This post contains affiliate links. Those hot and oh so enjoyable days of summer are bearing down on us. There are 2 things that we usually want for our kids, especially in summer, to give them fun experiences and that they remember them long after school is back in session. A simple Paper Bag Summer Scrapbook covers both of those. It is inexpensive, gives them a place to record their favorite memories of the summer, and of course easy and fun to make! If you have a particularly busy summer or … [Read more...]
Paint Chip Crafts
My favorite crafts are ones that my kids can do mostly independently, are cheap, don't make a huge mess, are creative and produce a darling outcome. I have assembled a series of paint chip crafts that exactly fit the bill. Not only are these crafts cute and easy, they are extremely cheap since paint chips can be picked up for free at many stores. Paint Chip Crafts First up are a bunch of cute animals! Make a paint chip farm by making the Pig, and Cow. Or build your own paint chip zoo with … [Read more...]
Jellyfish Paper Craft
The theme of our summer break has been crafts. We have been crafting up a storm at home and going to a lot of craft classes in the community. The trick to this being fun for the whole family (read MOM) is that the crafts are easy enough to be completed without very many instructions and easy enough for my 3 year old. Cheap crafts are always welcome, and this definitely fits in that category. Not to mention it will make a ton of them, so it's crafting for a long while. As I was thumbing … [Read more...]
Simple Preschool Learning Activities
A big thanks to Teach My for joining this season's Holiday Gift Guide and sponsoring this discussion. I have been blessed to have my children spread out enough in age that I have had one on one time with each of them. Now is the season that my youngest gets his one on one time and we love it! He is such a smarty pants that I have to keep coming up with new ideas to teach him and enforce the things he already knows. Today I want share some of the simple preschool learning activities that I … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day Snack Bags
St. Patrick's Day is here so here is a quick little treat bag idea for all your little friends. We just got some sketch pens for the Silhouette and so we decided to try them out on the Silhouette Portrait for this project. There are 4 main steps in this project: Step 1: Print The first thing you need to do is print bag tags using your printer. This will only print the chevrons, white text bubble, "I'm", "to be your Friend" and the registration marks (the black square and the … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day Crossword Puzzle Printable
My kids love it when I get really into holidays. I try to spread the celebrations out so that it builds the excitement for the holiday that is coming. Today I have a St. Patrick's Day crossword puzzle for you to print for your kids. The questions are easy enough that it can be completed by elementary school kids (my Kindergarten, however, couldn't answer most). Don't miss our other St. Patrick's Day printables, treats and crafts! … [Read more...]
Silhouette Tutorial: St. Patrick’s Day Pixelated Shamrock Pop-up card
The Back Story As I was writing the Pixelated Heart Pop-up card post, I went back to the site where I got the card templates, to get links to include in my post. On the sidebar I noticed that there are pictures of other tutorials on the site and I found these Pixelated Christmas Pop-up cards. I thought to myself, wouldn't it be cool if there were pop-up cards for all the major holidays. I searched the site for any other holidays besides Valentine's Day and Christmas, but I couldn't find any so … [Read more...]
Kids Valentines Cards You’re a Beary Good Friend
It's our favorite time of year - time to make cheesy homemade Kids Valentines Cards. My kids look forward to this every year. My husband and I come up with several ideas and they decide which they want to take to school. This year the overwhelming favorite from all our options was this darling paper bear cut out holding a bag of mini gummy bears with a sign that says "You're a Beary good friend, Valentine." I think all three kids are going to take it to their parties. Kids Valentines Cards … [Read more...]
You’re the Star of my Show Valentine
It may be true that at your child's Valentine's Day party there is going to be so much junk food that you don't want to contribute to that with the Valentine they hand out. In the past I hadn't ever really thought the amounts of sugar until I helped with the party. Last year the room Moms in my daughter's class threw a very fun party, but boy was there a lot of junk food getting consumed! Since I didn't want to add to the sugar-fest this year we created non-candy Valentine's that you can simply … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Day Candy Bar Wrappers
Have you thought about what Valentine's you are giving out this year? If you are short on time here is an easy idea. If you are handling out full size candy bars this Valentine's Day (first off, congratulations on being the most popular person in the room) here is a cute and easy way to make it more like a gift with scrapbook paper. By simply wrapping the candy bars with some Valentine's Day themed paper and adding these cute printable labels you instantly have a homemade gift that … [Read more...]
Love is in the ‘Air’ Valentine Card
Ever year we try to think of cute, creative and clever Valentine's to make our children for their school parties. My husband and I look at the candy available and then think of cheesy sayings and designs to put them on. This year, my daughter is getting a heart card with an Airhead mini to pass out to her classmates. I always love it when I can squeeze a pun into their Valentine cards. Here is the design we came up with This cut file includes the front of the heart with the … [Read more...]
How to Make Rainbow Heart Valentine Crayons
I love homemade Valentine gifts. When it comes time for my children to have their Valentine's Day party school we have so much fun thinking of cute ideas of things to make for them to hand out. These heart crayons make the perfect Valentine handout! Most kids will give candy, so you can stand out from the crowd by giving homemade Valentine's Day crayons. Do you remember the Valentine craft list? Well on that list was some heart crayons. I LOVED making those crayons last year for my … [Read more...]
“Piece of Cake” DIY Valentine
Valentine's Day is my favorite holidays because I love making homemade Valentine's for my kids to take to school. It seems to be the only time of year that corny jokes are popular with everyone. I also love all the cute mailbox ideas my husband makes as well. My kids get really into it and love talking about different ideas we all have for cards and mailbox designs. My kids love that they are some of the only ones to bring in clever, handmade Valentine handouts for their parties. Here is a … [Read more...]
You’re a Gem Valentine – Printable Cards
With non-candy Valentines becoming more and more popular I find myself wanting to make more variety for you all. I love these darling "You're a Gem Valentine" that feature a diamond ring eraser. Though the colors may be feminine, every kid loves a shaped eraser so these are a fun card to pass out no matter gender. While I will share with you how to make these yourself below and provide the printable, if you want to skip the hassle of printing out all the cards, cutting them out, cutting out … [Read more...]
I Spy My Valentine
Without doing it on purpose, the theme for my children's Valentine's this year is non-candy. I bet parents and teachers appreciate non-candy Valentine's since during their party I'm sure they get enough sweets. I don't mind handing out candy Valentine's, I just didn't get the inspiration with candy this year. I am, however, in love with this I Spy My Valentine card. Buy the kit: I LOVE the "I Spy My Valentine" cards we made this year. My husband really loves them since he secretly … [Read more...]
