Learning to Count is Easy as 123

December 14, 2013January 13, 2022 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Felt Fun, Learning Tools Arts & Crafts, counting, crafts, felt, learning, parenting, toddler 19 Comments

Build A Felt Snowman

December 7, 2013February 28, 2015 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Christmas, Felt Fun, Holidays, Kid's activities activities, Arts & Crafts, Christmas, crafts, decorate, DIY, felt, Holidays, kids, snowman, toddler 16 Comments

I’m a New Englander. Tonight, marks the first snowfall of the season for us. There is a love /hate relationship between snow with most New Englanders. Every year, I get excited when that first snowflake drops. It just does not feel like the holidays with out it. That first snowfall is so beautiful. It is […]

Christmas Sensory Box

December 2, 2013April 28, 2015 Pinparent Christmas, Kid's activities, Sensory Activities activities, Christmas, Holidays, kids, parenting, play, sensory box, sensory play, toddler, toys 9 Comments

Up until about two months ago I never heard of a sensory box. I started seeing them popping up all over Pinterest. I remember thinking, “I don’t see how this would interest my daughter” , but still I was intrigued by the idea. It turns out I could not have been more wrong. It makes […]

Teaching Toddlers Emotions

November 23, 2013January 9, 2017 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Learning Tools, Paper Plate Crafts, Pretend Play Arts & Crafts, crafts, emotions, face, feelings, happy, ideas, kids, learning, masks, parenting, sad, toddler 13 Comments

I have always been one of those people that wears their emotions right on their face. When I am having a bad day, everybody knows it. I have an expressive face. I can’t help it. It is like my heart plays puppeteer to my face & I have no control over it.

Toddler Exercise

November 19, 2013 Pinparent Kid's activities activity, exercise, fitness, kids, parenting, toddler 6 Comments

A few weeks back, I had a routine doctor’s appointment. While I was there, he asked me all the standard questions, “Are you a smoker?” NO! ” How often do you drink alcohol?” When do I have the time? & … “How many days a week do you exercise?” Me: “I exercise everyday.” Doc: […]

PUPPET THEATER part 1 DIY felt puppets

November 16, 2013February 28, 2015 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Felt Fun, Kid's activities, Pretend Play activities, Arts & Crafts, crafts, DIY, fun, hand puppets, kids, puppet show, puppets, sewing, toddler 10 Comments

It can sometimes be exhausting finding activities to fill your toddler’s day, especially when they are as curious as my busy baby. We try to fill her days with fun activities and books but sometimes (and don’t think me a bad mom) it is a nice break to sit her down in front of Disney […]

What’s Your Favorite Children’s Book?

November 10, 2013March 1, 2015 Pinparent Kid's activities, Reading & Writing books, Children's books, Dr.Seuss, eric carle, kids, Poll, read, reading, story, toddler 5 Comments

Like most parents, my husband & I don’t always see eye to eye in our opinions on how to raise our daughter. There are differences in opinions on meal choices, routines & even what she wears. One thing we both have agreed on from the start, was that we wanted to make sure that we […]

Treasure Hunt Bottles

November 7, 2013April 17, 2016 Pinparent Kid's activities, Learning Tools, Sensory Activities activities, bottles, fun, idea, kids, rice, sensory box, sensory play, toddler, toddler play, toys, treasure hunt 5 Comments

A few weeks ago, we had to bring our daughter to the emergency room. She had what was called nursemaids elbow, a common toddler injury, which is basically a dislocated elbow. With a quick movement the doctor snapped Mai’s elbow back in place & within seconds, she was back to her happy, smiley, mischievous self. I was relieved. […]

Cool whip finger painting & more messy play

November 1, 2013March 26, 2016 Pinparent Kid's activities, Painting, Sensory Activities activities, art, Cool whip, edible, family, finger painting, finger paints, fun, kids, messy, paint, parenting, pinterest, recipe, toddler, toddler activities 9 Comments

As any mother of a toddler knows, toddlers have a short attention span and like to keep busy constantly. They are discovering and learning something new every day, every minute, every second. It is an incredible to thing to watch. It can be uplifting, amazing, funny, heartwarming, frustrating and oh so tiring. It can be […]

Felt farm forms

October 26, 2013March 26, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Felt Fun, Kid's activities animals, Arts & Crafts, craft ideas, crafting, face, farm, felt, pinterest, play, toddler, toddler activities 3 Comments

I found inspiration for this project from a pin that I found on Pinterest a while ago. It was felt Christmas tree, with movable decorations.I remember thinking what a fabulous idea, a felt Christmas tree that my toddler can decorate herself. It reminded me of the Colorforms from my childhood. I loved this idea but […]