Mitch and I spent a lovely afternoon doing something simple, fun, and surprisingly educational: we made a pine cone birdfeeder together! If you’re looking for a sweet and easy activity to connect your kids with nature, this one checks all the boxes: outdoor time, hands-on crafting, helping local wildlife, and birdwatching from your own window. …
Crafts for Kids
Build creative connections with your kids! Here are four model activities (including model bridges) that inspire imagination while keeping your children engaged. Are your kids constantly looking for hands-on activities? Whether you have bored kids to entertain during a rainy weekend or want to spend a day away from technology, model-building activities are perfect for …
Let’s be real, Easter eggs are getting egg-spensive. Between the price of actual eggs, the vinegar stink that never quite leaves your kitchen, and the very real risk of losing a rogue hard-boiled egg behind the couch (been there, sniffed that)… maybe it’s time for something different this year? How about Marshmallow “eggs”? Photo by …
If you grew up before “screen time” was a thing to worry about, then you’ve made origami paper fortune tellers — also known as cootie catchers or chatterboxes — when you were a kid. Right? One day Mitch came home with a folded paper fortune teller his friend’s mom made to entertain them during a …
Every fall I take the boys out to the local pumpkin patch where we pick out festive holiday gourds…to launch across the field! This year we’re saving some cash — and made our own backyard pumpkin chuckin’ catapult. My hubs helped out with this project. He had some PVC pipe scraps left over from another …
Take your first step in the world of robotics with a brush bot you make yourself with just a toothbrush and a tiny motor. What is a Brush Bot? Brush bots are very simple robots made from a vibrating motor and a small brush that acts as legs. They’re also known as “bristle” bots since …
Like the mystical Magic 8 Ball, a paper fortune teller can reveal the user’s fortune, but only if you know how! Well, maybe. If you don’t remember how to play with a fortune teller, it’s ok. Just jump in my time machine and we’ll head back to the school yard for a little 101 in …
When we switched to a filterless coffee maker I found myself pondering a stack of opened, but no longer needed, coffee filters in my pantry. Hmmmm, what to do? What to do? Coffee filters crafts are pretty easy for kids–in fact, you’ll want to buy stacks of filters just to make all the nifty art …