10 Memorable 1st Day of School Keepsakes
The first day of school can be an exciting time for kids. It’s fun to capture the moment with a photo. While back to school shopping, kids may enjoy picking out an outfit for the big…
Crafting with my mom and grandma is one of my favorite pastimes. Since becoming a mom, I have always felt it was important to encourage my kids to be creative and think outside the box. Exploring different art techniques, creating kids crafts, and being inspired by everything around us is something I started early on with my two kids.
In this section, you will find many of our arts and crafts we have created over the years. Some are mommy and me, some are general kids crafts and art projects, and others are crafts made with a group of kids during playdates with friends or with a playgroup.
Most of our crafts are for preschoolers through age 8, but we are also growing our crafts for the tweens and teens categories.
The first day of school can be an exciting time for kids. It’s fun to capture the moment with a photo. While back to school shopping, kids may enjoy picking out an outfit for the big…
Little Sister adores all things mermaid. She also loves pretend play and dress up. Since she doesn’t have anything to use for pretending to be a mermaid, we decided to make her a seashell mermaid purse….
Let’s travel to Africa and learn about the Ghana! My 1st grader made a fun kente cloth craft with the rest of the kids in his art class. It can easily be adapted for preschoolers…
This months kids craft stars challenge is CDs. Our group had to come up with ways to upcycle or recycle them into a fun craft. We decided to make recycled CD spinning tops for our…
Continuing on with our Summer themed round ups, today is all about sunshine! It wouldn’t be Summer without the sun so what better way to celebrate the upcoming season than with sun crafts and activities….
Are you getting excited for Summer? We sure are looking forward to sleeping in! Did you catch our 10 Watermelon Activities for Playing and Learning list we post a couple days ago? There were so…
It’s time for another crafty challenge with our blog friends! This time we are getting creative with egg cartons. Before you throw away your empty egg cartons, consider saving them too make egg carton flowers…
Today’s creative preschool learning theme is flower activities! Whether incorporating math, dissecting a flower, exploring creativity through process art, and more – be sure to check out what our preschool friends did for this theme…
Have you tried making watercolor glue resist painting with the kids? It’s fun! We turned ours into a paper plate craft since we are in the middle of moving and I can’t remember where the…
Little Sister loves all things pink, sparkly, and princess. Our creative preschool theme this week is Maps. Since she is very imaginative and loves pretend play, we decided to create a make believe map craft…
We had fun making carrot bugs! This month’s crafty challenge was to make a fruit and/or vegetable stamping craft. We have never stamped with food before and I have to admit, it’s a bit addicting! It’s kind…
Did you see our creative preschool learning theme from last month? Incase you missed it, we did fairy tale crafts and activities for preschoolers. I loved these stories growing up as a kid and enjoy sharing…