Making play dough is almost as fun as playing and sculpting with play dough! This simple cooked play dough recipe is a great way to encourage kids to have fun in the kitchen. The resulting dough is smooth, not grainy, and you can make it using inexpensive ingredients found in your cupboard. And this recipe […]
Pam of Gingerbread Snowflakes has a great tutorial for a simple modification to the classic God’s Eyes craft project that transforms the finished project into a small frame, perfect for displaying small treasures. I love the idea of doing this with kids while on vacation as a way to remember the trip!
How adorable is this knit pattern to make a haltermelon for a little girl? This is just one of the many cute kids knitting patterns on the new site Petite Purls. [ via Twitter @plainsight ]
Babies and kids are messy eaters so you can never have too many bibs around the house if you ask me. Iuvinthemommyhood shows you how to save some moolah and turn a placemat into a bib.
Rainbow Jell-O By Katie Goodman Themed snack and story-time activities are great ways to entertain kids during the summer months. What often starts out as glee — hurray summer, no more school! — can quickly turn to boredom if you don’t have a lot of activities on your schedule. Rainbow Jell-O is a fun snack […]
The 4th and 5th grade students at Honey Creek Community School in Washtenaw County, Michigan made vibrobots as part of their Design & Technology curriculum. The looks of pride on these kids’ faces are amazing. Vibrobots are a great project for kids this age (kids of any age, really) ’cause they’re easy enough for anyone […]
The American Felt and Craft blog has a tutorial and patterns for making felt food that can be cut apart and put back together again, a fun activity for children who want to practice cooking skills in a safe way.
