These would be so fun to make as a holiday gift for a kiddo in your life, or to have on hand in your block area at school or at home and give kids something to do when it’s cold … Read More ...
Upcycled Snowball Factory STEAM Play
This is such a cute idea! Grab some cardboard boxes, tubes and other materials to make an upcycled snowball factory.
With the printables from Barley & Birch this is an easy project to pull together, or you can use unprinted … Read More ...
How to Build a Lego Night Light
This fun Lego night light is a great project for kids to make any time, but it’s especially fun for holidays that have to do with light such as Diwali or the winter solstice.
Or just give this to the … Read More ...
Mystery Birthday Party Activity
Years ago ikat bag shared a mystery birthday party that she and her daughter concocted for the daughter’s eighth birthday. It included a story about stolen vehicles, clues for kids to figure out, dossiers on the suspects and a letter … Read More ...
Make a Cardboard Display for Natural Treasures
Whenever kids go on nature walks, or often if they go outside at all, odds are good they’re going to come back with some natural treasures. Instead of keeping them in whatever random place they empty their pockets, you can … Read More ...
Layers of the Sea Sensory Jars
This is a fun idea to make with kids at home or to include in a science center at school. These ocean zone bottles help kids learn about how little light there is the deeper you go in the ocean, … Read More ...
Water Gun Cup Race
Kids will take any excuse to shoot each other with water guns, which I’m pretty sure is the inevitable conclusion to setting up this DIY water gun cup race game.
It’s a super simple project that you probably already have … Read More ...
Back to School Countdown Craft
My daughter has already started school but if you’re still looking forward to the end of summer, this cute bus themed countdown to school craft is a fun way to measure the days (you could also use it to count … Read More ...
Shrink Plastic Backpack Charms
My daughter goes back to school this week, and while I’m a little sad about it I know she’s going to have a lot of fun seeing her friends and learning new things again. Whether your summer is almost over … Read More ...
Easy Crab Stamp Craft
It’s funny the paths the Internet takes you down sometimes. I was on Facebook the other day and one of the pages I follow shared someone else’s Instagram post to make these super cute crabs.
The body is made with … Read More ...
Disaster Island Lego Building Challenge
I love Lego building challenges, and kids who are into Legos enjoy using challenge cards to decide what to make or to build in a little extra storytelling into their creations.
The disaster island prompt from Lego Librarian has kids … Read More ...
Seashell Collage for Kids to Make
We’re headed to the beach for our vacation soon, and I don’t know about your family, but we always come home with a ridiculous quantity of seashells.
I’m always looking for crafts to do with shells, and this pretty … Read More ...
Sensory Play Ideas for Fourth of July
Sensory projects are so much fun for little ones — and for grownups, too, as we get to see their joy in experiencing squishy, colorful or otherwise fun stuff.
The Fourth of July is a fun theme for sensory play, … Read More ...
Popsicle Pop Art Project
As hot as it is where I live right now, all thoughts are on ways to keep cool. If I had little ones there would be lots of water play, ice cream and Popsicles.
It’s fun to craft on that … Read More ...
Chalk Pastel Rainbow Pillow
This is such a fun technique and of course you can use it on all sorts of projects if you don’t happen to need a rainbow softie right now.
Barley & Birch has a great tutorial for using chalk pastels … Read More ...