Open Minds & Messy Hands
This super easy step by step tutorial shows you how to quickly, and easily, dye oats for sensory play. Perfect as a sensory bin base for babies. Sensory play can provide wonderful and rich learning experiences to kids. Sensory bins are a really fun way to do this. By
Edible slime recipe made from just a few kitchen ingredients. Perfect as sensory play for toddlers. Excellent kids activity to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day! Slime is so much fun to play with! It’s such a great sensory material for kids, and despite is stretchy, sticky texture, can be somewhat
Sock buddies are excellent homemade toys that provide fun and comfort to kids. They have a nice squishy feel and are slightly weighted making them excellent as a calm down tool or to fill a sensory need. This snowman sock buddy is perfect for the Winter and simple to make!
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Sensory bags are excellent learning tools for even young babies in addition to older children as well. This makes them perfect for families with a mix of ages, like ours! Engaging the senses is one of the best ways to process and remember information. This Winter sensory bag mixes temperature
My kids love busy bags year round, but making seasonal ones is always a fun way to celebrate the holidays and put a festive spin on some fun and learning. This Christmas busy bag uses felt to decorate ornaments – so easy and fun! *This post contains affiliate links.
One of our favorite ways to spend time as a family is with movie nights at home. The holiday season is perfect for this, and Freeform’s Christmas movies schedule makes getting in the spirit easy. Christmas Movies on Freeform Set up the DVR and record some of your favorites! This
NJ Lottery Holiday scratch offs make such a fun gift! I love to rely on lottery tickets when giving gifts to someone I don’t know all that well, in lieu of cash, or for a White Elephant gift exchange game! This lottery ticket tree is easy to make, looks quite
Spending time with kids can seem hard to come by. Days go by quickly and before you know it, time for connection and one-on-one quality time with our kids slips away. As the holidays approach, I like to think of gifts that provide my kids opportunities. Opportunities to spend time
We love to make homemade games! Craft foam and felt are among my favorite materials to work with. The result is simple and the product is inexpensive. These are great as busy bags, especially when traveling. This foam pumpkin tic-tac-toe DIY game was inspired by a kit that I got at