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DIY Space Christmas Ornaments
One of my favourite family traditions for Christmas is making a handmade ornament with the kids to add to our tree. This year's craft is space ornaments with swirling nebulae and twinkling stars! If our handmade ornament is supposed to represent the year, the space...
Nativity Myth Shadow Puppets
Stage a Nativity myth shadow puppet play with kids! When I held a poll among my readers, I asked what shadow puppet set they'd like to see me create, and I got a lot of interesting answers. The one that popped up often was a Nativity scene. While Nativity scenes were...
Unique Art Gift Ideas for Creative Kids
Are you choosing a gift for a kid who likes drawing, painting or sculpting? Read about our favourite art supplies and art projects we did with them! The post contains Amazon affiliate links for your convenience. I like working on art and craft projects -always have...
Winter Art Projects with Printable Prompts for Kids
Need a winter boredom buster or a gift for kids who like making art? Try these printable art activities, which prompt kids to finish them with crayons, paints or play-dough! Making art is fun, and children like to draw and paint. It is important for them, as making...
DIY Christmas Advent Calendar: Cut, Colour and Create a Story!
Are you thinking about having a homemade advent calendar this year? Our silhouette advent calendar is full of enchanting characters for kids to cut, colour and paste onto windows, creating a magical Christmas story! While we were decorating our windows with the...
Make Miniature Pies with Kids: Bottle Caps & Polymer Clay Craft
Do you want to make food for your doll house inhabitants? Produce a batch of homemade party favours? Or simply looking for a new crafting challenge to work on together for kids? These miniature pies, made with bottle caps and polymer clay, would be a blast! I have...
Christmas Window Silhouettes
Cut our printable templates to make Christmas window silhouettes and turn your windowsills into a winter wonderland! When do you begin preparations for the winter holiday season? My son maintains the opinion that it can never be too early to start, and his enthusiasm...
24 Free Printable Thanksgiving Ice Breaker Questions
Want to include children in the conversation during Thanksgiving dinner? Try these free printable Thanksgiving ice breaker questions! Over the last four years, we lived far from the rest of our relatives and so celebrated Thanksgiving with just the three of...
DIY Seasonal Garlands for Kids’ Rooms
It seems that time moves slower for children than for adults. I feel like I haven't gotten enough of summer, as if it had zoomed past with a terrible speed, but my son is looking forward to snow and winter. He's positively celebrating it! And when there is...
Colour Mixing in the Snow
When October suddenly dumps fifteen centimetres of snow on your lawn, you might as well enjoy it the best as you can! We started by wallowing in snow and finished by painting it. In the mind of a four-year-old, the morning of the first snow seems to be akin to...
Black and White Baby Name Garland
When Faye turned one month, we had a small family party for her. There we made a black-and-white name garland for our baby as her first month birthday present. All of us participated, including her two-year-old cousin, and since then it has been pleasant to look at it...
How to Make a Musketeer Costume for Halloween
We have a longstanding Halloween tradition - never get a decent photo of the costumes we make. That happened on Budster's first year when he was a garden gnome. For his second year, we dressed him in a grand musketeer's costume, but we only managed...
25 Felt Projects for Moms & Kids to Enjoy Together
As my children grow, it is becoming more interesting to work on craft projects with them. I tried collaborating with my son when he was one year old, and that was fun, but now that he is four... Why, it's really one of my favourite things to do. Say I want to make him...
Draw the Missing Half: Leaf Art Study
Challenge your kids to draw the missing half of a leaf. A fun autumn nature craft and an art study of a leaf! ALSO TRY: Draw the Missing Half: Flowers, Draw the Missing Half: Landmarks, Draw the Missing Half: Vehicles, Draw the Missing Half: Insects. The post contains...
Painting Rain with Printable Art Prompt
What is the colour of rain? Give the rain painting prompts to children along with watercolour paints and find out! The post contains Amazon affiliate links to the products we used! I love rainy days, and have made more than a few attempts in the past...
Woodland Meadow: DIY No-Sew Felt Play Mat
Have some odd felt scraps left from previous projects? Turn them into an enchanting woodland felt play mat! No sewing skills required. Trying a new craft is always an adventure. For years, I had a scrap of thick green felt lying in my fabric box. Recently a friend...
Flower Canning Pretend Play
The end of summer, and it's time for canning. Can my son stay away? Of course not! And while we're still washing fruits and vegetables, he has already canned twenty jars! A lot of the posts in my blog are ideas of what parents can do for kids. This one is not. From...
Draw the Missing Half: Vehicles
Draw the missing half of a vehicle! These printable drawing prompts are good for introducing symmetry and basic geometric shapes to children. Also try: Draw the Missing Half: Flowers, Draw the Missing Half: Insects, Draw the Missing Half:...
Flower Petal Candle Holders
Before autumn overtakes our garden, we decided to preserve some of our summer memories in the form of dried flower petals. From them we made flower petal candle holders. The last summer hooray! Over the last few years, we have tried growing quite a variety...
Woodscrew Art: Introducing Kids to Screwdriving Tools
At three months old, Anselm preferred his wooden hammer over his other toys. By twelve months, he had acquired five different hammers, and he has loved tools ever since. Whenever Jeffrey was fixing something around the house, Budster could be seen squatting next to...
Watercolour Pencils Rain Art
On a rainy day, grab your watercolour pencils and head outside to make rain art together with kids! We have had a lot of rain this month. Not quite what we expected moving back to the prairies, but we certainly aren't complaining. Every time the rain is over, our...
Watermelon Ship: Summer Engineering Project
In the midst of the summer, there are few things that are better than a sweet succulent watermelon. And not only as a snack! Some make watermelons into a keg, and some carve it into a piece of art. We decided to make our watermelon into a ship. Well, after eating...
DIY Peg Doll Kings, Queens and Knights
When our latest project, a cardboard castle, was nearing completion, we realized that we didn't have anyone to settle it. That would never do, so out came the wooden peg dolls, paints and felt. In no time, we had wooden peg doll knights, kings and queens in the...
Draw the Missing Half: Insects
Draw the missing half of an insect to make the picture complete! These drawing prompts are good for children learning the concept of symmetry and, of course, for all young insect enthusiasts. ALSO TRY: Draw the Missing Half: Flowers, Draw the Missing Half: Vehicles,...
Ocean Life Shadow Puppet Set
Study marine life and the science of light and shadows with kids, using these sea-themed shadow puppets! You can cut them yourself or buy a set. Two years ago, I wrote about our first shadow puppet performance at home. Back then, our son was watching them, but as he...
DIY Wooden Gradient Blocks
Inspired by the Montessori colour tablets, we decided to make our own gradient blocks. At first, I thought that they'd be a sturdier version of paint samples for creating a handmade gradient puzzle, but they actually turned out to be a very open-ended toy! This post...
Gifts for Dads and Kids to Enjoy Together
Father's Day, Dad's Birthday, Christmas - if kids are still young, sometimes they need help with a gift for Dad. Why not get something for their quality time together? This post contains Amazon affiliate links for your convenience. Father's Day is coming - time...
Black and White Pattern Pictures for Babies
In the middle of May, as blooming lilacs surrounded our house, our daughter Faye was born. After months of anticipating her arrival, we were smitten with love for the little bundle. The days that followed were filled with lots of dreamy baby smiles and snuggles. It's...
Star Wars Paper Lanterns
This year, we decided to celebrate Star Wars day (May the Forth!) by lighting up a few Star Wars lanterns in our window. All you need is paper, glue and parchment paper, and you can make this simple Star Wars craft for the party! This post contains Amazon affiliate...
Recycling Sorting Game
This recycling sorting game for kids is a fun way to introduce them to the basics of re-purposing waste. It is great either as an Earth day activity or to get them acquainted with the recycling program in your neighbourhood! Also check our new Recycling Games...