Activities and Crafts
25 Days of Christmas – Advent Calendar Activities 2011
Once again I’m putting together our 25 Days of Christmas activity advent calendar. We’ve done this for a few years now, thanks to the creative blogger Andrea of A Peak inside the Fishbowl.…
Preschool Activity: Holiday Felt Magnets
This is a really simple activity to do with the kids and the magnets are great for the fridge, office white board or gifts! What you will need: glue felt scissors glitter glue…
Cooking with Kids: Holiday Baking and Decorating Cookies
Thanks for checking out my segments on CTV Ottawa Morning Live this morning! I really appreciated the words of encouragement. As promised, I’ll be posting the cookie recipe and the craft we did.…
How to make a Paper mâché Yoshi Egg
I’ll write up the other decorations we did for my son’s Super Mario themed birthday party, but here’s an easy craft that you can do for your Mario loving gang, or simply paint…
Activity: Cutting and Counting Ghosts
Learning skills: Counting, using scissors, French Here’s an easy activity to do with all ages. For my toddler, I did the cutting (she tried a bit) while she did the gluing. For my…
Preschool Activity: At Home Library
Looking for some extra quiet time? We set up a library and the kids loved it!! I something like this on No Time for Flash Cards, one of my favourite blogs, and…
Preschool at Home: Little sis wants to go to school too
On Wednesday I kiss my big nearly 5 year old boy goodbye and send him back to school. It’s only 2.5 hours a day, and he’s looking forward to it so it’s a…
Re-purposing
Sometimes taking something old and using it differently can make something beautiful. Pictured is my great-grandmother’s tea cup from her china set that she gave to my parents for their wedding and who…
In and Around Ottawa: Cumberland Heritage Museum
It’s no secret I love the country and farms. And history. Having these combined into a local place we can visit at a family is just another wonderful reason why Ottawa is…
The Country Fair
I grew up in the country so the Fair weekend was a pretty big deal. As young kids it was fun, and typically since our school was right beside the fairgrounds we…