Spring is in the air! The temperature has finally warmed up enough to start taking walks around the neighborhood and spend time outside. On our walks, my children love to look at all of the things beginning to grow in nature and point out all of the blooming flowers. After our walk today, my children an I wanted to make some of our Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Muffins. My son picked out some flower cupcake liners our of our pantry to use. As soon as I saw the colorful flower cupcake … [Read more...]
Recycled Bubble Wrap Tree Craft for Earth Day
One of our favorite ways to celebrate Earth Day is to make crafts for kids out of recycled materials. We recently ordered Little Superheroes's birthday present online and it came packaged in bubble wrap and shipping paper. With a little paint and creativity, we turned those materials into a Recycled Bubble Wrap Tree Craft for Earth Day. How To Make A Recycled Bubble Wrap Tree: Supplies: Bubble Wrap Shipping Paper or Butcher Paper Scissors Green Paint Paint Brush Glue Blue … [Read more...]
Cupcake Liner Butterfly Craft for Kids
Do you have extra cupcake liners in your cupboards or pantry? We love to use our extra cupcake liners to create simple crafts for kids like our Cupcake Liner Lion. To celebrate the first day of Spring, we used some colorful, striped cupcake liners to create a Cupcake Liner Butterfly Craft. Supplies for a Cupcake Liner Butterfly Craft: Cupcake Liners Large Popsicle Stick Yellow Paint Paint Brush Googly Eyes Pipe Cleaner Scissors Glue Directions for a Cupcake Liner … [Read more...]
Little Cloud Tissue Paper Craft for Kids
One of our favorite children's authors is Eric Carle. He shares on his website that he uses tissue paper to create his illustrations. After reading his book Little Cloud, we wanted to create crafts for kids that were inspired by Eric Carle's book and pictures. So, we made our own Little Cloud Tissue Paper Craft. Supplies for Little Cloud Tissue Paper Craft: Blue Card Stock White Tissue Paper Scissors Glue Black Marker Directions for Little Cloud Tissue Paper … [Read more...]