Hands on Kids Activities for Hands on Moms.

Outdoor Play: Dandelion Picking

Fine motor activity with dandelions!

On Mother’s Day, we headed outside to pick dandelions at my mom’s house and collected them in a basket. Not doing anything in particular with them.

Later that week, we went outside and did the same thing again

Building a Bird’s Nest : Outdoors in April

Henry and I have been talking about making a bird’s nest for a couple weeks now.
This week it finally got warm enough to spend the entire morning or afternoon (or both!) outdoors.

To make our bird’s nest,
Henry and I headed outside to gather our

Valentine’s Day Activity: Countdown Tree

A pretty simple Valentine’s Day activity, that’s also a pretty decoration, that your toddler or  preschooler can make for Valentine’s Day!

Paint one small tree branch. Stick branch in small pot. Decorate tree. Look at and smile.

I just cut a couple of