We love talking about the life cycle of a butterfly, even though my 4 year old knows the process well by now it still completely fascinates him! We also happen to love colored pasta for sensory play which is what we used to complete this activity. To see how we
Butterfly Life Cycle Sensory Bin
Find out which types of pasta to use to make this fun and educational butterfly life cycle sensory bin. Dyed pasta with food coloring that kids love. Sensory bins are one of our favorite ways to explore a topic. This butterfly life cycle sensory bin was super easy (and fun) to
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
Color Mixing in the Snow
We are wrapping up our snow and ice activities this week before beginning all things love and Valentine’s Day! One of our favorite things to do when it snows, is bring the snow inside! We only last outside for so long and love to play in the snow, so
Invitation to Create: Winter Wonderland
Follow my blog with Bloglovin I did a quick bathroom raid to find some wintery-looking materials for a simple invitation to create. I love just setting out some small loose parts and seeing what the kids can produce! I found some cotton
‘T’ is for Turkey Thanksgiving Craft
This fun Thanksgiving turkey craft uses the letter ‘T’ to combine some early reading and letter identification with arts and crafts. This super simple ‘T’ is for Turkey craft is so much fun for holiday preparation! We were inspired by this turkey craft and added our spin on it with handprints. My
Painting with Apples: A Fun, Fall Art Project
We always have a few bum apples leftover after apple picking with the kids. They seem to always find some that are bruised or slightly rotten among the bunch. These provide us with the perfect opportunity to do some painting with apples. What a fun fall activity for kids!
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