Preschooler

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Craftiness

Create Custom Crayons

Reuse old crayons to make new ones! Perfect for gifts.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

Sewing

A Simple Solution When Your Child's Halter Top Is Too Small

Have you ever had a halter top or halter dress that you wondered might be a tad bit too small or large for you kids? Why not fix it with a simple shirt?

Science & Sensory Play

Making Frozen Oobleck

Create oobleck and if that gets old change it up by adding food dye and/or freeze it before playing.

Sewing

Sleepy Gowns - Patsy Party Dress Hacked or Mashed

I hacked the free Patsy Party dress to make a simple nightgown. I couldn't stop there and had to see what the Patsy skirt would look like mashed with the Olivia top. Love how both turned out.

Sewing

Outfits For LEGOLAND®

Are you heading to LEGOLAND® anytime soon? Do you sew? We recently went on a trip and I wanted my kids to wear something special for their first visit. These are the sewing patterns I made.

Science & Sensory Play

Color Changing Flowers

Do you have extra flowers lying around? Why not use them to see how dye changes the flower petals and shows exactly where the water goes.

Science & Sensory Play

Simple Buckle Play

Have some fun with your buckles! Both my kids went through stages where they loved any and all buckles.

Science & Sensory Play

Color Mixing Explosion Sensory Play

Experiment with cause and effect with explosions! Keep it safe by using vinegar and baking soda. Bring in color mixing by dying the vinegar first. So much fun!

Sewing

The Olivia Top

I found a great pattern that works with quilting cotton all the way to light-weight knits! Truly a costume shirt depending on the kids' favorite characters!

Sewing

The Patsy Party Dress

The Patsy Party dress was a fun sew that creates an epic party dress with clean hidden seams. This was an incredibly fun dress to sew up.

Sewing

52 Weeks of Sewing

Thanks to the 52 Week Sewing Challenge on Facebook I was able to constantly keep creating this year. This was a perfect reason to create a recap post of 2018. I've included links for all fabric and patterns I used (that weren't forgotten in my stash).

Sewing

Easy Quilted Christmas Stockings

Are you looking at upgrading your Christmas stocking this year? I love these stockings. They look difficult and quilted and were so easy to sew up.

Science & Sensory Play

Splitting Up a Large Toy For Your Advent Calendar

Are you wanting to add small gifts to an advent calendar but don't want all those small items hanging around the house afterwards? Why not buy one large toy and split it up over the month. You end up with one toy and your child had several days of opening joy.

Science & Sensory Play

Sensory Activity Ideas For Your Advent Calendar

Some of our Christmas Advent Calendar related toys and activities.