Activities and Crafts
Activity: Cardboard Post Office
It’s funny how no matter what fancy toys we buy the kids, the old joke about the cardboard box being what they play with remains true. I love it when we get boxes…
Activity: Teaching Kids about Food and the Food Groups
This was a guest post I had done on one of my favourite activity/craft/book blogs No Time For Flashcards, in 2009. It was an activity I did with my son and I think…
Activity: Have your child create their own comic strip
When I set the Ikea paper on the dining table and tape it to cover the entire thing, the kids usually realize something fun is going to happen. Sometimes I just set the…
Around Ottawa: Visiting the Children’s Museum (Museum of Civilization)
With much excitement, I took the kids to the Children’s Museum (part of the Museum of Civilization last week). For years I’ve heard how wonderful it was, yet hadn’t taken them yet. It…
Activity: Counting Eggs, Matching and Pattern Recognition
This easy and educational Easter activity had my kids asking to do it again and again. On paper laid out on our table (although you could use an easel, bristol board, anything!) I…
Activity: Make Your Own Bean Bag Toss Game
Sometimes the games we play seem so simple it’s silly – but these are the things that my kids love (which makes me happy too!) This game was made with coffee stir…
Holy Fun, Batman
As part of the fun of being a Fisherprice Mom, surprise packages arrive at our door once and a while. These packages have toys of course, and when a box of toys shows…
Activity: Counting to 100 using pennies and craft paper
As part of 100 days of school and Kindness Week, my son’s class was asked to count out 100 pennies to bring for donation to a local foundation. I LOVE this idea. Not…
Activity: Valentine’s Day Fill in the Blank Printable
A little printable for you and your school aged child to practice their writing (something we are doing a lot of in this house with my 5 year old) Help the younger ones…
Turning Winter Blahs into Winter Hoorahs With the Kids
I am so over Winter. Am I alone? Because seriously, I’m not sure what it is this year but I am done. Sadly, we still have many weeks left of winter and the…
