Science & Sensory Play Dinosaur Fossil Dig Do you have a child that loves dinosaurs? I made salt dough fossils paired with sand and paintbrushes so my kids could be backyard paleontologists.
Sewing Finishing Your Embroidery Have you been working on some embroidery and are worried how you'll finish it off once done? I wanted to share how I finished off my last three embroidery kits in case you're looking at how to finish your own.
Sewing Patch Your Lightweight Fabric With Embroidery Is there a hole in your child's favorite lightweight knit item? Why not patch it with some simple embroidery flowers.
Science & Sensory Play Dried Out Oobleck (Oobleck Sand) Our oobleck lasts for days by drying it out and re-hyrdating it repeatedly! The kids love it!
Craftiness Pattern Weights Have you been sewing and need pattern weights to help cut out your patterns? Do you want to make a decorative paper weight or something similar? Here are the pattern weights I by buying some washings, using some embroidery floss, and some fabric scraps. Why not check them out?
Children Kids' Swimming Suits - Second round with an extra year of experience. An update to my swimming suits! This includes everything I learned from the last time. Simpler than I expected!
Food & Dessert Zoey's Third Birthday - Orange DUPLO®/LEGO® Theme Overview of our orange LEGO® themed 3rd birthday party.
Science & Sensory Play Water Gun Targets Combined color pages, thermal laminator, and water shooters to make a fun outdoor activity.
Food & Dessert Colorful and Simple LEGO® Themed Cupcakes Does your child want a specific color as their birthday theme and you're looking to incorporate it? Are you looking for a light dessert? Why not make angel food cake. It's so simple to mix up and you can dye it to match whatever color (or colors) you want!
Craftiness Quick and Simple Storage Containers Are you wanting to organize a hidden space? Are you constantly changing an area that's in flux? I've been able to take cereal and other boxes and repurpose them to fit my space and offer a custom fit for my items.
Science & Sensory Play Color Themed Playdough and Oobleck Stations Does your child want a color-themed birthday party? Are you looking for a fun activity to play inside or outside at your next playdate? At Zoey's birthday party we created an oobleck and a playdough sensory stations outside for the kids to fully enjoy!
Food & Dessert Simple Banana Wraps Are you looking for a simple and quick main for you kids' lunch? Do you need something easily transportable? How about a side with a meal? My kids favorite lunch to bring when we go out are banana wraps. So simple to make.
Science & Sensory Play Easy Dinosaur Swimming Pool In The Garden Did you want your kids to play longer outside? Why not create a dinosaur bubble bath, pond, or swimming pool. Works for any of your water-safe toys. You change this up to use plain or soapy water and switch it up with other toys too.
Craftiness Two Person Hand and Footprint Canvas Art Do you want to save your child or children's hand and footprints while they're still little? Do you want art on their wall that reminds them that they're loved? Why not do both?
Science & Sensory Play Chocolate Oobleck Change up your oobleck with cocoa powder to make ooey gooey mud. After exploring change it up by running your monster trucks through it or add some animals. So much fun!
Science & Sensory Play Coloring On Playdough Change up your playdough with washable markers. You can easily color on your newly made creations. Or you could roll out your dough, color it, and then cut it out!
Sewing Hacking The Passport Wallet - Resizing It For Two Do you need a passport holder for one or two people? Are you okay losing the entire width of the boarding pass space? I shortened the free Rebecca Page family passport wallet so you have something smaller to hold your passport while traveling.
Sewing Hacking The Passport Wallet - Using Different Fabrics On Either Side Of The Pockets Hacked a passport wallet sewing pattern with different designs on the outside and inside.
Science & Sensory Play Ada's 4th Birthday Party Overview post going over our science-themed 4th birthday party. Links to all the related science-themed food and sensory activities we had.
Sewing Our Dinosaur Pillows I let the kids go to town designing their own dinosaurs using Rebecca Page's newly released free Dino Dragon Pillow sewing pattern. It's a fun pattern that lets you easily customize the pillow based on what you or your child desires!
Sewing Custom Sheets For Your Travel Cot We bought a portable toddler bed for the girls while we travel and I ended up sewing up a fitted sheet and top sheet for them. Here's how I made it!
Science & Sensory Play Science Birthday Party Favor Bags I extended our science birthday party theme to our favor bags. I made playdough in the three primary colors for color-mixing and then left the rest simple by buying food-safe test tubes to contain some Canadian smarties and sour candy.
Science & Sensory Play Flower Dissection - Science Sensory Bin Do you have flowers hanging around that may wilt soon? Why not have some fun and have your kids dissect them. They can learn how flowers are formed, look up how they work, and have some sensory fun while they're at it!
Science & Sensory Play Frozen Oobleck Color Mixing Sensory Play Are you hosting a playdate or birthday party and want a fun sensory activity? Do you want a fun color mixing activity for you and your kids? I froze colored oobleck and mixed a plain batch of oobleck for my daughter's birthday party for color mixing experiments.
