This fingerprinting science activity for kids is a great for a DIY spy and detective party, learning about the human body or at-home CSI idea! My daughter is a HUGE fan of mysteries! In fact, that’s the topic of this week’s book list: 15 Marvelous Mystery Books for Kids. She enjoys scouring the pages for …
Encourage Creativity
One of the coolest sound wave experiments your kids will ever try! We love doing simple science experiments and every once in a while, we find a GEM. It’s a simple, easy and pretty awesome experiment that explores the science of sound waves and how they travel. Sound Experiment for Kids So many of …
Our Discover & Explore linky is getting outside this week to enjoy the beauty of Fall and share ideas for creating with natural items!
I love this time of the year with all the gorgeous colors and the many seeds, leaves and tree fruits that are abundantly available.
If you’re still not sure what to get the kids (your kids, nieces, nephews or grandkids) this year, skip the electronics and go for a classic gift that will inspire them to be creative. Most of these ideas will also work as fun stocking stuffers!
One way we beat those long, indoor days is by pulling out the paints! Snow days, rainy weekends or days off from school always invite a little creativity in our house. And painting is one of those activities that keeps the kids engaged for quite a while (always a plus for those long days). …
Enjoy these 20 easy Rainbow Crafts for Kids — perfect for Spring & St. Patrick’s Day! Nothing says “Spring” like the colors of the rainbow! And while it’s fun to pull out the crayons to make a rainbow, we often prefer something with a tactile or sensory component when we’re crafting or creating art. Like …
Enjoy these fun indoor & outdoor activities for your next snow day! Like so many others, we are having a ‘snow day’ this week (actually, it’s an ice day today but who knows what tomorrow might bring — my kids are hoping for a repeat performance :). You can’t go out much (really, driving is …
Challenge your kids to an engineering project by building the Eiffel Tower using newspapers! This past week, I was looking for a fun engineering project for us to do over Spring Break. Both of my kids loved to build with blocks and Legos when they were younger but as they got older, they were more …
My daughter is a princess-loving girl but she’s also a kid with a great sense of humor.
She loves to read books with puns, clever twists and funny dialogue. So fractured fairy tales have been very popular on our library lists!
A fractured fairy tale is a clever take on one of the tradition stories we all know and love. In the clever retelling, the author will add humor, modern language, change the traits of some of the characters or add different events.
It’s always fun to pull out some simple craft activities & family ideas during the holidays! Nothing complicated — just something the kids enjoy creating and that usually involves something sparkly 🙂 And kids adore making ornaments to hang on the tree! I think we have more handmade ornaments on our tree that we do …