Holidays

  MR – I learned how to crochet when I was young, and did a fair bit in university.  Even after we were first married, I did a bit, but as the kids came, I did less and less.  That didn’t stop me from pinning all these cute projects, like some cute crochet Mary Jane slippers.  So last week I ... Read More »

This craft is about at the level of my little toddler – at 20 months old, he wants to do things, but doesn’t have the fine motor skills yet for cutting and precision (or anything remotely resembling precision) – I had to help him with the eyes, the nose, the mouth, and the buttons – but he sure loved touching ... Read More »

 Here are some of our favourite children’s activities for Christmas/winter. Snowman Fridge So simple, and yet so fun! Paint Chip Wreath Great for fine motor skills – cutting & gluing Christmas Lacing More fine motor skills practice Handprint Ornament Great gift to give! Lightbulb Snowman Ornament Homemade Crayons Children can make and give away as gifts. Nativity Stained Glass No ... Read More »

MR – I saw this pin a few weeks ago for this beautiful wire Christmas angel. It looked great, and not too difficult to do. I had a large spool of wire I had bought from the dollar store to hang a bird feeder, and it looked like it would work well.  It was extremely easy to do, and took less ... Read More »

My little guy is almost 21 months old, and he almost certainly has no memory of the first winter and a half that he experienced.  Thus, I am trying to introduce to him the idea that the whole world outside is going to transform (hopefully!) soon into a snow covered playground!  In the past week, we’ve watched episodes of Bob ... Read More »

We got our first Christmas card in the mail today!  As someone who loves (almost) all things Christmas, this got me thinking:  with everything that I’ve come across on Pinterest in the past year, I need some new ways to display Christmas cards.  We typically get too many to just set out on the TV stand, and besides, with a ... Read More »

Last fall, I babysat two young elementary school kids on one of their P.D. days shortly before Hallowe’en.  They wanted to do something fun and crafty, but because we had also spent a lot of time playing outside, we didn’t have a lot of time left in the day for an elaborate craft!  They also wanted to make something ‘scary’ ... Read More »

Our boys are obsessed with tractors, thanks to their Opa.  We have loader tractors, combines, wagons, balers (can you tell that I  have learned a lot about tractors too?).  So for Halloween they wanted to be farmers – one driving a FORD tractor for Opa, and the other two driving John Deere – just to bug Opa. 🙂 We cut ... Read More »

After we did these Coffee Filter Easter Eggs, I saw this craft a few weeks back and thought it would be an easy, fun  activity.  It looked simple enough that we just used the image as an inspiration for our own creations. I love doing stained glass with clear contact paper, because there’s no glue, and virtually no mess. We did these ... Read More »

I saw  this pin a few weeks ago for making easter eggs with coffee filters, and I thought it was pretty cute.  We’ve already made snowflakes and butterflies with coffee filters, but I thought we’d try these. I had a house full of boys for the day (aged 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1) and this craft was great for ... Read More »