This summer we are doing themed weeks similar to a summer camp at home. This week is color week! My 2 year old still doesn’t know her colors despite my best efforts..so we are spending the whole week focusing on them! To keep my 4 year old engaged we are
Erupting Sidewalk Paint
Follow my blog with Bloglovin We celebrated Memorial Day with our erupting sidewalk paint! We chose to use red and blue to be patriotic and pretended that the ‘explosions’ were our fireworks! I love anything do to with sidewalk paint so when I came across Growing a Jeweled Rose’s post on Exploding
Painting Outdoors with Water Guns
Follow my blog with Bloglovin It’s finally starting to feel like spring in our neck of the woods! Which means it’s time to keep the kids occupied OUTSIDE! This stay at home mom spends much of the day chasing the 2 and 4 year old tornadoes that rip through my
Learning with Sidewalk Chalk and Paint
Learning letter and sight words is something that often occurs through play. When introducing these topics, have kids use their entire bodies and gross motor skills to explore the letters, this helps really wire those connections in the brain. Check out how we are learning with sidewalk chalk! Learning
Homemade Window Paint: Kids Art Outdoors
Make your own homemade window paint and take it outside! This is a simple recipe I first saw here that the will kids will love to make and make again. Paint and wash, paint and wash. Homemade Window Paint What You Need: Cornstarch Water Dish Soap Liquid Watercolors (or food
3-Ingredient Sidewalk Paint
This is one of our favorite warm-weather activities. It is so incredibly easy to make and fun to use. All you need is cornstarch, food coloring (or liquid watercolors) and water. Mix 1 part cornstarch with 1 part water, stir until it is liquid and add the
Sidewalk Paint Fireworks in an Eggshell
To kick off Memorial Day weekend we decided to take a new approach to a couple of fun activities that we have been wanting to do. Around Easter I saw so many posts floating around blogland of people filling eggshells with paint and throwing them at a canvas or poster
6 Fun Beach Activities: Beyond Sandcastles
Who needs beach activities? Playing at the beach is the ultimate sensory experience. The feel of the sand in your toes, the taste of the salty ocean air, the sound of the waves….why would you need anything more than that? But if you are planning a beach vacation or a
Sand Slime at the Beach
My kids love going to the beach. We are lucky enough to be within about an hour drive and take advantage of the mid-week beach lull in the summertime. I like to throw a couple extra goodies in the beach bag to make something crafty or fun AT the beach!
Making Colored Sand at the Beach
This is so simple I’m not sure it deserves a whole blog post but it was just too much fun not to share! We brought a box of food coloring to the beach today to spice up the sand castles we’ve been building. We decided to add it