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
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...
Rainbow Pompom Drawing Prompt
From my own experience, I know that it can sometimes be tricky to start making a drawing. Especially if I don't have a solid concept - just feel in the mood to create something. That's when drawing prompts come handy. Not only do they give me an idea of what to draw,...
How to Build a Cardboard Spaceship
Moving into a new house was certainly an adventure, whether finding our way through the labyrinth of unpacked things or discovering that our bedroom was a nice spot for watching sunsets. You get lots of those in the land of living skies Saskatchewan! Our son also...
30 Clay Projects for Kids
In this post, you'll find enough inspiring clay projects for kids to last at least a year! Sculpting with plasticine was a staple of my childhood. Ironic since my kids have hardly touched it. Instead those lucky guys have been experimenting with beeswax modeling...
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 choose a...
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...
Whimsical Nature Portrait Art
Turn stumps into canvases for creating whimsical nature portrait art of your family! Inspiration for making art can sometimes strike unexpectedly and in unusual places. Who would have thought that a stump could turn into a canvas for creating beautiful nature portrait...
Name Writing Nature Hunt
Sometimes, a new focus is all that is required to return the vibrancy to something that is beginning to pale. This is what this activity is about - making a familiar walk special by having a spontaneous nature hunt. But we weren't just hunting for pretty leaves and...
DIY Music Table from Household Materials
What kid doesn't like making noise? Throw a few old instruments their way and and you will soon have something approximating music! If your instruments haven't done anything to deserve being passed off on a toddler, or if you just don't have any, they can be easily...
DIY Wood Robot Toy
Do you want to make a wood robot toy? Or maybe looking for the first woodworking project for kids? Try this one! One morning, while our son was still sleeping, a surprise guest climbed onto his windowsill... "Wake up, Buddy! Look who's here!" The previous day, our son...
DIY Food Face Plate: for Nutritious & Beautiful Meals!
Make lunch fun - and pretty - by turning a plate into a food art prompt! It was some years ago: my friend and I were sitting in a coffee shop, and while she was still enjoying her dessert, I was already at the point of lamenting the demise of my chocolate cake. While...