Homemade Maracas – Recycled Craft for Cinco de Mayo
Can you guess what we used to make these homemade maracas? Plastic eggs! Such a great way to recycle all those Easter eggs into something fun. We made ours as a Cinco de Mayo kids…
Author: Amanda
Amanda is an ‘artsy momma’ to 2 kids who love making crafts just as much as she does. Follow their creative journey over on the blog titled Artsy Momma. Besides crafts, they share fun food ideas, hands-on learning activities, mommy DIY, + lots more! If you love handprint art, head over to their Fun Handprint Art blog where you will find hundreds of their projects all made with little hands and feet.
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Spring Sensory Bag Play
Little Sister made a Spring sensory bag to play with and explore. It’s so cheerful-looking and filled with things that remind me of spring. It’s easy to make and takes about 15 minutes. How to…
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Creative Easter Food Idea and Smoothie Fun!
I love making the kids artsy foods. It always brings such a smile to their face. This past week I made them a creative Easter lunch and smoothie. Simple to make, yet super cute! How…
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Decorating Easter Eggs with Kids {Creative Challenge}
My kids and I have been busy decorating Easter eggs. We made all kinds of fun character eggs and used many different techniques for decorating them. We also took part in the #CreativeKidsChallenge hosted by Tinkerlab….
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Fun with Easter Eggs! {Sensory Play Activity and egg decorating}
Last year on the day before Easter, I surprised the kids with a fun Easter sensory play activity using the bath tub as the play bin. Every year after they open their baskets, they always seem…
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Playing and Learning with Bead Sensory Bins
We are taking part in the 40 Sensory Bin Fillers Collaborative Series hosted by Little Bins for Little Hands – an awesome resource for finding fun sensory bin filler ideas to play and learn with. We…
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DIY Magnetic Clips – Frog, Ladybug, and Bee
Aren’t these DIY magnetic clips cute? They are simple and inexpensive to make. Kids will love hanging their artwork on the refrigerator using them! I purchased the frog, bee, and ladybug bag clips from Dollar Tree –…
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St Patrick’s Day Color Craft and Gluing Activity
We love rainbows around here so of course we can’t resist making crafts that incorporate them. My kids each made a St Patrick’s Day color craft adapted to their age (3 and 6). This paper…
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Paper Plate Polar Bear Craft
Celebrate International Polar Bear Day with this fluffy paper plate polar bear craft! Every year, Polar Bear Day is on February 27th. We enjoy making themed crafts and polar bears are so cute. This craft…
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Fun Dinosaur Small World Play Activity
Rawr! If your little ones like dinosaurs than they might enjoy these fun activities, like the Dinosaur small world play activity we created. The weather was absolutely gorgeous outside so I brought out the water table…
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Balloon Activities – Family Fun Time with TogetherBox
Have you heard of TogetherBox? They are a fun company that mails boxes filled with crafts and activities for the whole family to enjoy together. We were sent their balloon activities box to do during…
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Clothespin Butterfly Fun Food Idea for Valentine’s Day
Aren’t these cute? This clothespin butterfly fun food idea is perfect for Valentine’s Day. I made them for my cutie pies – they love fun surprises like this! Supplies needed: Clothespins Pipe Cleaners Valentine’s baggies…
