The NFL regular season has ended and the playoffs are about to begin. Even though our favorite team won't be going to the Superbowl this year, my children are still very excited to watch the big game. We have been getting ready for the playoffs by decorating our house with lots of football crafts for kids. Today, we created a Potato Stamped Football Craft. Supplies for Potato Stamped Football Craft: Green card stock Potato Brown Paint Small Paper Plate White Paint Paint … [Read more...]
Are your kids fans of Sesame Street? My children love all singing the songs, guessing the letter and number of the day, and all of the characters, of course. So, we made Elmo and Cookie Monster Salt Dough Ornaments for our Christmas tree today. We love to fill our Christmas tree with holiday crafts for kids and homemade ornaments of their favorite characters. Supplies: Salt Dough Ornament Recipe (Click on the link to get the recipe) Red Orange, White, Black, and Blue Paint Paint … [Read more...]
As a mom, my favorite type of projects to create with my children are handprint and footprint crafts for kids. I love to see how their little hands grow and change. These adorable projects are precious keepsakes that I will treasure forever. Since Christmas is just a few weeks away, I wanted to make holiday crafts for kids with my children's handprints since we already made our Christmas Tree Footprint Craft. So, we created a Reindeer Mason Jar With Handprint … [Read more...]
After making our Cupcake Liner Christmas Tree Craft, my son tried to hang it on our Christmas tree, but it was way too big. So, we decided to make a smaller version and created our Cupcake Liner Christmas Tree Ornament. We love to decorate our Christmas tree with homemade ornaments and holiday crafts for kids. Supplies: White Card Stock Scissors Christmas Cupcake Liners Glue Yellow Craft Foam or Foam Glitter Star Sticker Ribbon or Yarn Directions: Cut a small … [Read more...]
Every year, my children love to make Salt Dough Ornaments. It's one of their favorite holiday crafts for kids and one of my favorite Christmas traditions. They always have so much fun rolling the dough, cutting the different shapes with cookie cutters, and painting and decorating the ornaments. We've already made six batches of this Salt Dough Ornament Recipe this year! Ingredients: 2 Cups of Flour 1 Cup of Salt 1 Cup of Warm Water Supplies: Large Mixing … [Read more...]
This year, my children watched Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for the first time. I was so excited to show them a classic holiday movie that I watched every Christmas when I was a child. After watching the movie, my children wanted to make a reindeer craft to add to all of our other holiday crafts for kids. So, we created a Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Cardboard Tube Craft. Supplies: Cardboard Tube Brown Puffy Paint (Read the directions below to find out how to make your own … [Read more...]
Every year, my children love to make special, handmade Christmas presents that they can give to us and their grandparents. These holiday crafts for kids are always precious keepsakes that I love and will treasure for years. When I asked my son what he wanted to make this year, he said a candle because grandma loves candles. So, we created Candy Cane Lanterns. Supplies: Mason Jar Red and White Tissue Paper Glue Paint Brush Tea Light Directions: Cut the red and white … [Read more...]
With Christmas just a few weeks away, we've been listening to all of our favorite Christmas carols and songs. My toddler loves belting out at the top of his lungs, "O Tismis Tee, O Tismis Tee" over and over. While we are singing all of the classic songs, we also enjoy creating festive holiday crafts for kids. Since my children loved making our Cupcake Liner Turkey Craft so much, I thought that it would be fun to create a Cupcake Liner Christmas Tree Craft too. Supplies: White Card … [Read more...]
Our children are growing up way too fast! I feel like it was just yesterday that we celebrated my five-year-old's first Christmas. Every year, we love to create holiday crafts for kids and special keepsakes that we can treasure trough the years as our children grow. This year, we used my toddler's tiny feet to make a Christmas Tree Footprint Craft. Supplies: 8 x 10 Canvas or White Card Stock Green Paint Paint Brush Brown Construction Paper or Card … [Read more...]
My children are so excited for Christmas! Every time we walk into the store, my toddler's face lights up when he sees the Christmas trees that are on display. He points and shouts "Tismis Tee!" We have been listening to Christmas carols, watching seasonal movies, and creating holiday crafts for kids, but we haven't put up our "Tismis Tee" yet. So, I thought my son would love to make his own tree today. He was thrilled when I told him that we would be making a Tissue Paper Christmas Tree … [Read more...]
With Christmas just a few weeks, we are busy decorating our house and creating lots of holiday crafts for kids. We love to make all of our special holiday crafts using a variety of supplies and techniques. Today, we painted a Christmas Ornament Suncatcher using the same technique that we used when we made our Rumble and Tumble Football Craft. My children call it ball painting, because we usually use a ball or marble. Since it's Christmastime, we thought it would be fun to use a plastic bulb … [Read more...]
It's turkey time! Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away and we've been busy creating cute and colorful holiday crafts for kids. We love to decorate our house for the holidays using all of our homemade creations. Your kids are sure to have fun making this Coffee Filter Turkey Craft and decorating for Thanksgiving too. How To Make A Coffee Filter Turkey Craft: Supplies: Coffee Filter Homemade Watercolor Paints Paint Brush Brown, Orange, and Red Craft Foam Scissors … [Read more...]
This Fall, we have found many uses for candy corn (besides just eating the sweet treat!) We have used candy corn in some of our holiday crafts for kids, simple dessert recipes, and learning activities such as our Count and Add Candy Corn Math Mats. Since Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away, we used our favorite candy to create a Candy Corn Turkey Craft today. Supplies: Cardboard or Heavy Paper Scissors Brown Puffy Paint (Read the directions below to find out how to make your own … [Read more...]
As we were walking through the craft store the other day, my toddler grabbed a bag of feathers. Since Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away, I thought it would be the perfect time to create some holiday crafts for kids. So, we used those colorful feathers that my son snatched up (and wouldn't let go of) to make a Cute Cardboard Tube Turkey Craft. How To Make A Cute Cardboard Tube Turkey Craft: Supplies: Cardboard Tube (Paper Towel or Toilet Paper Roll) Scissors Brown Puffy … [Read more...]
As my children and I were making our scrumptious Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Muffins, I got the idea to use our leftover cupcake liners to create some festive, holiday crafts for kids. Since Thanksgiving is only a couple of weeks away, we decided to turn our cupcake liners into turkey feathers and created this Colorful Cupcake Liner Turkey Craft. How To Make A Colorful Cupcake Liner Turkey Craft: Supplies: Small Paper Plate Scissors Cupcake Liners Glue Brown, Orange, and … [Read more...]
Halloween is just 2 weeks away! Over the weekend, my family and I crossed another thing off our Fall Bucket List and went trick-or-treating at the zoo. My toddler loved all of the decorations especially the monsters. He has been pretending to be a monster all week by walking around the house saying "grr.." After seeing my adorable little monster, I knew that he would want to make at least one more Halloween craft this year. So, we created this Super Squished Monster Craft. How To Make … [Read more...]
Halloween is just a few weeks away and my children love to create festive decorations to hang around our house like our Paper Plate Spider Wreath and our Halloween Windsocks. Today, we made a Batty Handprint Bat Craft for Kids. I love using my children's handprints when creating crafts for kids because they make the best keepsakes. When we decorate for Halloween next year, I can't wait to look at this craft and see how big their little hands have grown. How To Make A Batty Handprint Bat … [Read more...]
School is back is session, the sun is setting earlier in the evenings, and it is starting to get chilly outside... Summer is coming to an end and Fall is just around the corner! Soon, all of the leaves on the trees will be changing colors. One of the things that we love the most about the fall is all of the fun crafts for kids that we can make. Today, we read the book Why Do Leaves Change Color? by Betsy Maestro. We learned all about why leaves change color and created The Colorful Fall … [Read more...]
Today, we read the book The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons and created our Fruit Loop Apple Tree Craft for Toddlers. Not only is this fall craft for kids is a fun way for children to learn all about the seasons but they can also practice skills like sorting, cutting, and much more! How To Make A Fruit Loop Apple Tree Craft: Supplies: White Card Stock (2) Green Paint Brown Paint Paper Plate Cotton Balls (2) Clothes Pin Scissors Glue Fruit … [Read more...]
Fall is just around the corner and you know what that means... apples, apples, apples! Every year, we love going to the orchard and eating fresh picked apples. But, apples aren't just for eating. There are so many fun activities for kids that you can do with apples. Here are 50+ Awesome Apple Activities For Kids: Crafts: Apple Footprint Craft by Raising Little Superheroes Washi Tape Apple by The Resourceful Mama Apple Sun Catcher Craft by My Joy-Filled Life Paper Cup Apple … [Read more...]
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