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Easy Earth Day Activity: Coffee Filter Planet Earth

April 17, 2020

Earth Day is next week and I’ve been trying to come up with a few easy activities for the kids to do as part of their distance learning at home. Today each of the kids made a coffee filter planet Earth. It was super easy and they had a lot of fun with it. It’s also a good one for… Read More

Easy Earth Day Craft for Toddlers & Preschoolers

April 16, 2020

Earth Day is next week and I’ve been trying to come up with a few easy activities for the kids to do as part of their distance learning at home. I had my boys (preschool) do a craft I did with the girls back when they were in preschool: mess free painting planet Earth. It was super easy and they… Read More

An Easy Rainbow Craft for Kids

April 6, 2020

We first made this easy rainbow craft for kids when trying to come up with something for a class St. Patrick’s Day party. I wanted a craft that the kids could bring home and display all spring and thought a rainbow craft was in the St. Patrick’s Day theme but also bright and fun for spring. The 1st graders had… Read More

12 Easter Crafts for Kids

April 5, 2020

For more Easter crafts for kids, please follow our Pinterest boards for our latest pins! 1. Canvas Easter Chicks Supplies Needed: Small Square Canvas Block, White Paper, Yellow Paint, Orange Triangle Nose (We used foam triangle sticker), Googly Eyes, Feathers, Glue Directions: Make yellow handprints with hands spread wide to make wings. Let dry. Paint canvas block yellow. Let dry. Add eyes,… Read More

Sponge Painting Spring Chick Craft

April 1, 2020

By Courtney Byrne Happy 1st day of Spring! Here’s an easy craft for kids that will get your house looking like Spring in no time. For this Spring chick sponge painting craft, you need very few supplies and my kids all enjoyed it (ages 3-9). Bigger kids can do it all on their own. For little ones: I let them… Read More

Easy Easter Activity: Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt

March 30, 2020

Looking for a fun Easter themed activity for the kids? Since egg hunts are all cancelled this year, I’ve been trying to think of a few fun easy Easter activities to keep the kids busy while we’re home. We’ll do our own mini egg hunt at some point but thought of another way to use all those plastic Easter eggs:… Read More

35 Easter and Spring Book List for Kids

March 27, 2020

By: Courtney Byrne Books make the perfect addition to an Easter basket! Whether you are looking for books about Easter or spring books there are plenty to choose from in this post. Below is a list of 50 Easter and Spring books for kids. Many are under $5 and even more are under $10. I’ll be sharing some crafts to… Read More

Rainy Day Paper Plate Umbrella Craft

March 22, 2020

By: Courtney Byrne Rain, rain go away. Come again another day… There is WAY too much rain in the forecast this week. This is a little rainy day paper plate umbrella craft that we made last year. I brought the idea back out as it’s was easy, fun and then of course the boys like to play with the umbrellas…. Read More

Easy Science for Kids: A Rainbow Eruption

March 21, 2020

My kids love doing science experiments. They don’t do anything fancy: some of their “experiments” are mixtures of dirt water and sticks in the backyard. I realized years ago that you can use the good old baking soda and vinegar “eruption” to make a variety of fun experiments. We have built a clay volcano and let it erupt, we made… Read More

25 Crafts, Activities and Snacks for St. Patrick’s Day

March 6, 2020

By: Courtney Byrne St. Patrick’s Day is a favorite holiday in our house. Both my husband and I have Irish relatives so it’s both a festive holiday and a time for us to teach our kids about our family heritage. Each year I try and do some new crafts and activities with the kids and add some “green” to our… Read More