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Arts & Crafts
Don’t you just love a day at the beach? The smell of the air, the warm sand and the hunt for shells — yep, that’s what I call some summer fun!
We had some wonderful beach activities shared at this week’s Discover & Explore linky and so many of them reminded me of fun beach books. So this week, I thought I would share our feature posts and link them to a great summer read for the kids!
Even though we only get the newspaper once a week, we always seem to have a pile of it lying around the house or tossed in the recycle bin. In fact, that was my inspiration for our DIY Eiffel Tower project! Why go out and spend money on building materials when you have some great …
Paint a t-shirt using heat from the sun — an awesome craft for teens & kids this summer! You know when you find those inspirational points where two seemingly unrelated things collide? Like frozen hot chocolate?! You think “Man, I’m not sure how that came together but it just works!” That’s what we have for …
I’m a toss-the-kids-out-the-door kind of parent. Children (along with teens and adults for that matter) just don’t get enough time outside these days. I can remember enjoying some wonderfully long days climbing trees, skating, creating, digging & exploring.
But I grew up with siblings and neighbors that were all close in age. My daughter doesn’t have the luxury of playmates knocking at her door.
So lately I’ve been looking for ways to entice her to spend more time outside. Since she really enjoys crafts and also likes to be surprised, we decided to create an Outdoor Activity Jar.
This week, Discover & Explore is going colorful and also hoping to bring the luck of the Irish to you as we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and rainbows.
Not sure what to do with all the Christmas projects and winter crafts in your house? Try these ideas! If there’s one thing we have a lot of in our house, it’s kids’ artwork! They are always making such cool projects at school and I never want to just throw it away so I have …
Let’s talk Gingerbread Houses today! Tis the season for family-friendly activities and building a gingerbread house is a time-honored tradition for so many families. Not to mention, it’s a SUPER fun lesson in engineering principles for kids! Testing out how to balance the walls, construct a roof and put together a fun little structure is …
We love to create art with textures! Paints and crayons are always more fun when you jazz them up with something cool like pinecones, felt or even food items.
Textured art offers kids the opportunity to not only create a masterpiece but to involve their senses in the art process.
This week’s theme in our month-long Olympic Activities for Kids series is STEAM activities. Now I know you’re familiar with many of our STEM ideas for kids (science, technology, engineering & math) — but we don’t do a ton of ‘A’ = Art so I thought we would branch out a little this week. If …