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I am teaming up with a group of bloggers from the Kid Blogger Network to participate in the Best Kids activities of 2013 Blog Hop. Each of us will choose our favorite post from 2013 and share it in the linky below. Of course, being the indecisive person that I am, it was very hard…
Back in October I started this series with a group of fabulous bloggers with the idea that we would post a new Fine Motor Skills post every Friday that month. We all had so much fun with it that we just kept going with it. There are so many places for inspiring activities to help your little ones…
Today we are joining with Mama Miss and a huge group of lovely bloggers for the 20 Days of Kid-Made Ornaments Series. Our ornament is pretty easy to make but I did have to try out several different combinations of paint and markers to get it right! To start I took some bubble wrap and…
Today I am joining the 25 Frugal Days of Christmas series Frugal Homeschool Family with an fun, frugal ornament that you can make with your kids every year! Hop on over to Frugal Homeschool Family to see how to do it- and the secret ingredient that makes it frugal- and then scroll through our other…
This week for Fine Motor Fridays I have a Fine Motor Christmas Game that can be used for a wide range of ages, from baby to preschoolers. For babies you could use it to work on pincer grasp, for toddlers or preschoolers you could use it to practice with any number of tools- tweezers, chopsticks, clothespins- whatever you…
Welcome to the mega, super, awesome Fine Motor Fridays- Christmas Roundup Edition! I am teaming up with the usual (awesome blogger) suspects to bring you a “progressive roundup,” if you will, of Fine Motor Christmas Activities! Each blogger has chosen a different fine motor skills topic and has compiled an inspiring list of activities from…
Christmas is a fun time of year for kids. We do plenty of activities throughout the season that are purely for fun, but I do try to sprinkle in some things that help my kids learn or develop in a fun way. To that end, we are doing some fun Christmas Cutting Practice Activities this…
We are settling into the holiday season with Christmas right around the corner. Ladybug’s Preschool has started doing Christmas Crafts for Kids so we’re doing some at home as well. You know how I love sneaking in extra fine motor skills when we do activities and art projects and three-year olds like the variety and…
Welcome back to Magic Moments Mondays, a linkup for sharing cherished moments, a quiet connection and other special memories with your children. Thank you to all the bloggers who joined us last month– what enjoyable writing was shared! As seems to happen each month, Magic Moments Mondays provided me with a post that really came…
Note: This amazing Toy Shopping Spree Giveaway post is sponsored by Melissa & Doug and includes affiliate links. Thank you for your support! ‘Tis the season for making holiday wish lists! What are the kids in your life asking for this year? I know my three year old wants arts and crafts materials. My…
Welcome back to Fine Motor Fridays, a collaborative series that brings you new Fine Motor Activities every week! This week we are in the Thanksgiving mood so we have been playing some Fine Motor Games using Cranberries! Last week I was completely inspired by Sarah’s Cranberry Fine Motor Activities post so we got some cranberries…
We are still on a fine motor skills kick in our house so I wanted to do a CUT-Punch-PASTE project to make a Thanksgiving Fine Motor Activity. I thought back to our L is for Leaf Paper Punch Puzzle and thought we could do something similar with turkey feathers. I put the whole thing on…
This super simple Snack Hunt Activity for kids is so quick to set up, and yet so engaging and fun for the kids. It’s a great way to work on fine motor skills, and to make snack time more fun. We are back for Fine Motor Fridays this week with our growing group of blogger…
Note: This Arts & Crafts Supplies for Kids Gift Guide includes affiliate links and was sponsored by Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores. This time of year we have a lot of gift-giving occasions– several kids’ birthdays and of course Christmas is just around the corner. I’m teaming up with a LARGE group of FABULOUS bloggers…
 Here we are again to bring you some fun Fine Motor Activities for Kids on Fine Motor Friday! Today we have an activity that includes cutting practice, squeezing paper punches, pasting, sorting and lots of fun! My preschooler still enjoys playing with her toy kitchen even though we have had it for two years. Lately…
Welcome back to Magic Moments Mondays, a linkup for sharing cherished moments, a quiet connection and other special memories with your children. Thank you to all the bloggers who joined us last month– so much beautiful, heartfelt writing was shared! This week I am featuring a piece of writing that really came into my life…
This is a sponsored post for a Fairy Garden Kit by CraftProjectIdeas.com, powered by Horizon Group. The kit was provided for free by Horizon Group and I am sharing my honest opinions about it. When the folks at CraftProjectIdeas.com asked if I would be interested in reviewing a new Fairy Garden product I was pretty…
For this week’s Fine Motor Fridays post, I’m taking all those odds and ends left after a birthday party and using them for some fun fine motor activities for my three year old and one year old! Having had four kids birthday parties in our house, we have oodles of decorations, goody bag treats and…
I am so excited to be participating in a terrific series from All Done Monkey called 31 Days of ABCs. This series brings you a different blogger every day in October showcasing an activity based on one letter of the alphabet. Today is our turn for the letter Z. This times out perfectly because it…
It’s the last Friday of October which means our 4th Fine Motor Fridays post. It was going to be our last but it sounds like several of us are going to keep this train a rollin’ and do another month of Fine Motor Activities posts! Here is the SUPER fun and SUPER easy DIY fine…
