Activities and Crafts
Activities for Kids: A Personalized Christmas Wreath
Michaels has so many great Christmas craft ideas right now. You can get mini kits full of everything you need to decorate ornaments or make something special. You can also just buy a…
Fall Activity with Kids: Make a Scarecrow!
It’s not secret that I really enjoy Halloween and the Fall. Decorating with leaves and pumpkins and bats makes me happy. This weekend, the kids and I put together our annual front-stoop display, as…
Activities with Kids: Painting old T-Shirts
I wish I could take credit for this activity, but it was completely the kids’ idea. Randomly, they asked to paint t-shirts. Did they see it on a craft show? Maybe, but they…
The Ottawa International Children’s Festival – until May 14, 2014
Have you been to the Ottawa International Children’s Festival before? For whatever reason, I haven’t. I had the opportunity to take both kids today and I have to say I really wish I…
Kid Crafts: Melting Beads, Fostering Imagination – Minecraft Fun
Bringing Minecraft Offline Again with A Fun Activity I’ve written before about activities to do offline with our Minecraft obsessed kids. Here’s a new one: Ironing bead creations. What are these beads? Commonly…
25 Days of Christmas 2013 Activities
If someone could tell me how we are one week away from December, I would greatly appreciate it. Despite November being a time suck, I am excited for the Christmas season. With December…
Activity: Potato Stamping!
For something new and fun, try potato stamping with the kids! This is an activity all of us have probably done at some point many many years ago in school. I always forget…
Activity: Painting Sea Shells (or rocks)
It seems like such a simple idea, but sometimes I forget how accessible nature is in our crafting plans. We’ve been picking up and bringing back clam shells found on PEI beaches for…
Printable! Activity with Kids: Create Your Own Comic Book!
As with previous activities like making a comic strip using giant paper on our table, my kids (especially my son) continue to show a keen interest in writing, book development and so on.…
Minecraft Offline: More Minecraft Activities
For Easter, my Mother in Law got the kids the LEGO Minecraft set (with our encouragement). Yes, it’s for older kids, and required Andy and I to do most of the building (which…
