My daughter just started middle school. She’s loving it so far (okay…it’s only Day 2), and one of the things she’s excited about is that now she gets a locker. A locker to cram full of stuff that I can’t nag her to pick up or organize. But also a locker she can decorate. She’s […]
5 Great Tie Dye Projects to Try With Kids
Tie dyeing is one of those activities that just reminds me of summer. Growing up, we tie dyed T-shirts for summer camp, and for Girl Scouts, and maybe once or twice for Vacation Bible School. When you think about it, it’s an inexpensive, easy way to make shirts an entire group can wear so you […]
How to Get a Handle on Craft Supplies
So I recently published a post on our must-have craft supply list. We don’t have a ton of stuff, but the stuff we do have, we use all the time. So today I’m over on the BabyCenter blog, sharing how we organize all the kids’ craft supplies. Once I made one big move, and pared stuff down, […]
Our Must-Have Summer Toolkit for Crafts and Activities
Lemme be clear — I don’t think it’s my job to entertain my kids all summer long. I plan to have some days where we all pile in the car while I pretend I can’t hear the whining, and we all go hiking. I plan to have some days at the pool. I plan to […]
Kid-Made Musical Instruments We Love
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and The Coca-Cola Company. All opinions are mine alone. #ExpressUrSelfie #CollectiveBias My kids love a chance to make some noise. Singing, playing our piano or guitar, making music with kid made musical instruments — they love all of that. And while they’re not above banging on […]
Fun, Crafty Activities My Kids Are Loving
I’ve been sharing some fun, crafty things over at BabyCenter lately — come check ’em out! Roller painting was a huge hit! We used fondant rollers from the craft store, and other fun supplies we found around the house. You could easily roller paint some butcher paper and use it for personalized wrapping paper. And […]
Beautiful and Simple Embroidered Mother’s Day Cards
I do love handmade cards from the kids. I’ve tried to save most of them, because I know I won’t get homemade Mother’s Day cards forever. I just love ’em. We made embroidered cards similar to this for Valentine’s Day this year…so it only seemed sensible to change up the pictures a bit and make […]
Creative Story Orbs Are a Fun Girl Scout Activity
I’m always looking for ways to meet our Girl Scout badge requirements, but make things fun and interesting for the girls. We meet right after school, and after a day of sitting in their desks working hard, the girls don’t want to meet for another hour to do the same thing for even longer. So […]
Being creative with Sharpies
Sometime in the past year, I became addicted to adult coloring. It’s so soothing. And mindless. And just…zen. I love it.
Last Minute Shamrocks
Please, please tell me I’m not the only one who’s realized at 10pm on March 16 that everything green the kids own is either outgrown or in the wash? And scrambled to find some sort of green-ish shamrock or hair thingy or sock or something they can stick on themselves in the morning? I’m over […]
