Learn about Bicycle Safety and Care for Kids

May is Bicycle Safety Month, and as the weather gets warmer in the north of the world, more kids are riding bikes so it’s a great time for some reminders or learning bike safety for the first time.

If you’re starting from zero or just need a refresher, these basic tips from East Coast Mommy are a great place to start.

The guide from Toronto New Mom goes a little deeper into the benefits of biking for kids and what you should always do before getting started on a bike ride. It also has good tips for biking with your kids and knowing when they’re ready to start cycling on their own. There are even safety tips by age and talking points to use with kids to make sure they are safe.

Cool Mom Picks has some good safety tips that include making sure bike and helmet are in good shape (more on that in a minute).

And because we love some play-based learning, check out the tips and activities from Must Have Mom that includes a printable “driver’s license” for kids to print out and decorate once they’ve learned the rules of the road. She recommends the helmets and pads from Wipeout brand, which allow kids to draw on them with dry erase markers. That might make wearing all the safety gear more fun for some kids.

Knowing how to take care of your bike is an important part of riding a bike, and it’s good practice to get kids to give their bikes a once over every time they’re going to ride. Tales of a Mountain Mama has a great guide to bike maintenance for families, including basic questions about your bike that kids (and adults!) should know the answers to.

She’s also got tips on what to include in a family bike repair kit and skills that the family should have so you can take care of your own bikes at home or on the trail and a pre-ride safety check that should ensure smooth riding.

Ghost crafts are a lot of fun for kids to make and they’re a way to get into Halloween crafting that’s not really scary. Here are some easy ghost crafts for you to make with kids, whether it’s your kiddo at home or a class full.

I love this simple ghost made with a pompom or cotton ball covered in paint and used as a stamp. This one is from Crafts on Sea and you can have kids just hold the pompom or hold it with a clothespin to make it a little less messy.

Use cotton balls and printable facial expressions to make these silly ghosts from Housing a Forest. The post includes the printable templates or you can just add googly eyes.

Little fabric ghosts are a classic, whether you make them with white fabric or fall or Halloween fabric. Buggy and Buddy shows you how to make these little ghosts with a few cute embellishments. Just make one or two or make a garland or Halloween tree full of them.

There always seem to be paper plates lying around, and this paper plate ghost from Crafts by Amanda is a fun one. There’s a printable in the post for the facial features and arms, or kids can draw their own faces (and leave off the arms if you want to keep it simple).

What kid doesn’t love peeling dried glue? Turn that impulse into a craft with these glue ghosts from Friends Art Lab, and don’t miss the tip in the post that helps you turn these into window clings.

This handprint ghost in the window craft from Glued to My Crafts is so cute and easy for kids to make alone or with help. The post shows lots of variations so it would be fun to make these in a classroom and let each kiddo design their own “window” or add embellishments.

These sweet little tissue paper ghosts from Red Ted Art are actually mini pinatas, but you can just make it as a ghost without anything inside if you’d rather.

And you know I love a good kids’ sewing project so I can’t resist sharing these little felt ghost puppets from The Craft Train. Kids can sew them by hand or you can make them out of paper if you don’t want to try sewing them. The template for the ghosts is free to download, and you can also just make little softies instead of puppets if you like.

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