Tuesday Video – Pumpkin Coloring
Check out this kid friendly pumpkin carving activity that is fun all year round!
Making Fun
Tissue Paper Cat
Glue and tiny pieces of paper are a great combination for a toddler, so this craft from The Arts & Crafts Busy Book by Trish Kuffner was lots of fun! And it’s Halloween-ish too…Here’s what you’ll need to make your tissue paper cat: glue stick scissors tissue paper cat printable (or you could trace a … Read more
Make Your Own Halloween Coloring Pages
Make your (or your friend’s) Cricut work this Halloween by using it to make your own custom coloring pages. (designs from Paper Doll Dress Up) The Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge has lots of awesome Halloween stuff, so I switched out the cutting blade for a marker to make some custom coloring pages for Elliot. … Read more
Fall Crazy Crayons
Who says broken crayons are trash?!? We had just enough broken to make one crazy pumpkin crayon with a Wilton silicone pumpkin mold. Put your broken crayon pieces into a well greased muffin tin and bake in the oven at 400 degrees until the wax has melted. Let your new crayon completely cool before removing … Read more
Tuesday Tutorial: Spooky Spider Webs
Join Elliot and I to learn how to make your own spider webs!
Hand Spiders
Coming up with fun holiday crafts for my 18 month old son has challenged my creativity, but we found an activity we both enjoyed. Making hand spiders is a great craft for kids of all ages this Halloween. Supplies for Hand Spiders a hand cardstock paper scissors crayons/markers/colored pencils a Popsicle or lollipop stick Fold … Read more
Old Cameras…
Elliot found my old camera and so during Gus’s naptime, I taught him how to use it and we took a little field trip outside. He took pictures of things he liked – flowers, a beat up old truck, the mail box, etc. He asked me if we could print his pictures and hang them … Read more
Tempera for Toddlers
To stave off boredom this week we’ve been painting with tempera, which is my favorite toddler paint. I picked up red, yellow, and blue (just a few simple colors are best for toddlers, primary colors are even better because then they can experiment with mixing and making new colors) tempera paint at Michael’s and we’ve … Read more
Home Preschool: Hello World
We’re going to do preschool at home with Elliot and yesterday we had our first “class” about different countries and languages and how people around the world say hello. I find that picture books are a great place to start planning an activity, so we used Hello World by Manya Stojic. This book has “hello” … Read more