Make a super easy and much enjoyed Christmas gift for little ones this year! Here’s the instructions for a trio of delightful presents!
Buy a can of unscented shaving cream and a large plastic serving tray from the dollar store. Add plastic utensils, comb, little plastic cups and scoops, popsicle sticks or other “tools” for sculpting and scooping fun. Add a little bottle of food coloring (for mom to add drop by drop, to the enjoyment of the kids).
Autumn’s beauty is pretty overwhelming where I live. As I drive up my little lane, it seems to have turned all gold!
This is the time of year that my kids start asking when we are going to make our fall wreaths—a very easy craft for little ones that helps them enjoy autumn’s glories. Here are the simple instructions: [Read more…]
I shared with you the cozy country cottage that Louisa made. Come with us to build some charming twig furniture to go inside!
Here’s how:
1) Just gather twigs. (These are cherry and peach branches recently pruned from our orchard.)
Louisa had a great time building a cozy country cottage in miniature! All you need is cardboard, glue, acrylic craft paint and some tissue paper for flowers to bloom around your door! This doesn’t have to be a female craft. Boys can make a fire station (complete with second floor fire-pole) or a space station . . .whatever you can imagine . . .
If you kids can cut out a heart, they can make a whole zoo of fun Valentine creatures!
Teach children to cut a heart by folding a piece of paper in half and drawing an “ice cream cone” on it’s fold:
Now just a little imagination and a glue stick can turn out fun animal Valentines!
Elephants…
All finished with Assignment #5?
I’m excited ’cause this is so much fun! Your children are going to love it, and so are you!
First, you need supplies, so put this on your grocery or “gather” list so you’ll be ready to have a good time!
This very old story is one of my favorites and I’ve kept it and re-read it from time to time to help me remember to see life through my children’s eyes, and to never forget the power of a mother in the home. —Diane Mama’s Boy Tommy began to get the feeling even before […]
