For my second grader's Earth Day project she had to create something useful out of materials that were destined to be recycled or thrown away. She decided to make a doll bed for her American Girl. This DIY cardboard doll bed was easy to make and totally free since we used things we already had at home! Homemade Doll Bed Supplies: corrugated cardboard (ours was from a refrigerator box) hot glue old crib sheet or leftover … [Read more...]
Pink Lemonade Play Dough Recipe
Pink lemonade play dough is so much fun to play with and smells so good! This no cook recipe is also easy enough to throw together quickly so you can whip up a batch in no time. Pink Lemonade Play Dough Recipe 2 1/4 cups of flour 1/2 cup of salt 3 packages of Pink Lemonade Kool Aid mix 2 teaspoons of cream of tartar (optional to help it last longer) 2 tablespoons of oil 1 1/2 cups of boiling water Mix all the dry ingredients … [Read more...]
How to Make a Rubber Egg Science Experiment
Have you done the rubber egg science experiment before? It is such a fun one for kids! You only need a couple supplies to make a rubber egg and the results are so impressive. Rubber Egg Experiment Supplies: cup egg vinegar notebooks to record experiment Ask the kids to predict what they think will happen if you leave an egg in vinegar and have them record their thoughts in the notebooks. We put the egg in a cup and covered it … [Read more...]
Telling Time Activity for Kids
Telling time can be fun when you take it outdoors! Kids can practice reading a big clock on the driveway. Make reading a clock and telling time more hands-on with a huge sidewalk chalk clock. To make ours I drew a huge clock on the driveway and found toys in the garage for the hour and minute hand. Then we had fun playing clock games! Telling Time Games for Kids: Call out a time and have the kids use the "hands" to show it to you. Show … [Read more...]
10 Ways to Make a Difference This Spring
Spring is here! It's the perfect time to go outside with your kids and spread some kindness. Here are some fun and easy ways to make a difference this spring. Spring Acts of Kindness for Kids: Feed the birds. You can make your own bird treats or just grab a bird feeder and fill it with seed.Give a flower to someone in the community you see every day.Leave sidewalk chalk messages at the park or in your neighborhood. You could even … [Read more...]
Plastic Egg Mini Planting Pots
Spring is here and we have been doing a lot of planting lately. The kids love to see their plants growing so I wasn't surprised when they decided to turn plastic eggs into little seed pots. DIY Plastic Egg Planters plastic Easter eggs hot glue soil seeds We were so excited to hear that Tinkerlab is starting up her Creative Challenges again. This month's theme is eggs and kids are invited to create, make and invent using eggs. I … [Read more...]
Water Painting Handwriting Practice
Letter and number handwriting practice doesn't just have to take place at a table--there are so many ways to make it fun! The weather is nice so we went outside to water paint chalk letters. Big Letter Writing Practice chalk bucket or bowl with water paintbrush I am a fan of sidewalk chalk activities because they are so easy to set up. For this one all I had to do was write the letters on the sidewalk and fill the bucket with water … [Read more...]
It Looked Like Spilt Milk Kids Activities
I am so excited to have Jillian from A Mom With a Lesson Plan here to guest post today. Make sure to pop over to her blog to check it out when you are done reading the post--you'll love it! One of our favorite books is It Looked Like Spilt Milk. We've read it over and over since my kids were really little. As my kids are getting older (8 and 7), I've been looking for more grown up activities to pair with it. I found some really fun ways to play with … [Read more...]
