Celebrate

From homemade birthday parties to seasonal crafts, here is our collection of play ideas for celebrating!

Welcoming Spring

Tomorrow is the first day of spring! I think we’ll be celebrating with rain boots and umbrellas. Maybe we’ll get lucky and see a rainbow… Here are a few spring favorites from our archives: Green Collage Pretend Play Flower Shop Rainbow Poem Coloring Sheet Spring Audio Books for Kids Spring Felt Board And, more spring [...]

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Nature Valentine Photographs

A few days ago, the girls and I spent an afternoon rummaging around the backyard collecting leaves, sticks, rocks, bark, and other nature bits. Our plan was to find heart-shaped things, or arrange items in a heart shape, and take photos for Valentine postcards. We had such fun “staging” our photographs. The girls were so [...]

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Air-Dry Clay Hearts

Here’s a fun Valentine activity from the archives – the girls are planning to make these again this year! {Originally posted February, 2010} Today we had fun squishing, rolling, and cutting hearts made from air-dry clay. We punched holes with straws, so we can give Valentine necklaces to some special friends – and we’ll keep [...]

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Love Bug Pet Rocks

Painting rocks is fun, and turning painted rocks into cute critters is even more fun! Why not make a bunch of love bug pet rocks with your kids? Here’s the simple how-to: • Head outside and find a perfect rock. • Paint your rock and let it dry. We use acrylic paints for the best [...]

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Colorful Puddle-Painted Hearts

My calendar-loving seven-year-old is already counting down the days to Valentine’s Day. I guess she likes to plan ahead! Our first “official” Valentine crafts of the season are these colorful hearts made with puddles of watercolor. Not only is the finished product beautiful, the process is really fun, too! Get the how-to for this fun [...]

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Snow Globe Place Cards

My girls love setting a fancy table any time of year. Holiday get-togethers are a perfect time to create some extra-special place cards, like our cute snow globe place cards! We’re planning to use these for our winter solstice candlelight dinner, and take them to my parents’ house for Christmas Day. I’m sharing the how-to [...]

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Thanksgiving Round-Up

Feel like doing some Thanksgiving crafting with your kids? Here’s a round-up of our projects from Thanksgivings past – enjoy! Thankful Poems Give Thanks – Paper Quilt Turkey Doodles Origami Turkeys Turkey Pet Rocks

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Afternoon in Paris Party

Natalie recently celebrated her 9th birthday with a little Parisian flair. It was a sweet and simple party, filled with all kinds of crafty projects at the birthday girl’s request. Natalie’s Paris party vision included delicious treats, famous French art, a café setting, and lavender. We turned our easel into a café menu. The kids [...]

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Spooky House Pop-Up Cards

We don’t do scary around our house, but my girls do enjoy a little spooky fun this time of year. We recently spent an afternoon creating spooky house pop-up cards – it was so much fun! Come see our simple spooky house pop-up card tutorial over at Make and Takes!

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Exploring Apples

{Updated from original post, September 2009} We have been celebrating the arrival of Fall with some fun apple exploration – I love apple season! I made a simple printable booklet to record our apple activities. You can download our , if you like – enjoy! Predicting and testing if our apples will sink or float [...]

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