Brrrrr!!! Winter is definitely here! It got down to the teens here today, which is exceptionally rare here in Georgia. So I thought it would be fun to feature some great winter activities for kids! Winter is not my favorite season, not by far. There’s something about cold weather that just makes me want toKeep Reading…
50 Fun and Easy Winter Crafts for Kids
Cold winter days are just made for crafting, aren’t they? Well, they’re made for sipping hot chocolate, curling up with a good book, and crafting. Like a lot of you, I don’t have a natural “crafty” gene and I don’t have a lot of time to gather supplies and create intricate projects, no matter how much I’dKeep Reading…
Coffee Filter Crafts for Kids: Coffee Filter Snowman Craft
We live in the Deep South. Which means that winter is kind of a one-week deal. We do get cold weather and the occasional snow flurry, but for the most part, actual snow and ice winter only occurs every once in a while. The few times we’ve had snow have been newsworthy affairs. The kidsKeep Reading…
DIY Pop Up Thank You Cards
Last weekend, some good friends invited our family over for dinner. We had a wonderful time with them, so we decided to have the kids make some thank you cards. But any old thank you card just won’t do, so DIY pop up thank you cards it is! These were such a fun project soKeep Reading…
Coffee Filter Crafts for Kids: Coffee Filter Dog Craft
Growing up, we had a little toy poodle named Misty. She was grey all over and my mother, who was a dog groomer, always cut her hair so that she’d have a little puff at the top of her head. She usually wore a blue collar. Our kids have only asked for a pet aKeep Reading…
Coffee Filter Crafts for Kids: Coffee Filter Turkey Craft
I had my very first encounter with a wild turkey not too long ago. I knew that they lived down here in the South, but I had yet to lay eyes on one. Turns out – they’re huge! In fact, I initially thought that the one I saw was a vulture until we got rightKeep Reading…
Coffee Filter Crafts for Kids: Coffee Filter Elephant Craft
Whenever I take my kids to the zoo, one of the first animal exhibits they want to see is the elephant pit. At our local zoo, there are three elephants and, over the years, we’ve spent hours standing there watching them as they eat, walk, bathe, and perform…uh…other bodily functions. (It’s nature!) As we wereKeep Reading…
Coffee Filter Crafts for Kids: Coffee Filter Owl Craft
A few years ago, we took our kids to a live birds of prey show. During the performance, we got to see several kinds of owls swoop right over our heads! It was my first time being up close to these animals and it was incredible. I had no idea that owls could be thatKeep Reading…
Super Cute Printable Farm Paper Bag Puppets
When my kids were small, they all loved the petting zoo. Between watching the chickens run around, petting the goats and baby lambs, and seeing the pigs root in the mud, there was so much for the kids to see! Our youngest child still loves the petting zoo and she’s not alone! Kids just love farmKeep Reading…
50 Fall Crafts for Kids
There’s just something about autumn that makes me feel like crafting. (And I’m not the craftiest mom on Earth. Not by a long shot.) Still, the cool air and the crisp mornings inspire me to share more art projects with the kids. Since I’m a little on the craft-challenged side, I prefer to try simpleKeep Reading…