My kids love to do all sorts of crafts. We keep a good range of supplies, from specific projects the kids have picked out to generic supplies they kids get really creative with. The hardest part is keeping the craft supplies from being a total mess all around the...
With the holiday season coming up, it’s a great time to express your creativity as a family and start making holiday decorations. For Halloween, for example, you can cut bats out of black construction paper, make ghosts out of tissue paper, and so on. There are tons of sites...
My mother saw this activity when she was at the Maker Faire earlier this year. She was impressed by how simple it is. First you need some plain white t-shirts. I suppose you could use other colors, but then it’s harder for kids to figure out how their colors...
One of the fun things about taking a family walk is all the leaves and such you can find. Take advantage and make a collage when you get home. You can think of different themes or just do a “stuff we found” collage. Maybe look for seeds, or different...
This is a great way to teach younger kids about recycling. Save up some cans or water bottles and use them to make musical instruments. If you use a side can opener it is pretty easy to tape the lid back on, and there won’t be any sharp edges...