Button Cornucopia Thanksgiving Craft

October 16, 2015September 5, 2018 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Holidays, Thanksgiving arts, buttons, cornucopia, crafts, kids, preschooler, Thanksgiving, toddler 1 Comment

Buttons, buttons, buttons…my daughter is just crazy for buttons. Whether it is using them in sensory play, selling them in her pretend button store or doing crafts with them she loves them.

Half Drawing Art Activities

October 14, 2015 Pinparent Arts and Crafts activities, arts, crafts, drawing, half, kids, preschooler, toddler 1 Comment

One of my daughter’s favorite shows is Stella & Sam. It is one of mommy’s favorite cartoons as well. If you have not seen it, it is an adorable cartoon about a little girl, her little brother & two great big imaginations. Mai asked me if I would draw a picture of them for her a […]

Inuit & Igloo Crafts

October 13, 2015January 9, 2017 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Paper Plate Crafts arts, crafts, eskimo, igloo, inuit, kids, milk jug, paper plate, penguins, preschooler, snow, toddler, winter 3 Comments

I can remember when I was a little girl, I could not wait until it would snow. I wasn’t much interested in building snowmen, but I loved having a good snowball fight & I loved to build snow forts, huts and igloos. The snow is hopefully still a little ways away, but I was thinking of […]

Paper Plate Hair Cutting Activity

October 12, 2015January 9, 2017 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Kid's activities, Paper Plate Crafts activity, arts, crafts, cut, cutting, fine motor skills, hair, kids, motor skills, paper plate, preschool, scissors, toddler 5 Comments

*Contains affiliate links for convenience* I cut my daughter’s hair. If you have ever tried to cut a 3 year old’s hair, you should know that it is not an easy feat. I had to pretend that we were playing hairdresser in order to get her to stay still. While I was cutting, she kept asking […]

Stained Glass Jack-O-Lantern

October 11, 2015October 11, 2015 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Halloween, Holidays arts, crafts, fall, Halloween, Jack-o-lantern, projects, pumpkins, Sharpies, stained glass 1 Comment

We were given a few small pumpkins yesterday. Last night, after a rather long & exhausting day, my family all fell asleep early. I was a little bored & was antsy to do something with my hands. I grabbed one of the mini pumpkins, some Sharpies & regular markers and decided I was going to […]

Tissue Box Tow Mater Craft

October 8, 2015 Pinparent Arts and Crafts arts, characters, crafts, egg carton, kids, preschooler, recyclables, tissue box, toddler, Tow Mater, truck 2 Comments

*This contains affiliate links for convenience.* My daughter love cars. She loves cars, trucks, trains & planes. It is probably no surprise then, that she also loves movies like Planes and Cars. One of the most memorable characters from Cars is Tow Mater. In my daughter’s eyes all pick-up trucks are him. We go through […]

Puzzle Piece & Q-tip Skeleton

October 7, 2015 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Halloween, Holidays arts, crafts, Halloween, kids, preschooler, puzzle pieces, Q-tips, recycled, Skeleton, Toddlers 2 Comments

This time last year, we made pasta skeletons for Halloween. I just re-shared it on Instagram last week. One of my Instagram friends recommended that I make a Q-tip skeleton. This sounded like a great idea, so I took her up on her suggestion. We made our skeleton using Q-tips & old mismatched puzzle pieces. Puzzle […]

More Artist Inspired Footprint Crafts

October 6, 2015March 17, 2018 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Hand, foot & finger print art arts, crafts, footprints, kids, man in the bowler hat, preschooler, son of man, toddler, Whistler's mother 1 Comment

Acorn & Nature Crafts

October 5, 2015November 22, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts arts, autumn, crafts, fall, kids, nature, owl, preschooler, toddler, trees, turkey 2 Comments

Yesterday was a beautiful autumn day. With the weather getting cooler everyday, I wanted to make sure that we enjoyed every second of the outdoors as we could before the cold weather hits. We went for a walk to look at the foliage, we flew a kite & cleaned up our yard. The leaves have begun […]

Button Color Match Turkey Craft

October 4, 2015October 17, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Holidays, Thanksgiving arts, autumn, buttons, colors, crafts, fall, kids, matching, preschooler, Thanksgiving, toddler, turkey 1 Comment

We have been packing in a lot of fall fun & activities lately. We visited a corn maze recently. In the maze there was a series of questions at each checkpoint in the maze leading to the maze’s end. All of the questions were about turkeys. My daughter was excited every time we found a […]