Egg Slime

March 19, 2016April 6, 2016 Pinparent Kid's activities eggs, Food, kids, messy, play, preschooler, pretend, sensory, slime 4 Comments

Easter is only a week away. We have been shopping & preparing for the holiday. I have a ton of plastic Easter eggs lying around waiting to get filled. I should rephrase that, I had a ton of plastic Easter eggs. My daughter has been slowly depleting my supply & using them in her play […]

Button Wind Chimes

March 17, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts buttons, craft, fine motor, kids, motor, pipe cleaners, skills, wind chime 1 Comment

My daughter is obsessed with threading buttons. When she is bored she will just grab the box of buttons and thread one pipe cleaner after another. I have a drawer full of button necklaces made by my sweet little girl. With spring around the corner, I thought that we could put those button stringing skills to some […]

Paper Plate Easter Egg Changer

March 11, 2016February 17, 2018 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Easter, Holidays, Paper Plate Crafts arts, changing, crafts, Easter, eggs, Holidays, kids, paper plate, preschooler, spin 3 Comments

My daughter is getting into the Easter spirit. We made some Easter printables a couple of weeks ago & she loved coloring & painting them, especially the eggs. She has been drawing up a storm lately & her main subject has been Easter eggs.

Straw Pan Flute Craft

March 9, 2016January 9, 2017 Pinparent Arts and Crafts arts, crafts, drinking, flute, kids, music, pan, preschooler, straws 2 Comments

My little girl loves music. She loves to sing & to dance and she loves her musical instruments. Like most kids, she loves anything that she can make noise with.

Stained Glass Butterfly Pancakes

March 5, 2016September 25, 2016 Pinparent Breakfast, Recipes art, breakfast, butterfly, Food, kids, pancakes, preschooler, recipe, spring, sprinkles, stained glass 5 Comments

My daughter loves pancakes. We make pancakes together every weekend. Sometimes they are just plain pancakes, sometimes she wants apples in them & others it is chocolate chips and on occasion she asks for pancakes in the shapes of her favorite things, like princess pancakes. *This post contains an affiliate link for convenience* She had […]

Craft Stick Easter Basket

March 2, 2016February 17, 2018 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Easter arts, basket, craft, crafts, Easter, kids, popsicle, sticks 6 Comments

Why buy an Easter basket? If you have craft sticks and a glue gun, you can make your own craft stick Easter basket. My daughter must be getting just as excited for the spring as I am. She has been laying out picnics on our living room floor for the past couple of weeks. I was […]

Footprint Fiffer Feffer Feff

February 28, 2016September 25, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Hand, foot & finger print art abc, arts, crafts, Dr.Seuss, fiffer feffer feff, footprint, kids, preschooler 2 Comments

My daughter has the gift of rhyme. Her Nana has become lovingly referred to as Nana Banana and I am affectionately known as Mama Drama. Maybe she inherits this from the poet in me or perhaps she gets it from her love for Dr. Seuss. *This post contains affiliate links* Her favorite Dr. Seuss books over the past couple […]

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* […]