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My Little Pony Free Printable Valentines
Last year at this time Kay was all about Frozen. I thought for sure that "Let It Go" song would never be out of my head. This year, her new love is My Little Ponies, specifically Rainbow Dash. Her...
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Recycled Wrapping Paper Card
A year is like an eternity in the blogging world. It seems weird that it's been a whole year since we hosted the year-long Recycle & Create series, encourage reusing materials and frugal...
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The Thoughtful Spot #123
Happy February and welcome back to the Thoughtful Spot! I'm so glad you've come to join us in sharing your great posts and discovering some new ones! My favorites last week were all ideas for kids...
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Thoughtful Spot #124
It's not officially Valentine's Day in my mind until you've written (or watched your child write) a name 20+ times on the back of the cards for the classroom. This year we have an additional bunch...
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Minions Clothespin Craft
Tired of Minions yet? Yeah, me too. But these little guys were just too cute not to share. I love how they came out...but I especially love how easy they were to make!Supplies: Clothespins (from our...
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3D Pipe Cleaner and Pine Cone Trees
We love us some nature crafts here, so I'm happy to be sharing this easy idea craft idea from Kathryn at Heaven is Smiling Above with you! I'm Kathryn, the mother of six children - all girls. :)...
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Thoughtful Spot #125
Hope you had an awesome Valentine's Day! I'm glad you're joining us for this week's Thoughtful Spot - there's sure to be lots of fun posts to read (as always!) The most-clicked link last week was 3...
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Rainbow Hearts Craft
I feel like I've been on rainbow-mode for months. Maybe because that's how long Kay has been talking about how she wants a Rainbow Dash / My Little Pony birthday party. We still have a couple weeks...
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Plastic Eggs Stacker STEM Challenge
Plastic eggs. They don't exactly scream out "STEM activity!" Or at least, they didn't. Until I came across this post from Math Geek Mama and was inspired to try something similar with the fake eggs...
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Top 10 Colorful Rainbow Games
I feel like Kay's been talking about rainbows forever. Specifically, Rainbow Dash, a particularly spunky character in My Little Ponies. But finally the season is just right for rainbows, what with...
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STEM Blocks Challenge
I think a lot people hear the word STEM and instantly think of high-tech toys and gadgets. But you don't need to spend a lot - or even anything at all - to encourage STEM-thinking. It's basically...
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Invitation to Create: Easter Eggs
Some of my favorite activities for kids are the ones where you just put out the materials and let them explore and create however they want. Not because it's less work for me. Okay, at least not...
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25 Fine Motor Art Ideas
Once upon a time, I worked on a book of fine motor ideas for kids with a group of blogging friends. It came out...and was a hit! So much so that we've decided to put together a second collection of...
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Free Rainbow Dash Birthday Party Invitations
Birthday parties can get real expensive real fast. So to save some money, and because I just enjoy it, I made some things, like the invitations, myself this year. I had more fun than I'll admit...
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Hoof Decoration Kit Goodie Bags
After several years of being the proud mom of a little girl who loved trucks and mud and superheroes, I'm kind of enjoying this change over to girly-girl. This year she turned 7 and wanted a My...
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Printable Easter Egg Finger Puppets
Nothing says Easter like eggs with cartoon eyes! Okay, that may be stretching it, but these finger puppets are cute, free, and fun. And you can't beat that! At Halloween time we made some simple...
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Easter Bunny Wall Hanging
How can you tell when I've been playing around with my Cricut? Well, for one, my shapes come out looking like what they're supposed to! While these bunnies look like an easy enough shape to cut...
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Cute Bunny Candy Huggers
When I saw these adorable "candy huggers" at Lia Griffith, I had an inspired DIY moment. I didn't want to pay for them (okay, also a cheap-o moment, apparently...) - I wanted to *make my own* and,...
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Craft Stick Easter Bunny
I get more inspiration from the Oriental Trading catalog than I care to admit. This little craft stick bunny is a case in point! The catalog sells craft kits with all you need to make these cuties,...
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Bubble Wrap Bunny Craft
When we get bubble wrap in our house, one of us thinks "Yay, let's pop it!" and another one thinks, "Hmm...what could we make?" Fortunately, we get enough packages (and therefore enough bubble wrap)...
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