Giving regular activities a new twist is a great way to get kids excited about playing together. This heart tic tac toe game is the perfect "make once, play again and again" busy bag that your kids won't be able to resist. The bonus is you can take it anywhere with you so you'll never hear I'm bored while waiting again! Heart Tic Tac Toe Busy Bag Materials: 1 sheet of felt 2-3 sheets of different colored craft foam Craft glue … [Read more...]
Snow Crafts and Activities for Kids
We don't get snow at our house so are always on the lookout for fun snow themed crafts and kids activities! We love making snowmen out of our sparkly white play dough and playing with our squishy sensory snow and last week even did a shaving cream snowball big art activity! I know my kids would have so much fun doing these snow activities I found on last week's After School Linky! Snowman Kids Crafts: These shredded paper snowmen and sticky … [Read more...]
Shaving Cream Snowball Big Art Activity
Big art is a great way for kids to use their gross motor skills to explore different properties in a fun way. I also love doing them with my kids because even though they are different ages they all enjoy doing big art! We don't get any snow at our house so I thought it would be fun to do some sort of snowball art project. I looked around to see what we had that was snowball-like and decided our wiffle balls would be perfect! Snowball Painting … [Read more...]
No Cook White Play Dough Recipe
White play dough is so much fun to play with! There's just something about a white play dough that makes little fingers just itch to play and create with it. In the winter it is perfect for turning into play dough snowballs and snowmen or to use as a winter landscape for pretend play. Other times of year the white playdough can be anything they want it to be! Prefer colorful dough? No problem! Just add your favorite food coloring … [Read more...]
20+ Homemade Play Dough Recipes
One of our favorite after school activities is to play with play dough! We love to make homemade play dough recipes--especially when it is too cold to play outside. Lately we have really been enjoying our Sugar Cookie Play Dough Recipe and plan to try some new recipes this month. Here are over 20 fun play dough recipes I know my kids would love to play with! Homemade Play Dough Recipes: Sugar Cookie Play Dough Recipe from Coffee Cups and … [Read more...]
Real Mom Challenge: Eat More Fruits and Veggies
Do you make New Year's resolutions? I'm not a big resolution person myself but I do enjoy "challenges". There is something about knowing I only have to commit to making the change for a week or month that makes it mentally easier for me to stick with! A bunch of blogger friends asked me to join in on a #30DayMom challenge and the very first thing that popped into my head to work on was eating more fruits and veggies! My kids eat very healthily and … [Read more...]
Homemade Coffee Cup Sleeve Craft
We love to make homemade gifts to give to the kids teachers and coaches. Our new favorite this year is a homemade coffee cup sleeve! I love Starbucks and try to use their reusable coffee mug whenever I can, but if you don't have one of their paper sleeves those cups get hot! We decided to try making our own reusable sleeve at home using felt and it works perfectly! This cup combines extremely well with the instant coffee drinks from Cafely that I've … [Read more...]
DIY Reindeer Handprint Ornament Craft for Kids
Part of the fun of making your own Christmas ornaments with your kids is getting the chance to reminisce about them each year as you decorate your tree. I especially love seeing how the handprint crafts change each year as the kids get older. This handprint reindeer ornament was one of the very first kid-made ornaments that my oldest made when she was just a toddler and it is still a favorite to this day! Reindeer Handprint Ornament: brown … [Read more...]
