Festive Spice Mix: Kid-made Gift

Festive Spice Mix: Kid-made Gift

If you are looking for a kid-made gift idea, here is our favourite from this week. Did we ever have fun, creating these rainbow spice mixes. Caution: very spicy! This post contains Amazon Affiliate links for your convenience. Toddlers have a stage when they cannot get...
Christmas Tree Clay Ornaments

Christmas Tree Clay Ornaments

I planned to make a set of simple Christmas tree ornaments, but my boy turned them into funny googly-eyed ornaments! The post contains affiliate links for your convenience. Our Christmas tree is up! It is a great motivation for making more Christmas ornaments. This...
DIY Wooden Toys to Make Yourself

DIY Wooden Toys to Make Yourself

Are you thinking of giving a special gift to your kid and making a personalized wooden toy? Here is the list of our favourite DIY wooden toy projects! I have always enjoyed working with wood, and my partiality grew when Budster was born. Like many parents, I was...
Turn a Book Dust Jacket into a Jigsaw Puzzle

Turn a Book Dust Jacket into a Jigsaw Puzzle

I have never minded dust jackets on books, but as Budster made the gradual switch from board books to picture books, I started noticing that they got in his way as he read. So, I made a habit of taking them off his books. This was wholeheartedly celebrated by my...
31 DIY Toys to Make in the Fall

31 DIY Toys to Make in the Fall

We started making handmade toys for our son before he was even born. We wanted to fill his toy box with special friends that Mommy and Daddy sewed and carved. Nine months were long enough to do the job! Soon strange little creatures with button eyes and wooden rattles...
How to Make a Personalized Name Puzzle

How to Make a Personalized Name Puzzle

What can be more personalized than a name toy? Especially if your child is a bearer of a rare name! I remember being a girl and looking through the piles of name keychains in the store. It was always a disappointment when I couldn’t find one with my name. You...
How to Make Wooden Monster Blocks

How to Make Wooden Monster Blocks

Last year, we had a little Halloween party for the babies we knew. All of my son’s friends were under one year old, like him, so sweets were not the best option for the party favour bags. Yet, I wanted them to have something special to remember...
How to Make Waldorf-Inspired Nature Blocks

How to Make Waldorf-Inspired Nature Blocks

Would you like to add a touch of nature to your playroom? Here is our DIY tutorial on how to make a set of Waldorf-inspired nature blocks that are great for imaginative play with animals! This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. We do not...
DIY Gnome Costume

DIY Gnome Costume

DIY gnome costume is one of the easiest to put together! With all the right materials available, you can throw it together in a matter of an hour. The post contains Amazon affiliate links. Truth to tell, when we start talking costumes, my husband and I often get...
Audiobooks for Toddlers: Record Your Own Audiobooks

Audiobooks for Toddlers: Record Your Own Audiobooks

If your toddler can listen to books for hours, maybe he or she is ready for audibooks? Record audiobooks for your kids and win yourself a little time for coffee while they’re enjoying their favourite stories! When I was a little girl, I had a couple of vinyls...
Magnetic Moon and Stars: Build Your Night Sky

Magnetic Moon and Stars: Build Your Night Sky

The nights of August are clear and warm, and it is a perfect time for stargazing, as we are witnessing the Perseids – one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year. We are always taking Budster for a walk before bed. During one such walk, he noticed the moon...
Toddler’s Favourite Book: Make It Yourself

Toddler’s Favourite Book: Make It Yourself

In our family, we like creating traditions for celebrating milestones, and we certainly never fail to find more of them. I can hardly think of any parent who would not be excited about their child turning one, though. Last December, when Budster turned one, we planned...