My kids LOVE working with their dad’s tools. Today, they helped daddy repair some wood posts on the house when I was trying to get their attention for an indoor activity. I finally gave in to their interests and grabbed a handful of the safest tools I could find and offered this simple painting activity…
We like to buy gently used books from thrift stores, and lately my oldest son has wanted to get every snake book we come across! We sit and read the books over and over. We’ve even gone to a live snake show to indulge his desire to know more about the slithery creatures! While I…
Yesterday we used these little Safari Ltd. animal pets in our “What Pet Should I Get?” activity, today we are using them in muddy painting process art! OK, I should clarify we aren’t actually using mud, we’re using brown paint, but my kids loved it none the less! We are big fans of muddy play…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} Last week I bought a new set of paints, and ever since my boys saw them, they have been begging to paint! Yesterday I finally granted their wish and we made some monoprints. Mono printing is something I did in college when I had to…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} I know how silly this looks. I mean, we have paintbrushes, paint, and paper, so why in the world would we paint with sandals?!? Because it is So. Much. Fun. Really! The soles of shoes have such great texture and variety that they make great stamps…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} I love doing activities based on books. A while back I saw a blog post revolved around the book Birds by Kevin Henkes. The post had some simple and fun ideas based on the book, but the one that stood out to me was feather painting!…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} We love process art. Materials are presented with no required “outcome” or result. It is quite opposite of crafts. It allows creativity to flow and art to be created organically. However, sometimes we can start process art and it is a bit overwhelming. A large, blank,…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} Flies are a terrible nuisance, but I’m not a big fan of using fly swatters either (I can’t stand the thought of actually killing the pests myself. Hubby is more than welcome to do that job for me. When I try getting rid of flies,…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} A few days ago my boys unraveled nearly an entire roll of tinfoil. I was about to throw it away when I decided to instead find clever ways to re-use it (see what our first activity was over on Munchkins and Moms Instagram page). I still had…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} We’ve been taking a lot more library trips lately, which in turn is inspiring a whole lot of activities based on books. Our latest was based on the Caldecott Honor book Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger. Love this book. Just love it. If you’re looking for…
