Our red, white and blue spaghetti is a really fun way to make some patriotic sensory play! Colored spaghetti is so easy to make and the kids just love it. I love edible sensory play for two reasons; 1) any age child can play with it and 2) my dogs help
Painted Father’s Day Cookies
Follow my blog with Bloglovin I love these as a homemade gift for Father’s Day! I saw them on No Time for Flash Cards (an amazing blog) and figured we could do something similar. She shows you how to make them without a cookie cutter if you don’t
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
Invitation to Create: Cinco de Mayo Maracas
Set up an invitation to create allowing children to make homemade maracas out of toilet paper tubes, rice, beans, beads and more. Cinco de Mayo is always a fun holiday to celebrate. The colors and sounds are among my favorite, and these homemade maracas are an excellent Cinco de Mayo
Making Seed Paper: A DIY Mother’s Day Gift
We loved making our Earth Day seed paper so much, we decided to make it as gifts for the Moms in our lives! It is so easy and fun to make and can produce flowers for years depending on the type of seed you choose to use. Make Seed Paper
Celebrating Arbor Day
We wrapped up our ‘Earth week’ by celebrating Arbor Day today! How perfect did that work out for us?! We had an eventful day exploring different kinds of trees and how they grow. We began the day at Terhune Orchards; it’s one of my favorite places to take the
Dyeing Easter Eggs with Cool Whip or Shaving Cream
Dyeing Easter eggs with Cool Whip or shaving cream is such a fun baby-safe Easter egg activity. Engage in some fun sensory play while dyeing eggs! This method of dyeing Easter eggs with cool whip or shaving cream is non-traditional and sensory inspired, and SO much fun! My kids love getting
Edible Bird’s Nest: Kid-Made Easter Party Treats
This edible bird’s nest treat is the perfect recipe for a kids’ Easter party! Bonus, kids can make and decorate them all by themselves! This is such an adorable treat for a kids’ Easter party! We got our edible bird’s nest inspiration from Unsophisticook and they were incredibly easy and kid-friendly to make.
3 Ingredient Peeps Playdough
Easter is so close now and we are running out of time for all of our Easter-crafting! M is in heaven with all of the themed projects now that he is really beginning to understand holidays. He loves getting attached to an idea and really delving into it, which is
Water Bead Play: Celebrating Spring
Have you tried playing with water beads yet?? It is definitely one of the coolest trends in sensory play. Mack (3 years old) LOVES playing with water beads. Everything about the process in which they expand, how difficult it is to see them in water, and how they feel in