Easy Halloween Paintings

October 10, 2016September 2, 2021 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Halloween, Holidays arts, blob, cat, crafts, easy, ghost, Halloween, mummy, paint, painting, preschooler, pumpkin, simple, splat, splatter, toddler 1 Comment

Thumbprint Monsters

September 24, 2016December 1, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Halloween, Holidays arts, crafts, easy, fingerprints, Halloween, kids, monsters, preschooler, thumbprints Leave a comment

*This post contains affiliate links* We are huge fans of hand, foot & finger printed projects. They are fun to make & some of those sweet little prints make for wonderful keepsakes to save & look back at later. My daughter is going through a little bit of a monster phase lately. She loves to […]

Simple Balloon Experiment

August 15, 2016December 2, 2016 Pinparent Kid's activities, Learning Tools balloon, deflate, easy, expand, experiments, kids, preschoolers, science, simple Leave a comment

My daughter is obsessed with balloons. There are balloons bouncing around our house most of the time. We have bags of them & she asks me to blow up new ones for her all the time. Yesterday, she picked up one of her balloons & started coloring it with a marker. Looking at her colored […]

Egg Carton Cars

July 14, 2016September 24, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts arts, buttons, cars, crafts, easy, egg cartons, kids, play, recyclables, simple 3 Comments

My daughter has the most magnificent imagination. It is fascinating to watch her play. She loves to build villages & towns with her blocks & she picks up random odds and ends around the house often to incorporate into her pretend worlds. We painted some egg carton pieces & toilet paper roll earlier this week […]

Cute & Simple Spring Crafts For Kids

February 18, 2016February 24, 2018 Pinparent Arts and Crafts arts, crafts, easy, kids, preschooler, simple, spring 1 Comment

Paper Plate Umbrella Craft

February 28, 2015February 25, 2017 Pinparent Arts and Crafts Arts & Crafts, easy, kids, paper plates, preschooler, spring, Umprella 10 Comments

Tomorrow is finally March. We can kiss February goodbye & start the countdown to the spring. I feel as if it is all that I can think about. I am over the cold & snow and am longing for the outdoors. The snow may melt in the spring, but it is not without its weather […]

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars

April 26, 2014October 8, 2015 Pinparent Dessert, Recipes baking, bars, cheesecake, chocolate chip, cookie, dessert, easy, Food, oatmeal, recipes 12 Comments

I think I have mentioned before that my work has a monthly pizza party to celebrate all of the birthdays in that month within our company. On pizza day, they bring in a variety of different topping pizzas and a ton of desserts. Oh the desserts, oh so many delicious desserts. Ever since the last […]

Who Needs Toys – Playtime Made Easy

March 10, 2014June 30, 2015 Pinparent Helpful hints & tips, Kid's activities, Sensory Activities activities, blanket forts, books, chick peas, colored rice, coloring, dance, drawing, easy, family, fun, kitchen utensils, life, play, reading, simple, song, toddler, toys, water 23 Comments

You always hear people joke that you don’t need to buy young children expensive toys because all they end up wanting to play with is the box. This is no joke. There is no truer statement. Toddlers are easy; they can find the fun in anything. Their little spongy minds are absorbing and exploring everything. […]

Sloppy Joe Cornbread Casserole

February 24, 2014March 1, 2015 Pinparent Dinner Main Courses, Recipes baking, casserole, cheese, corn bread, easy, eats, Food, ground meat, Jiffy, peppers, recipes, sloppy joes, venison 15 Comments

Because sometimes you just need comfort food… Ingredients: 1 lb of ground meat (for this recipe we used venison but any ground meat will work.) 2 Cups of chopped peppers (red,yellow & orange) 1 cup of shredded cheddar 1/2 tsp olive oil 1 packet of sloppy joe mix 1 can of tomato paste 1 1/4 […]

French Toast Balls

December 23, 2013April 16, 2016 Pinparent Breakfast, Recipes baking, bite size, breakfast, cooking, easy, Eating, Food, french toast, quick, recipe, toddler 40 Comments

*Featured image has been updated* Happy Christmas Eve Eve. We are only two days away & it has been a busy & exciting holiday so far. I am thrilled that we have the next few days off together as a family because it is so rare. Yesterday, there was a party for the kids at a […]