This number matching collage art activity is great for preschool kids! We used straws in a number and color matching art project to get us ready for summer. Preschool kids can work on number and color identification while creating textural art. Number Matching Collage Art for Preschool Kids To make this collage art, you'll need only a handful of straws. We used three different colored straws for our picture, ut you can use as many different … [Read more...]
Yoda Puppet Star Wars Craft
Do you have Star Wars fan in your house? I do! This super simple Yoda puppet is a Star Wars craft your kids can play with for hours! It's perfect for play dates and rainy afternoons, in fact you should make one right now. May the fourth be with you! I think any day is a good day for making a paper plate puppet, but May 4th is Star Wars Day so if you don't have anything else planned then this Yoda puppet is the craft for you. We have light sabers … [Read more...]
Turtle Themed Mother’s Day Card
This Turtle themed Mother's Day card may just be the cutest thing ever! Kids can make homemade Mother's Day (or cards for a special Grandmother, Aunt, friend, teacher...) with a "turtley cute" turtle theme using cupcake liners and just a few craft items. Turtle-themed homemade Mother's Day card Start with two different sized green cupcake liners. These can be found in the baking section of craft … [Read more...]
DIY Lip Balm
We love trying out DIY and natural recipes for things we love. One of my kids LOVES chapstick and lip balm. He must have the softest lips of any kid I know! Being the mom to all boys, lip balm might be one of the only health and beauty items we can enjoy together. They love helping me mix up homemade scrubs and soap too. So I thought trying out our own DIY Lip Balm would be fun! (affiliate links used in this post) DIY Lip Balm What we … [Read more...]
Coconut Lime Sea Salt Scrub
We love to make homemade gifts. It is a great way to teach kids to think about others and it's a simple way to show someone how much you care without spending a lot. This coconut lime sea salt scrub is totally luxurious--each time you use it is like a mini-vacation. We made a batch of sea salt scrub to give as gifts and went through it all "trying it out"! We need to make more for Mother's Day and to give as teacher gifts this spring. Coconut … [Read more...]
Nature Suncatcher Craft for Kids
Creating with natural materials is so inspiring. My kids love to go on nature walks and observe and collect little treasures. We have glass bottles filled with all sorts of things they've fallen in love with outdoors. We received a review copy of The Artful Yearby Jean Van't Hul (affiliate link) and I was not surprised at all to see that that they kept coming back to the nature suncatcher craft. (affiliate links are included below) The theme of … [Read more...]
Orange Craft and Snack for Preschool
Colors are one of the most fun preschool topics to explore! We came up with a simple snack and orange craft idea to teach preschoolers the color orange that is sure to make you smile. Orange Snack for Preschool oranges googly eyes edible food markers glue or glue dots Making healthy food fun is a great way to get kids excited about eating it. We turned our oranges into people and since we just decorated the skin they were still … [Read more...]
Lavender Apricot Foot Scrub
We love to make homemade gifts for teachers, family, and friends. We were in need of a few teacher gifts. After a little thought, foot scrub came to mind. We have made hand scrub for past teachers and they LOVED it. I wanted to mix up how we made it and try something different this time. And so we got Lavender Apricot Foot Scrub. This stuff is amazing. It was also easy enough to make that the kids got to help make it with me. (affiliate … [Read more...]
