DIY Owl Easter Eggs
If you like decorating eggs for Easter, this craft tutorial will show you how to paint eggs as a couple of cute owls! I'm hardly a big owl fan, but somehow owls keep sneaking into my art again and again. When I attempt to explain it to myself, I think that owls simply...
Spray Bottle Painting
Spray bottle painting is a fun refreshing way to create art, and everyone in the family can get involved! Additional bonus? It isn't as messy as it may sound. There are times when art activity is meant to produce results. For instance, when we made a watercolour map,...
25 DIY Toys from Nature
Do your kids like collecting rocks, branches and moss? These awesome nature finds can be turned into fun DIY toys! After months of bleak winter, I have to constantly remind myself that under the feet of snow grass is getting ready to grow again. The last month, it was...
How to Make Galaxy Easter Eggs
Kids will love making galaxy Easter eggs! They are so easy and fun to paint. My two-year-old toddler made two of these space eggs. This post contains Amazon Affiliate links for your convenience. Easter is a time of joy, especially for children, and what better...
20 Ways to Reuse Wooden Blocks
Since our son's birth, we have developed a fondness for handmade wooden toys: they seem so sturdy and reliable, looking as if they were coming straight from a loving grandpa's workshop. Untreated wood smells and feels pleasant, but it also provides a nice surface for...
Should Boys Play with Dolls: a Dad’s Perspective
When I was a kid, my sister was always after me to play dolls with her. "Sure, I will just grab my BB gun," I would say. She even bought me a Ken doll as a birthday gift one year, in an attempt to rope me in - at an age when news of it would have been socially...
Rainbow Sand Art
Since watching artists creating sand animations on a light table, I have had it in the back of my mind to try it some day. It may have taken me years to find a chance on my own, but Budster has started showing a lot of interest in drawing, so we decided to try some...
Make-a-Monster Blocks
Wooden building blocks are a classic toy for open-ended play. So I try not to be too hard on myself for picking up yet another set for my kid whenever I see a good deal at a second-hand toy store or dollar store. When I have a pretty good assortment, I can turn them...
Lego Doodle Cars
We hear a lot about cars around our place... we draw them, we build them, we read about them, and we trip over them! Vehicles have been Budster's immutable passion for about a year, and we begin to wonder if he will ever tire of them. He delights that there...
Peek-a-Boo Book from Envelopes
As a part of the Junk Play series that focuses on creating crafts and toys for kids from recyclables, we made a little peek-a-boo book from envelopes. Lately, my son has been very partial to sea creatures - whales, sharks, and dolphins. We took him to see the...
Send a Book on an Adventure: Bookcrossing for Children
Have you ever lost a book? It has happened to me a couple of times. But have you ever lost a book on purpose? I have not had such an opportunity until a few days ago when our family decided to participate in bookcrossing. As it turned out, there is...
Make a Train Whistle!
Trains are a going concern around our house, of late. A complicated network of wooden tracks crisscrosses our living room, so that safe navigation from one end to the other looks something like a game of hopscotch. Ensconced in the centre of this empire is a happy...