We made play dough for the first time last week, and I am wondering why I didn’t try making it earlier. It was fun for the kids, super easy, and way softer than the store-bought stuff. Here’s the recipe we used, handed down from my mom (I halved her recipe to make a smaller [...]
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I was the very lucky winner of the pattern for LiEr of ikat bag’s jam tarts WAY back in October. I made one right away, but put it together wrong side out. Then we were in Vienna, then we had Christmas/New Year, and I finally got around to making the rest this past week. My [...]
It was grey and cold today, and I pulled out the tape and created some paths (directed by Emma) for an animal habitat of their small plastic animals. We cut up a cracker box (and turned it wrong side out) to make tunnels, and used fabric scraps to “spruce things up”: blue jean pockets to [...]
Looking for a creative way to decorate your child’s bedroom walls in a non-permanent way? Emma and I created these decorations for her and Johnny’s room during a recent mother-daughter date. We used contact paper and Sharpie pens (my most recent craft splurge). I got the idea after researching vinyl wall stickies and [...] Yesterday my kids were generally out of sorts, and it was too cold for them to want to play outside. Inspired by various blog posts I’ve read over my past year mommy and daddy blog reading, I pulled out our painter tape. First I laid it down on the kitchen floor and created a track [...] Emma has been doing a lot of educational play with her younger siblings lately. A few recent examples:
Teaching Johnny his letters and numbers.
“Reading” (reciting) a Halloween counting book to Johnny (I’m afraid I don’t remember the title of this book and we already returned it to the library [...] I have blogged about my children’s enjoyment of pattern block templates before, but they get at least as much enjoyment out of pattern block free play. I love the thicker wooden pattern blocks for this activity since they allow for the building of towers and other 3D structures. Pattern block templates are fun to do and [...] MATERIALS: Large sheet of paper We hadn’t made a play mat in a while, so it was the perfect activity for our first day home without relatives to help entertain yesterday. Johnny got this car/boat/plane set from a friend as a big brother gift, so we made a town to go with it. I [...]
I decided to fit one final sewing project in before my mom left Saturday afternoon. Emma had been asking for one of these for a while, and I’m glad I made one for Johnny too because he thinks it’s really cool to have a baby sling. Made using the same fabric and design [...] I feel this photo captures my two children’s personalities perfectly: Emma painting carefully with a brush, and Johnny moving quickly from paintbrush to hands… …and then from paper to hair (sorry this second photo is so over-exposed): I love washable paint! |
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