Posted in Kids Crafts on May 15th, 2008 9 Comments »
We received our order of Live Caterpillars. We got them from the company called Insect Lore. I wrote about Live Butterfly Gardens earlier. We can’t wait to see what they do. Here they are the day we got them.
Here they are 4 days later.
Here they are 8 days later. It’s creepy how fast they grow.
My […]
Posted in Kids Crafts on May 13th, 2008 11 Comments »
Rainsticks are one of my favorite musical toys. My sister has a really large wooden rainstick they got in Mexico. It’s super big and the sound of rain seems to go on forever. I have wanted to make one for a long time, and with the rainstorms we’ve been having, now is a great time.
Rainstick […]
Posted in Holidays, Kids Crafts on May 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Here’s a fun card for Mom at Mother’s Day. It can be made for Grandmas, or other Mother’s you think are fabulous. It’s also a great activity for students to do in class, to take home to their Moms.
Fold your paper in half. Write the word MOM at the bottom of a paper, cardstock paper […]
Posted in Kids Crafts on Apr 29th, 2008 1 Comment »
I had such a great week posting as a Guest Mom over at Design Mom. She is lovely and a very gracious host. I had fun writing about kids crafts, why to craft with kids, and how to make crafting easy with some simple tips. Here’s a review of the posts I wrote over at […]
Posted in Kids Crafts on Apr 24th, 2008 5 Comments »
Once the sun shines down long enough to warm our faces, my kids want to play in the water. But it is still Spring with a little chill, so we are practicing our boat floating in the sink and bathtub instead, just until it’s time for the blowup pool.
Supplies for Sponge Boats: scrub sponges - […]
Posted in Kids Crafts on Apr 21st, 2008 5 Comments »
To celebrate Earth Day tomorrow, we are creating Recycled Art. With a few other craft supplies, we turned our garbage into art. Who wouldn’t love a bunch of tulips that will never wilt?
Supplies for Egg Carton Art: egg cartons, googley eyes, pipe cleaners, tissue paper, paint or markers, glue, scissors
For the flowers: We used a […]
Posted in Kids Crafts on Apr 17th, 2008 10 Comments »
Cold ice mixed with hot water makes for fun in the tub. I just ran across this tub time activity from Rookie Moms that will have your kids begging for a bath twice a day (is that good or bad?).
Collect a few toys that can be played with in water. We used toy cars, plastic […]
Posted in Kids Crafts on Apr 15th, 2008 13 Comments »
When the music is playing, it’s more fun to dance with something in your hand to wave or spin around. We made these easy Ribbon Rings that are helping us whirl and twirl.
Supplies: plastic shower curtain rings, ribbon - I used 5/8 inch ribbon, scissors
Cut a length of ribbon. We made some with 3 feet […]
Posted in Kids Crafts on Apr 10th, 2008 13 Comments »
Teaching Kindergarten brought on a lot of papered projects, with lots and lots of tape. When it was time to take down the children’s paper decorations, I had a terrible time removing the tape from off the back of the paper. The tape tends to tear almost all the way through the paper.
I came up […]
Posted in Kids Crafts on Mar 31st, 2008 2 Comments »
My kids have been loving straws. They want straws for everything. We went a little straw crazy this last time, seeing how long we could make them and still get a drink of water. Here is how we made our Silly Drinking Straws.
First flatten and pinch one end of the straw. Then it will fit […]