Hands on kids activities for hands on moms.
A simple way to get creative for Valentine’s Day, especially great for toddlers, is with a heart shaped cookie cutter painting activity!
It can get a bit messy, but no messier than any painting activity really!
I grabbed these heart shaped cookie cutters on 
A Valentine’s Day art project that kids and even toddlers can do on their own! Upcycle a toilet paper towel tube to make an abstract heart art project!
Be sure to be inspired by all our Valentine’s Day projects we’ve been doing!
The kids and I have had a blast with Christmastime activities this year! I thought I’d place them all in one spot, along with some of my faves from last year!
With one week to Christmas, there’s plenty of time to do a
Ever since I shared my favorite 30 homemade ornaments for kids, I’ve been eyeing those adorable yarn wrapped ornaments by The Crafty Crow!
I decided
Homemade wrapping paper designs: [above from top-left]
Simple sticker art with office dots! By Red Ted Art
Sponge and scooter art turned into gift wrap! By Taming the Goblin
Tape resist scribble art the name of the gift’s receiver!
This is another activity that I did a couple of years ago with Henry after Christmas with wrapping paper scraps. The idea for the activity came from No Time For Flash Cards, once again.
After
The boys made gorgeous candy canes together. Each taking a part in the creating process.
I’m not sure if its good to have one of my boys do one part of a project, and the other one finish it… but it seems to
As part of the Creative Christmas Countdown, I’m sharing a way to decorate a window for the holidays!
There’s many ways to decorate windows, in fact, I even started a Pinterest board for that very thing… Its fun to
On Friday, we got to venture out to see the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train as it came through Iowa. What a gorgeous train all lit up for the holidays! We got to see it at dusk, so it was just
Christmas tree crafts and activities: [above from top-left]
Make Christmas tree beaded ornaments and other holiday shapes. – Buggy and Buddy
Create your very own lacing activity in the shape of a Christmas Tree with salt dough. – MumCentral
Super cute
Foam sheets can be so versatile. They can be cut down to any shape or size that you’d like to make whatever you like!
However, I have had these sticky foam sheets forever and I wasn’t
I did this activity a couple years ago at Christmas with Henry. I found it on No Time for Flash Cards.
I reused some scrap wrapping paper pieces and cut out a Christmas tree shape in four different wrapping paper patterns. I
The boys are super excited for Christmas this year. So to keep their excitement contained and still keep them excited… we created one of the most timeless, old-fashioned, activity countdowns that there is… the paper chain.
Instead of the usual paper or card
Welcome Maggy from Red Ted Art as she shares a lovely winter craft!
Last year, she shared her gingerbread house Christmas cards, this year, Maggy is sharing a snowflake craft!
Well, it is
The boys have been building and construction fanatics lately. And I’ve come to realize that instead of more and more toys to add to our collection of toys that never get played with. I’d rather have a toy that can be added
Did you collect some leaves over the weekend? Or before they’re all gone?
The boys did. We don’t have a lot for leaves in our yard, but enough to have a raking session, and collect a few colorful leaves for a project!
I’ve
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For Halloween not being one of the ‘major’ holidays like Christmas, Easter or Thanksgiving [you know, where you get the entire family together for a feast], it sure does bring out some awesome activities to do with the kids!
There’s
