Who doesn't love a cute snowman? In Southern California, we rarely get snow to make a real snowman and we have only had snow once since the kids were born and they were too young to remember it. So, we do snowman crafts instead or go to events with artificial snow. This week, we decided to do a simple snowman craft which is easy and fun. Snowman at … [Read more...]
Make Pretty Feather Window Clings-a tutorial
Kids love feathers and ours are no exception! I have seen numerous tutorials for window clings made with glue and I wondered if feathers could be added to the window clings and decided to give it a shot. I was not sure if I'd seen this before, but could not find it when I searched online. I used this window cling tutorial from eHow for the basic technique and then added a … [Read more...]
Children’s Footprint Portraits
Children's footprint portraits are easy for them to make and are such a cute gift for Grandparent's Day, Mother's Day or Father's Day. I used to do a lot of hand and footprint art with children when I was a recreation director. The supplies are simple and the results are always cute. We had two footprint projects planned, the Family Footprints and a Footprint Children's … [Read more...]
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Meals & Activities
I am so excited to have Jennifer Fischer from The Good Long Road share a wonderful guest post with us about activities and meals to go along with the book, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. We love this book and I love reading The Good Long Road. Jennifer is a mom of two, as well as an independent filmmaker … [Read more...]
9 Flower Crafts to Celebrate Spring
I love to see the flowers emerge in early Spring. When my brother and I were little we used to 'doorbell ditch' the neighbors every May Day with flowers from our yard tied in pretty ribbon. We thought they didn't know it was us! Looking back, I'm sure they did but the never let on. We may try that with our kids when they are a little older. … [Read more...]