Adventure in a Box is participating in the Story Book Summer series over at Rainy Day Mom. Every article of the series features a story book and related craft or game. This week the theme is fairy-tales, and I chose The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen....
For a while, Budster has been enjoying a book about a little tugboat, and summer seemed like a perfect time to give him his first boat, so we got some wood cutouts together and made him a toy paddle boat. Though I used wood, you can modify this tutorial to work for...
Pippi Longstocking was my first book hero. Oh, how much I wanted those freckles, red braids and drawers full of small treasures! Not to forget the monkey and the horse. Once, after reading the book for the fiftieth times, I began to write a sequel to the story, but...
Budster and I continue to enjoy the possibilities that Lego bricks can provide. Do you remember our Goodnight, Gorilla game with Lego blocks? Today I would like to share one of the first games we have played. We got our bricks as an assorted lot of Duplo blocks on...
Over the last month, we saw the beginning of a passionate love that has the potential to last for many years. Budster has fallen in love with Lego. Up until now, Budster’s favourite toys have been hammers, brooms, even lemon squeezers, and of course, books and...
Do you feel like you are reading the same books to your toddler again and again? You probably are, but some books certainly get old faster than others. Here is the list of books we loved reading to our toddlers. Again and again. When our son turned eighteen months, it...
Based on the famous fairy-tale, these printable shadow puppets will let your kids make their version of Three Little Pigs and stage a shadow play at home or in the classroom! The Three Little Pigs is one of my son’s favourite fairy-tales. There are these three...
Many of the projects on my blog use silhouette designs. You can cut them by hand or you can use a special silhouette cutting machine. Here’s a quick tutorial on importing JPG or PNG files into Cricut Design Space, so that you could cut them out with a Cricut...
Have you ever thought of painting your own matryoshka doll? Here are the basic materials and design elements for making a traditional Russian nesting doll. Educational Benefits of Matryoshkas Matryoshkas are wooden dolls that come in a set: they range in size and can...
How to raise a child who is interested in reading, or better yet, loves books? Here are some ideas for how to get started from an early age! As does every parent, I have certain hopes for my son, the biggest one being for his health and safety. There is also the hope...
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