Make a Christmas tree with buttons! This button Christmas card is so easy that even a toddler can make one. We have a lot of relatives and friends who live far away, so we like to start working on Christmas cards early to ensure they are delivered in time....
If the Christmas season makes you feel like crafting, add these DIY Christmas lanterns to your holiday display. Made from mason jars, these Christmas lanterns are simple but so magical! This post contains Amazon Affiliate links for your convenience. This week, we...
Are you thinking of giving a special gift to your kid and making a personalized wooden toy? Here is the list of our favourite DIY wooden toy projects! I have always enjoyed working with wood, and my partiality grew when Budster was born. Like many parents, I was...
There is always a place for a set of wooden blocks in a playroom, and we like playing with them. Specialty blocks – with transparent windows, sand and water in them – add a new dimension to the play, and for a Christmas gift this year, I have prepared a...
This post contains Amazon Affiliate links for your convenience. There is a bit of irony in the fact that while pondering what will make the best gift for our two-year-old son, I decided to work on an article about gift ideas for one-year-olds. It certainly brings...
Christmas is still many days away, but if you are an excited kid, it may be time to start counting them! Using old wooden blocks, help children to make a countdown calendar. After the holiday season is over, it can also be used to count days to birthdays and other...
If you have never read Calvin and Hobbes, it requires a short introduction. It was a comic strip written by Bill Watterson and published daily in the newspapers from 1985 until 1995. The comic features the daily life and philosophical observations of a six-year-old,...
Make a set of DIY house wooden blocks for kids. It’s a great addition to railroads, cars and other imaginary play activities! This post contains Amazon Affiliate links for your convenience. Railroads have stretched across our playroom, and along them run the...
Involving every member of the family in preparation for the holiday season can be challenging if one of them is a well-meaning but little baby, not yet one-year-old. That’s why a year ago I felt particularly happy whenever I could think of a Christmas activity...
In the winter, evenings are longer, so our family shadow puppet theatre opens more frequently. We decided to start the holiday season by staging a familiar fairy-tale – The Gingerbread Man. The Gingerbread Man and Its...
We love reading books and playing with Lego! Two of our favourite activities combined; we are very fond of storytelling with Lego. This post contains Amazon Affiliate links for your convenience. The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr is a British classic,...
I have a particular regard for dollhouses. In my childhood, the two shelves in my room that served as a dollhouse held as much drama as the four volumes of War and Peace. When I got older, I was fascinated with the art of building miniature houses and expressing the...
Lately, we have been submerged in the world of dollhouses. One is finished, and a couple more are planned, so I am eager to share our experience and ideas. In this article, I would like to tell you how to make a simple fireplace for a dollhouse. A fireplace is a very...
Learn how to make shadow puppets and start your own shadow puppet theatre at home! Children are quick to learn the art of creating shadows on the walls with their hands. They fall in love with this activity that is both full of innocent magic and pushes bedtime off a...
In the long, dark autumn evenings, we often find ourselves playing with light: puppet theatre performances, glow-in-the dark toys, lamps and lanterns occupy our rooms. We worked on these easy-to-make lamps over the last couple of days to decorate the house for...
Last time you heard about our new caterpillar friend, he was freshly made and very hungry. So we explored our pantry in search of things to feed the very hungry caterpillar. Good thing we just did our shopping! The pantry was full, so we went right on making our very...
