I love the idea of turning a child’s birthday into a day long festival. This fun idea from ohhappyday.com creates a Party Hat Station with basic craft supplies. How fun would it be if the kids get to create their … Read More ...
Sand Divider Turns Into Dynamic Play
Tom Bedard (Love his creations) shares his experience with just what happens when you try to divide up a sand table. What I love most about this article is it’s a simple idea to rejuvenate and old unused play area … Read More ...
Save Those Bottle Tops
Bottle Tops are one of those things you should automatically be saving. Even if you don’t have a use for them at some point your school or child care center will put our a request for them. Wouldn’t it be … Read More ...
Back To School Books
buggyandbuddy.com share a list of their favorite “Back to School” themed books. Charlie and Lola would have to be one of my kids favorites stories to read. The BuggyandBuddy list has a description of each book to make selection … Read More ...
Free Printable – Handwriting Sheets
My little boy is starting to show an interest in writing and whilst I was looking for sheets of paper I could print out for him I came across this wonderful resource with different printable papers for every need,style and … Read More ...
Free Download – Lesson Plan Calender
Renee from livinglaughingandloving.com shares her free downloadable Editable Lesson Plan. Not having to handwrite into those little boxes is going to leave loads of room for more information and details. (Unless you can write small like a mini mouse).… Read More ...
Free Printable – Affirmation Lunch Boxes
I always like to pop things into my daughters lunch box. I try to find an hour or so where I can print off a huge assortment and then store them near the lunch boxes ready to go in. This … Read More ...
Back To School Photo Props
Don’t let another year go by without taking 20-30 mins out of your day to take some special photos of the kids. It’s hard to appreciate it now, but when they are heading off to college in the “hand me … Read More ...
DIY: Tweens Knot Tying Craft
Kids always want to make grown up things, and this tutorial allows them to make something a little more complex looking than a simple kids craft.
This fun tutorial looks difficult but is perfect for tweens. As long as your … Read More ...
DIY – Space Art
This tutorial shows you how to make fun space themed art work. This project is suitable for all ages as the skill level will vary with each child’s drawing ability.
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DIY – Stepping Stones
Valerie from Inner Child Fun shares this fun tutorial for making stepping stones. These stepping stones are quick to make with minimum mess. Use recycled cereal boxes for the molds. Use a rapid set cement which you could mix in … Read More ...
Wind Up Butterflies
Let me just warn you before you begin. You are going to make these, not just one but lot’s why? Because they are so darn cute. Once you get the technique down you are going to want to make blue … Read More ...
Lesson Plans – 15 Books And Craft Ideas
A Crafty Crow Shares her bloggers round-up of books with matching crafts. The perfect addition to your homeschooling or summer activities list. Visit the Crafty Crow for the list of tutorials to go with each book title above. You could … Read More ...
Kids Craft – Batik Dye
This Elmers glue Batik dye tutorial looks fantastic and was created by Our Creative Day. I am definitely adding this one to my summer To-Do list as I think not only will the kids love it I will too. My … Read More ...
Top 5 Water Play Toys
Lessons Learnt Journal is a great resource for ideas that are tried and tested. Pauline shares her top 5 ideas for items to use for water play. I remember when my kids were young letting them just hang out with … Read More ...