My Little Bookcase has organized The Little Book Adventure to celebrate Australia's National Year of Reading. She's created 10 monthly adventures for readers to participate in to explore books and promote a reading culture. This month's project is Spread Your Love for Books. She has a fantastic explanation of the challenge and her inspiration for it on the blog, but basically it is to leave a note in your favorite library book for the next … [Read more...]
Upcycled Soda Bottle Planter
Earth Day is coming up and everyone is looking for cute planet-friendly crafts to do. One of our favorites is this upcycled soda bottle planter my 6 year old made for school! It's Earth Week at her school and each grade had a different upcycled project to make. The kindergartners had to make planters and she decided to make a "girl planter" -- of course. She liked the idea of a see-though planter so I cut the top off of a soda bottle for her to … [Read more...]
Egg Carton Computer and Jelly Bean Toss Game
It's time for another Tinkerlab Creative Challenge! The item this month is an egg carton and we definitely have lots of those in our craft cupboard right now! Last Friday the big kids each got an egg carton to create something with. The almost 4 year old got right to work cutting even though he wasn't quite sure what he wanted to make yet. After he had cut the cup section into 3 parts he announced he was going to make a game and would know … [Read more...]
Eggbert the Easter Egg Puppet and Song!
"Eggbert the Easter Egg" is one of our favorite Easter songs. A couple years ago my oldest and I made these cute sock puppets to use while we sing. All you need to make one yourself is a yellow sock, a square of white felt, a scrap of orange felt or any other fabric, fabric glue and two googly eyes. Chick and Egg Sock Puppet: yellow sock white felt orange felt (or color white felt orange) googly eyes fabric glue To … [Read more...]
Easter Egg Garland and Collages — Great Scissor Practice!
Last week my 2 and 3 year old were having lots of fun experimenting with different painting techniques, aka painting with everything they could find, and we ended up with lots and lots of paintings. Instead of recycling them we turned them into Easter egg decorations...and got some great scissor practice in at the same time! My preschooler practiced his cutting skills and turned the paintings into Easter egg garland and then into an Easter egg … [Read more...]
Leprechaun Mischief!
When we woke up this morning we saw that we were visited by leprechauns last night! Everything was out of place and there were gold coins everywhere. But, we did not catch one in our trap! He was very tricky and somehow managed to turn the pile of gold coins we left into green ones! And there was lots of silliness in the house! Toys in the bathroom, a banana in place of the phone, our calendar all messed up, furniture tipped over, and many, many … [Read more...]
Making a Leprechaun Trap
We made a leprechaun trap today! I first heard of the idea from friends and thought it sounded great -- creative, fun, St. Patrick's Day themed -- but my husband was skeptical, "You are going to ask the kids if they want to build something to trap a leprechaun in? Doesn't that seem mean? And a little creepy for little kids?" "No!" I assured him, "It will be fun. They love to use their imaginations and build things!" And I was right they do. … [Read more...]
Make Shamrocks Prints with Peppers
Last week we used green pepper slices and green paint to make shamrock prints! See how a sliced pepper looks just like a shamrock? To make the prints all you need to do is slice some peppers, pour paint into a dish, and let them create! I gave my two year old the top of the pepper with the stem so she would have something to hold onto, but thick slices of pepper work too. As you can see she had a blast! She loved experimenting with the pepper and … [Read more...]
