Christmas Window Silhouettes

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

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...
Colour Mixing in the Snow

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...
Draw the Missing Half: Leaf Art Study

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

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...
Flower Petal Candle Holders

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...
Watercolour Pencils Rain Art

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,...
Watermelon Ship: Summer Engineering Project

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...
Gifts for Dads and Kids to Enjoy Together

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...
Star Wars Paper Lanterns

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...
DIY Kid-Designed Keychains

DIY Kid-Designed Keychains

I love kid’s drawings, and I have always found it fascinating to see how crafters and small companies make kid’s drawings into personalized keychains or kid-designed stuffed toys. This year, for Mother’s and Father’s day gifts, we did it too!...
12 Spring Lego Projects for Easter Egg Hunt or Basket

12 Spring Lego Projects for Easter Egg Hunt or Basket

A couple of days ago, I wrote about the LEGO Easter eggs we made to fill with small LEGO surprises for our Easter egg hunt. I haven’t mentioned that in this case the chickens came before eggs – that is, we planned our LEGO surprises first. We have been...
Lego Easter Egg Craft

Lego Easter Egg Craft

Make Lego Easter eggs to give your hunt a fun brick-tastic twist! Everything is better with LEGO, or so it goes in our family. If you have kids in your house, you probably understand what I mean. Why, my husband has been a lifelong fan! I, regrettably, only had a...
Painting Easter Eggs with Watercolours

Painting Easter Eggs with Watercolours

In the past, we have tried painting wooden eggs for Easter, but this year I saw blank plaster eggs in the store. Budster, with his fondness for birds, was immediately fascinated by them too. When I told him we could paint the plaster eggs, he was delighted, so we took...
Button Heart Gift Wrap for Valentine’s Day

Button Heart Gift Wrap for Valentine’s Day

Feel like wrapping a gift creatively or maybe making some Valentine’s Day art? My 3-year-old and I made a button heart gift wrap! When we wrap presents, most of them get wrapped quickly – between throwing together lunch and washing up after. But we like to...
Penguin World: Build a Winter Sensory Bin

Penguin World: Build a Winter Sensory Bin

There are certain themes that seem inevitably popular among kids: dinosaurs, robots, and construction vehicles get a pretty universal love from the young generation. Boys are known for their adoration of vehicles, but there are plenty of girls who cannot walk past a...