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Free Play Art :: Stencils, Eyes, & Feathers

We need to get back to some good ol’ open-ended art exploration around here. While the girls and I love doing projects with a “cute” finished product, I am also a big believer in encouraging and enjoying the process of creating. Our art supplies are pretty organized, which means they are inside cabinets and drawers. [...]

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Kitchen Gadget Painting

{Originally posted at Blissful Kids, February 2009} My girls and I love to explore painting with a variety of brushes and objects. One of our favorite explorations is with gadgets and tools from the kitchen. So, gather up some washable paint and an assortment of things from the kitchen. Here are some ideas to get [...]

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Toy Story Party Invitations

A certain little girl in our house is one month away from her 7th birthday. She has been dreaming of and planning for a Toy Story Party since her last birthday – she has no trouble making decisions and sticking to them! For her party invitations, we decided to make a scene with her toys [...]

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Welcoming Summer

Happy First Day of Summer! We’re doing a few simple activities this week to celebrate the Summer Solstice. The girls made neat mixed media sunshines yesterday – gluing, painting, salt-sprinkling, and cutting fun! Here’s a look at the process: Make a mixed media sunshine: Glue assorted items to a chipboard or cardboard circle (something sturdy!) [...]

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Paper Plate Life Cycle Spinners

This spring, as usual, we’ve been reading and talking about plant and animal life cycles. Here’s a fun project we did last spring – and we’re planning to revisit it again this month! {Originally posted at Early Bird Homeschool, May 2010} The girls had fun making life cycle spinners using two paper plates and a [...]

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Read & Play: It Looked Like Spilt Milk

My girls get so excited when we have a “puffy-cloud” day, because those are the best days for finding cool shapes in the clouds. One of our favorite cloud stories is It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw. This book is simple, but engaging and was always a favorite in my classroom. When [...]

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Valentine Fairies

Over the past few weeks, there has been a lot of talk about making Valentine cards, but not much action. A quick look at the calendar today sent both my girls into a Valentine-making frenzy! I had a pretty good feeling that Natalie would want fairies to be involved with her Valentines – she is [...]

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Picture Frame Calendar

Happy Monday evening! Hope you had a wonderful weekend. My family is finally healthy after coming down with a stomach bug one after the other – I was the only lucky one who didn’t get it (knock-on-wood….). My niece turned 12 over the weekend, and I made her this fun dry-erase calendar out of a [...]

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Teacup Bird Feeders

We had a great time making teacup bird feeders for Christmas gifts. I bookmarked the tutorial (@Cap Creations) last spring and I’m very happy we finally got around to making them! The girls had a great time choosing cups and saucers at the thrift store. We ended up with some matched sets and some we [...]

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Gingerbread Families

Somehow my suggestion of making a stuffed ornament for the Christmas tree turned into both girls making softie gingerbread families – for a total of 10 stuffed toys! Even though I wanted to moan and groan about the sewing and the turning and the stuffing and the hand-sewing, I’m sure glad that I said, “Yes, [...]

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