We were bored. It was hot. I wanted the boys to do something together and outside. Went to my handing dandy pinterest board. Nothing jumped off the page at me. Decided to grab a bunch of vehicles. Goodness knows we have enough of those lying around! Then I grabbed a couple “washing utensils.” Then I […]
Letter Hopscotch
Time for another installment of “Serious” Fun Saturdays! Loopy has been very interested in “reading” books on his own. He knows almost all his letters and sounds, but Upper and Lowercase letters still mess him up. Loopy came up with this great game for learning about letters, using a common kitchen utensil. But this kid […]
Baby-safe Slime
This post may contain links that help support my family. If you’d like to know more, click here. Now that Lumpy is one, he wants to do EVERYTHING that Loopy does. Unfortunately, he still likes to mouth stuff so he doesn’t get to participate in some of our learning activities for safety reasons. When […]
Cooking Kids: The Simplest Cookies On The Planet
We spent the month of March studying cooking and baking. This cookie recipe is another pinterest find. It’s perfect for getting young ones involved in the whole process. It’s insanely simple, cheap and rather yummy. All you need are TWO INGREDIENTS! (Though you can add yummy mix-ins) All you need are two bananas (the more […]
Simple Cheap Nativity That Kids Can Really Play With
Like so many others, I want my children to know what Christmas is really about: Jesus, the Son of God, took on flesh to so that he could lay that life down for sinful, desperate, me. The story of the first Christmas is crazy cool and can capture a child’s imagination like only a true […]
A Cheap DIY Light Table
This post contains affiliate links that help support my family at no cost to you. Read more about that here. If you’re like me, you’ve seen some really neat activities online for little ones, using a light table. You hurry over to Amazon to see how you can get your hands on one of these […]
Colander Madness and Ice Cube Mayhem
As this summer heat drags on in Central Texas, Owen and I have been trying to find new ways to stay entertained in the AC. I never knew that I would get cabin fever in the summer. At least we shouldn’t have this problem in the winter. We’ll see. Here are two simple activities that […]
Sidewalk Paint
I’ve been trying to introduce Loopy to more arts and crafts type activities, since he usually just likes doing physical/noisy things. I found this idea on the blog Domestic Charm (check it out). I thought it’d be super simple and loads of fun. It certainly delivered. The recipe is as easy as it gets. 1 cup […]
The Wonderful World of Glow Sticks
It seems that Loopy gets new toys when his mommy is getting bored of the same old same old. So off to the dollar store we went. When I found these… I knew we’d struck gold. As soon as we got home, I grabbed our old Easter eggs, cracked those sticks and stuffed them in. […]
Water Bead Exploration
I’ve been seeing these awesome colored beads all over pinterest. I thought they would be a lot of fun to play with either as a sensory experience or coupled with a light table. I found these in the floral section at Walmart for $2 a pack. I barely used a third of them, and look […]
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