mache. She loves crafts, glue, and balloons, so I was sure it was going to be a hit. With Halloween quickly approaching, I had the brilliant idea to paper mache a toilet paper mummy with her. To make it more mummy-like, I wanted…
Upgrade Your Child’s Lovey to First Class For $1.25
I am very blessed that my two kids handle the car well. Where I grew up everything was 10 minutes away at most. The town I went to college was the same way. After graduating and getting married, I moved to the Denver area and thought with it being bigger everything would be closer. Instead…
My Toddler’s 4 Step Guide on Making a Tissue Ghost
I had so much fun teaching my 2.5 year old daughter how to make a tissue ghost this morning. Making tissue ghosts are a throwback to my own childhood. I’m not sure where I learned to make them, but I made a lot of them when I was a kid. One year I made one…
How to Make a Portable Mailbox and 5 Reasons Why
Writing letters is a bit of a lost art. With phones and computers there is rarely a true need to write a letter. While normally not needed, an actual letter can mean a whole lot to a person. A text can be saved, but not in the same way as a letter. Receiving an email…
Laminated Paper Doll Made to Look Like a Lovey
How did you spend your morning? I spent mine sneaking around our downstairs feeling like a fugitive. I started out in the laundry room. When I heard my daughter coming down the stairs, I frantically came out and tried to distract her. After I finally convinced her to go upstairs, I ran to the couch…
Your Toddler Needs You to Make Them a Lovey Backpack
Are there times you wish you could bring your child’s lovey somewhere, but you are afraid it will end up on the ground, in a puddle, or being hugged by a coughing friend? Or even worse….lost forever. I run into this problem ALL the time. My 2 1/2 year old daughter is very attached to…
All Aboard the Free Sticker Chart Train
My daughter has recently had a minor obsession with trains. It started when I told her she was going to go on a park train with her Grammy. Since then, she has got a few books about Thomas the Train and has checked out a few other train books at the library. I decided to…