This gratitude jar is incredibly simple to make at home! My kids love doing anything that requires glue and a paintbrush, so this was right up our alley. We are doing a month of gratitude, where I have come up with a series of daily activities to encourage gratitude and kindness
A Month of Gratitude with Kids: Teach Kindness, Love, and Thanks
These gratitude activities are great for celebrating a month of gratitude with kids. Grab the free printable included to mark off as you go. I want to give my kids the world, but I also want to help them appreciate what they have, and the people in their lives. We
Feeding Frankenstein: Upcycled Halloween Craft
We love upcycling toilet paper rolls! This simple feeding Frankenstein craft can be used a number of ways. They make cute indoor Halloween decorations, or can encourage fine motor practice and counting. We used them for all of the above! Check out how below. Frankenstein Craft What you Need:
Metallic Paint Poured Pumpkins: Simple, DIY Fall Decor
This is the perfect fall project to do with kids, that you can actually keep as decor for your house. Paint pouring is a really fun art project to do with kids, because what little one doesn’t love to squeeze the paint bottle?! It can’t just be my kids. I’m constantly
Halloween Slime for Sensory Play
It’s no secret we LOVE sensory play at our house. The stickier and slimier the better! I know that is not the case for a lot of children, this Halloween slime is the perfect mix of squishy and slimy but it does NOT stick to your hands! Sensory activities encourage
Frankenstein Door Wreath: DIY Halloween Decor
This Frankenstein Halloween wreath is so simple to make, and just funny enough not to be spooky! Inspired by this spider door wreath, these large googly eyes are too fun. With only a few materials and about 10 minutes of work, we had a super simple, homemade, Frankenstein-ish door decoration 🙂 *This
DIY Melted Crayon Valentines
We are jumping on the melted crayon train this year for Valentine’s Day! I wanted to find something cute and crafty for Mack to make for his class, after all it is his first ever Valentine’s party! Like me, I am sure many of you have encountered many versions
DIY Kids Valentine’s Day Placemats
Our Valentine’s crafting is in full swing! We put together a couple of the projects that we have been working on this week to create our fun kid’s placemats! These are perfect for seasonal decor, or for a kid’s Valentine’s party, which is what we are using them for!
Homemade Valentine’s Day Cards with Fine Motor Practice
I love it when such a simple project turns out so beautiful and really involves the kids’ creativity! I’m a sucker for homemade gifts of any type. I found these heart cards at the craft store (you could just as easily use card stock) and thought they would be perfect
C is for Candy Cane: Simple Kids Craft
I’ve had a box of candy canes sitting around waiting for me to come up with some crafty thing to do with them…I got sick of them staring at me, taunting my lack of inspiration, so we smashed them up and made ‘candy cane glitter’.