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Inside: Get the scoop on how to track those pesky leprechauns around the house or classroom! Affiliate links are used in this post. As St. Patrick’s Day rolls around every year my kids rabidly obsess over Leprechauns. How can we find one? How can we trap one? (Hint: Here’s a great Leprechaun Trap guide!) How…
Inside: Print these digital download St. Patrick’s Day Worksheets for a fun activity for kids. Affiliate links are used in this post. St. Patrick’s Day is such a fun theme for kids. You got you Leprechauns, your shamrocks, your pot o’ gold. All the hits! I like to take fun themes like this and make…
Inside: Knitters unite in the name of love! Get 12 Gorgeous Heart Knitting Patterns to shower your special someone with love! Affiliate links are used in this post. If you are gearing up for Valentine’s Day or any other gift giving day with some good old fashioned crafting, then get ready for some sweet yarny…
Today I’m sharing an easy tutorial for a fun little project we did at home to add a little fun to our holiday season. We made a LEGO Christmas Mini Tree with some awesome LEGO garland! Affiliate links are used in this post. Our kids are super crazy into LEGO, especially LEGO BATMAN. We whipped…
Today I’m sharing a favorite Halloween activity from our popular Fine Motor Fridays series! It’s a cool little printable to use for preschool Halloween games! I like this Halloween printable because it can be used a few different ways. It is great for working on visual scanning skills as well as beginning writing skills. When I first…
Potluck recipes are so hard to find when you really need them! Today I’ve put together 30+ Awesome Instant Pot Potluck Recipes so you have tons to choose from, right at your fingertips. FYI, affiliate links are used in this post. Potluck recipes are ideal for Labor Day Picnics, Memorial Day Parties, 4th of July…
You don’t often think of school readiness and summer at the same time but I say summer time is the perfect opportunity to get your preschooler ready for kindergarten! There is less pressure and fewer rushed routines over the summer plus you can advantage of the great summer weather to learn in a playful way! Every kid…
I have to admit it, I’m a little obsessed with pouch top crafts! When the kids were younger, we went through applesauce and baby food like crazy, many with those little tops. The tops are colorful, bright, and perfect for all kinds of manipulatives. If you have some red or blue pouch tops handy, they’d…
Kids can make this DIY pen holder with LEGO pieces they already have. The holders are perfect for gifts or for keeping those pesky pens sorted at home. DIY Pen Holder Made From LEGO Toddler Approved’s LEGO week inspired us to break out the LEGO and build a few kids made LEGO gifts. The pen holder…
Today I’m sharing some treasured Father’s Day gifts that we made for my husband. They have been well loved and are still in use in our house years later! These personalized mug and saucer sets have been one of my favorite DIY Father’s Day gifts! Father’s Day Gifts – A Tale of Trial and Error Father’s…
Today I’m sharing a great DIY Back Massage Shirt that makes a great gift whether you DIY it or BUY it! A DIY Gift for Dad is not always the easiest thing to come up with. As another gift-giving holiday approaches, I was looking something fun for LalyDad. He still uses his DIY Dad’s Coffee…
We had a bunch of fun taking Little Big Man’s favorite song, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, and extending it with a fun fine motor craft! Introducing the Itsy Bitsy Spider Finger Puppet, SURE to get your little one’s hands moving! Quick note – affiliate links are used in this post for your convenience. I discovered an…
Each holiday it seems like we build up more and more candy. Sometimes it’s nice to give non-candy kids Valentines, isn’t it? This Valentine’s Day collection has the extra bonus of working on those awesome fine motor skills! Click through to each one for any directions or free printables involved! The only problem is deciding…
Ooo! Yay! Melting things!! Ever since our shrinky dinks phase, my daughter and I have really enjoyed crafts that involve melting things. Today I’m sharing some cute Valentine’s Day magnets that we made out of melted pony beads! We have never used melty beads in a melty fashion before. We have made a DIY abacus out…
TGIFMF! This Fine Motor Fridays post focuses on Valentine’s Day Cutting Practice but you can add in paper punching, pasting and coloring depending on what you have on hand. I like to think of these as CUT-Punch-PASTE art projects, which we have done before and really enjoyed. These could be used as kid-made Valentine’s Day gifts,…
We are in full Valentine’s Day mode around here! We made some heart shaped baked cotton balls, a Valentine’s Day Alphabet Game and did some Valentine’s Day Busy Bags too! We are a little obsessed with our heart shaped molds so I put together this collection of cute Valentine’s Day Gifts using heart shaped molds. I…
I enjoy Valentine’s Day Activities as much as the rest of them, but sometimes it’s fun to think outside of the heart-shaped box. Here are some fun Anti Valentine’s Day Crafts and Activities for kids! I have seen people doing baked cotton balls before around the interwebs. I thought it looked neat, but I wasn’t…
If you’ve been following me for a while you might have noticed that I get stuck on the same theme a bit…well today is no different. I’m hooked on Christmas Countdown printables so here is another Christmas Countdown Idea for kids! My kids have been excitedly asking if if today is Chrismtas for a few…
Well the calendar is about to change once again. We are about to enter December, which means it is time for a Christmas Countdown! Here is a free printable countdown to do with your kids or in a classroom. Affiliate links are included in this post. My kids started asking “Is today Christmas” pretty much…
Hello, this week I have a few new Christmas printables for you. They are three printable Christmas Countdown Activities for you to choose from. Two of the Christmas Countdown Activities offer your little one cutting practice and the other uses other “fine motor muscles.” There are a couple affiliate links in this post. Today’s free…
