Plastic Spoon Flowers

January 21, 2016May 18, 2018 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Painting art, arts, crafts, flowers, kids, painting, plastic, preschool, preschooler, spoons, spring 2 Comments

Painting With Droppers

January 16, 2016September 28, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Painting abstract, activities, art, arts, crafts, dropper, kids, painting, preschool, preschooler 1 Comment

We moved into our new house a few weeks ago. We are still trying to settle in & are unpacking those last weird random boxes. While unpacking one of these boxes of odds & ends, I came across a bag of old medicine droppers and plungers. I was getting ready to toss them, but thought […]

Kandinsky Inspired Clay Circles

January 14, 2016February 7, 2023 Pinparent Arts and Crafts art, arts, circles, clay, crafts, Kandinsky, kids, painting, preschool, preschooler 7 Comments

I look forward to the weekends. After working all week, I enjoy every second of time with my family. One of our favorite things to do on the weekends is to go to the library. We have discovered some of our favorite books from trips to the library. One of our favorites was a children’s […]

Melted Crayon Hearts

January 10, 2016September 28, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts activities, art, cardboard, crafts, crayons, hearts, kids, melting, ornament, preschool, preschooler, process, Valentine's Day, Valentines 4 Comments

*This post contains affiliate links* My daughter received a new book from her cousins on Christmas. It has since been promoted to her favorite book. ‘The Day The Crayons Quit‘ is a funny book about a group of frustrated crayons that air their grievances to their owner with individual letters to him. In only a short […]

Year Of The Monkey Paper Plate Craft

January 9, 2016September 28, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Paper Plate Crafts art, Chinese New Year, crafts, kids, mask, monkey, paper, plates, tet, year 1 Comment

*This link contains affiliate links* I am half Vietnamese. When our daughter was born, it was important to me that to be able to teach her a little bit about that part of her culture. That is why I love family gatherings & holidays with my family. She gets to enjoy the food, listen to the […]

Valentine’s Day Hand Print

January 5, 2016January 13, 2022 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Hand, foot & finger print art, Holidays, Valentine's Day arts, bee, crafts, hand, mine, preschool, print, toddler, Valentine's Day, Valentines 5 Comments

DIY Cardboard Cash Register

January 4, 2016September 28, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts arts, ay, card board, cash register, crafts, DIY, kids, pl, preschool, preschooler, pretend, recyclables 1 Comment

We moved into a new house recently. We have been working on unpacking and setting up our home over the last couple of weeks. It is hard to believe that we have so much stuff. The boxes seem endless. Mai has been enjoying playing inside of the empty boxes and we have been having fun […]

Button Threading Activity & Craft

January 3, 2016September 28, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts activities, arts, buttons, crafts, fine, jewelry, motor, necklaces, patterns, pipe cleaners, skills, threading 1 Comment

My daughter & I have always enjoyed crafting and drawing together, but ever since we have moved into our new house & we have a craft room of our very own, she downright loves it. With all of our supplies organized in shelves & bins finally and not just stuffed into a box, she has […]

Cardboard Art Display

December 29, 2015September 28, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts art, cardboard, craft, create, display, kids, play, playroom, room 2 Comments

*This link contains affiliate links* It has been a long couple of months for my family. After months of construction, my husband’s childhood home was renovated. We were eager and ready to move into our new home. The majority of our holidays were spent moving furniture & boxes and unpacking. It was a lot of work, but […]

New Year’s Eve Paper Plate Celebration Clock

December 22, 2015December 15, 2017 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Holidays, New Years, Paper Plate Crafts arts, celebration, clock, crafts, Eve, fingerprints, hat, kids, New Years, party, preschooler 3 Comments

We have been working on teaching Mai time lately. She has recently learned her months and weeks and now we have been working on the hours in a day. A couple of weeks ago we made pendulum clocks. They were a lot of fun to make together and they have been a fun way to […]