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Fall Tree Button Practice Busy Bag

Fall Tree Button Practice Busy Bag

September 21, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

Busy bags are fantastic to have on hand for quiet time, waiting rooms, church, etc. I like to have fun themed ones to take out for different seasons. This button practice busy bag practices and encourages fine motor skills, while allowing for some creativity and imagination when decorating the scene. To

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Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Fall, Learn Through Play, Preschool Arts& Crafts, Preschoolers, Thanksgiving, Toddlers, Uncategorized Tagged With: fall

Red, White & Blue Colored Salt Army Sensory Bin

Red, White & Blue Colored Salt Army Sensory Bin

August 27, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

This army sensory bin celebrates all of our brave men and women. Check out how we make our colored sensory salts for the base of this bin!   Three cheers for the red, white and blue! This army sensory bin celebrates the United States and all of the brave men

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Filed Under: Elementary, Holidays, Learn Through Play, Memorial Day/4th of July, Preschoolers, Sensory, Uncategorized Tagged With: fourth of july, Holidays, kids, kids activities, memorial day, play, Sensory, veteran's day

10 Father’s Day Gifts That Are Absolutely Tool-rific!

10 Father’s Day Gifts That Are Absolutely Tool-rific!

May 20, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

Do you have a tool lover in the house? My kids LOVE using Daddy’s tools and building with him, it’s kind of their thing, so Father’s Day always seems like the perfect occasion to make a tool related gift just for dad. It’s often hard to shop for dads, especially

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Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Holidays, Uncategorized Tagged With: dads, diy, fathers day, gifts, Homemade, kid made, moms, tools

Easter Activities for Kids PLUS an Easter Gift Guide!

Easter Activities for Kids PLUS an Easter Gift Guide!

March 10, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone 1 Comment

Who doesn’t love a good themed activity? Here are some of my kids’ favorites from this blog for Easter! Sensory egg dyeing, yummy party treats, and even edible play dough! I would love to hear which of these Easter activities for kids are your favorites! Easter Activities for Kids [Tweet

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Filed Under: Easter, Holidays, Uncategorized Tagged With: activités, Easter, kids, kids activities, learning, moms, play, preschoolers, toddlers

Easter Gift Guide for Kids: $15 and Under!

Easter Gift Guide for Kids: $15 and Under!

March 9, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone 1 Comment

Are you, like me, totally into celebrating holidays but kind of over all of the junk that comes along with it?? I have a major sweet tooth, so do my kids, AND I am all about moderation with just about everything in life, so this is by no means a

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Filed Under: Easter, Holidays, Uncategorized Tagged With: basket, cheap, Easter, easter basket, filler, gifts, kids, moms, preschoolers, present, toddlers

Printable Easter Egg Matching Game and Memory Game

Printable Easter Egg Matching Game and Memory Game

March 4, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone 2 Comments

This printable Easter egg matching game for toddlers and preschoolers can be used as a puzzle, a matching game or a memory game! Great as a busy bag! My kids enjoy playing board games, card games, and more! I think it’s a great way to learn and practice turn-taking. We also happen

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Filed Under: Easter, Holidays, Printables Tagged With: Busy Bags, diy, Easter, Games, Homemade, Homeschool, preschoolers, printable, toddlers

Plastic Easter Egg Counting Game for Preschoolers

Plastic Easter Egg Counting Game for Preschoolers

February 16, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

By adding some numbers to plastic Easter eggs, kids are encouraged to count and use fine motor skills in this fun Easter egg counting game for preschoolers.   There are so many uses for plastic Easter eggs! This activity encourages counting, matching and fine motor practice. I first saw this Easter

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Filed Under: Easter, Holidays, Learn Through Play, Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Easter, fine motor, Homeschool, kids activity, learn through play, learning activity, preschool, projects

Felt Rainbow Busy Bag with Printable Template

Felt Rainbow Busy Bag with Printable Template

February 15, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone 2 Comments

It’s no secret…I LOVE busy bags! They are so fantastic for keeping kiddos busy ANYWHERE. Whether you need to make a phone call (we all know that’s nearly impossible), are waiting at the doctor’s office, or on a road trip or in an airplane, busy bags will be your life

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Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Learn Through Play, Preschool Arts& Crafts, Preschoolers, St. Patrick's Day, Toddler Arts & Crafts, Toddlers Tagged With: Busy Bags, diy, freebie, Homemade, moms, preschoolers, printable, quiet time, rainbows, toddlers

No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake Brownie Bites

No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake Brownie Bites

February 10, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone 10 Comments

These strawberry cheesecake brownie bites are DELICIOUS and will take you less than 10 minutes to whip them up! They make the perfect last-minute party treat! These treats are semi-homemade because we just took the Entenmann’s Little Bites fudge brownies as our base, made some no-bake cheesecake, and topped them

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Filed Under: Recipes, Uncategorized, Valentine's Day Tagged With: baking, cooking, dessert, no-bake, treats, valentines day

10 Guilt-Free and Festive Valentine’s Day Treats

10 Guilt-Free and Festive Valentine’s Day Treats

February 5, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone 3 Comments

Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. Simply put, I love celebrating love. Now that I have kids, Valentine’s Day is about so much more than my husband and me. We start Valentine’s Day crafting and creating in January, and get lost in the hype of it all. However,

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Filed Under: Holidays, Valentine's Day Tagged With: food, guilt free, healthy, party, treats, valentines day

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