They can pour it, mix it or even climb inside of their soup bins and wiggle bare toes around! A delightful spring activity for toddlers that addresses all the different senses. I never remember being so exuberantly happy over the coming of warm weather when I was a...
Yesterday we spent a wondeful day by the lake. When we got home, loaded with all the treasures a little boy can collect at the beach, Budster and I decided to create our own underwater world in a jar. About half an hour from where we live, there is a little provincial...
After a day on the beach, collecting rocks and seashells, make this keepsake craft with kids by putting all of their nature finds into a collage! Recently we spent a great day on the beach, collecting rocks and smooth beach glass. Most of the glass pieces were tiny,...
It is not uncommon to see a lavishly decorated cake as a centre piece at a birthday or some other kind of party, and I always have some decorating ideas waiting for such occasions. But then, there are so many other things to do before guests come, and my plan for...
Learn how to make dinosaur eggs, then set up an egg treasure hunt and hatch them! When my husband proposed to me, I had to go on a wedding ring hunt. With such a promising start, treasure hunts have become a tradition in our family. During holidays, we sometimes hide...
Around a one-year-old boy, vehicles start multiplying in the house, as if appearing out of thin air. (Seriously! I only remember buying two myself, and all of a sudden we have several dozen.) With a two-year-old boy, the roars of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
