50+ Kid’s Birthday Party Ideas

May 6, 2016March 8, 2018 Pinparent Arts and Crafts activities, birthdays, decorations, Food, games, ideas, kids, party, special occasions, themes 1 Comment

Nature Resist Tie Dye Shirts

April 24, 2016May 18, 2018 Pinparent Arts and Crafts activities, art, crafts, kids, nature, painting, preschool, resist, shirts, spray, spring, summer, t-shirts, tie dye 9 Comments

Use items in nature to create beautiful nature resist art and t-shirts. This is a wonderful project for people of all ages.

Earth Day Lacing Craft

April 4, 2016September 25, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts activities, arts, crafts, day, earth, fine motor, kids, lacing, painting, preschooler, skills, yarn 2 Comments

Earth Day is April 22nd. It is never too soon to start teaching your children about the planet & how to protect it. We have taught our daughter to recycle & the importance of not wasting food, water or electricity. Even her favorite book “The Lorax” teaches her about what can happen if we don’t […]

50+ Egg Carton Crafts For Kids

March 29, 2016September 25, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts activities, animals, egg carton. crafts, flowers, Holidays, kids, preschooler, projects 2 Comments

I hope that everybody had a Happy Easter. If you are anything like us, you probably filled your children’s Easter baskets and your faces, maybe had an Easter egg hunt or two & colored a whole lot of Easter eggs with the kids. With all of the eggs being made over the holidays, you were probably left […]

Cardboard Box Marble Run

February 27, 2016September 25, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Kid's activities activities, box, cardboard, fun, kids, marble, pom poms, ramp, recyclables, run 1 Comment

Kids love boxes. The larger the box, the more fun to be had. We are still in the process of getting our house unpacked after our move and have a ton of empty cardboard boxes. We have been having a lot of fun making things out of our boxes & the cardboard. *This post contains affiliate links* […]

Patchwork Quilt Sewing Craft & Activity

February 22, 2016November 18, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts activities, arts, crafts, fine motor skills, patchwork, preschooler, quilt, sewing, threading, weaving 1 Comment

Patchwork Quilt Sewing Craft & Activity * This post contains affiliate links for convenience* A few weeks ago, my daughter & I made sew & weave Easter bonnets. She really enjoyed working with the plastic sewing needle. She liked it & took to it so well that I wanted to give her more sewing projects. […]

Spin, Roll & Count Gross Motor Skill Game

February 1, 2016November 7, 2017 Pinparent Kid's activities activities, counting, exercise, family, game, gross, kids, motor skills, preschool, preschooler 1 Comment

This gross motor skill spinner game was inspired by an idea from our clever little girl. One day after watching me do a workout video, our daughter picked up a die and rolled it and told me that she was going to do arm rolls. She rolled a 5 and did 5 arm rolls. She […]

Clay Fingerprint Keepsake Ornaments

January 29, 2016March 24, 2020 Pinparent Arts and Crafts activities, arts, clay, crafts, dough, family, fingerprints, heart, keepsake, ornament, preschool, preschooler, salt, Valentine's Day 6 Comments

These clay fingerprint ornaments are perfect for any occasion. They make a great keepsake gift for grandparents and mom and dad. *This post contains affiliate links* Some photos have been updated since original post. My daughter has inherited a lot of hand-me-down books. We have so many that we don’t even know what […]

Northern Lights With Watercolors

January 26, 2016December 22, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Painting activities, art, arts, aurora borealis, crafts, Northern Lights, painting, preschool, preschooler, silhouette, watercolors 3 Comments

This week our family & I are heading to Iceland for vacation. My husband & I have been before & love it there. We are excited to take our daughter to see the geysers & walk the ice tunnel, but our main reason for going is to try our luck at seeing the Northern Lights. […]

Yarn Wrapped Hearts

January 19, 2016February 1, 2022 Pinparent Uncategorized activities, art, arts, crafts, fine motor, hearts, kids, preschooler, skills, Valentine's Day, yarn 6 Comments

My daughter is slightly obsessed with yarn. We have a big bin filled with yarn & ribbon and she pulls it out all the time. She likes to cut it, tie it to things & make obstacle courses throughout the house with it.