When I began this alphabetic series, Teaching Kids About Character, I sat down and listed all the positive qualities that I wanted my son to have. I came up with a great list and have been doing a lot of thinking each week about what I am doing to help encourage these qualities in my 2.5…
Preschoolers
Help Your Preschooler Write a Love Letter for Mother’s Day
Are you looking for a sweet and personalized gift for a mom or grandma for Mother’s Day this year? Check out this heart-warming love letter project that I did with my son for his grandmothers when he was just a preschooler. It’s still one of our favourite gifts!
How to Make Washer Wind Chimes for Spring
Are you looking for a great project to brighten up your early spring garden? If your backyard is still mostly brown (like mine), you will love the bright colours of this washer wind chimes craft for spring! Easy enough for kids to make and beautiful enough to inspire adults!
How to Make a Kids Humpty Dumpty Rhyming Book
I love making books with my son! To further enrich our Egg-speriment STEAM Egg-stravaganza, my son and I created a hilarious little Humpty Dumpty rhyming book that you can make too! This simple activity is fun to make with your child and helps them develop their rhyming skills. Plus, when you’re done, you’ll have a…
Eggy Art: Painted 3D Collage with Foam Eggs
When Tinkerlab presented their creative challenge for the month of April (to have your child use eggs in an art project), I asked my son, Onetime what he wanted to do with the foam eggs that we had. His answer? “Paint with them!” And so… here is our second entry to Tinkerlab’s egg challenge –…