Some children enjoy playing with lotion. This activity offers a pleasant sensory experience as well as an excellent learning opportunity to explore body awareness, body part identification (for the young ones), crossing midline to help with using both sides of the body correctly and right/ left discrimination. This can get messy but most children really […]
This is a great way to make pretend foam swords. I made these years ago for my son’s birthday party and they still get tons of play time. Now I know you can buy foam swords in the dollar store but they are not nearly as good as these. These homemade swords are much longer, […]
If your children enjoy playing doll house or any type of pretend play with figures you have to check out this website where the creator offers loads a tiny accessories to print and create. The creating part is definitely for adult fingers. It is tedious to work with such small pieces of paper with lots […]
Here is a super simple activity that will intrigue your little ones and even the older ones. Just tape a refrigerator magnet (or a stronger one if you have it) on the end of a large popsicle stick. Put down some lightweight magnetic objects such as bingo chips or paper clips. Wave the “magic wand” […]
After seeing this blog post about finger painting with melted crayons, I remembered how much I used to love sticking my finger tips in the cooling wax of a candle as a child. I had to do this with my children. We melted some old broken crayons in disposable cupcake holders. It only took a […]
I love to cook with the children in the kitchen but I have to be in a certain frame of mind. Some days I want to create something with them that does not involve a lot of clean up or baking time. We came up with cracker cookies. All we did was melt some chocolate […]
After seeing this idea on Pinterest about making surprise snowballs, I thought my toddler would enjoy this any time of year. So I just wrapped up a few trinkets from around the house inside some crepe paper to make a large ball. Just start with a small trinket and start rolling. I tucked the last […]
Here are some simple games to play in the car with kids on a long ride that need no equipment. 1. Yellow Car: Everyone looks for yellow cars. The game scores as follows: regular yellow car – 1 point, yellow pick up truck – 5 points, yellow mustang – 5 points and yellow Hummer – […]
My 6 year old daughter came up with this idea for homemade glowsticks. She laced some fancy star beads and glow in the dark beads onto pipe cleaners. She made a loop at one end so she could hang them up at night when we are camping. They came out really pretty. She plans on […]