Contributed by Penny Bauder How do you make your home a place where your children's creativity will thrive? Creativity is not an inborn talent. Creativity is more skill innate quality,...
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Fall Pumpkin Crafts and Activities for Kids Who doesn’t love picking out that perfect pumpkin in the patch for carving? Enter the warm apple cider, family giggles, and kids bursting...
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The Coronavirus pandemic has led us to a whole new form of ‘back-to-school’ season. We may no longer be at the beginning of this challenge, but it’s quite evident that...
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We've cataloged some of our favorite ways to reuse Ziplock bags and upcycle the cardboard from our Discovery Boxes. Eventually, it will get recycled, but today - we play! Here...
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Color Science: How to Teach Colors to Preschoolers While it’s an important milestone for preschool-aged children to learn basic colors, it’s actually a fairly complex task! There’s some fascinating research...
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Let the kids dress up in their patriotic outfits with this patriotic Uncle Sam craft! Supplies: blue, white, and red construction paper; star stickers; glue; scissors; paper plate; cotton balls....
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Create an Ocean Sensory Bin for Kids Summertime is a great time for water play and this ocean-themed sensory bin will keep your little one busy for hours. The bin...
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Broken Clay Pot Craft: DIY Toad House One rainy afternoon, my then five-year-old daughter innocently asked, “Where do toads go when it rains?” I didn’t really know what to say,...
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Summer Fun Idea: DIY Bubble Wand My kids love bubbles but we’re always losing the bubble wands and running out of bubble solution. We’ve learned that making diy bubble wands…
Whether you have neurotypical kids or children with learning disabilities, the outdoors is one of the best places to learn life lessons. The great outdoors is more than a…
Posted by our guest blogger Kristen Beer from With a Grain of Salt. Homemade playdough. The crafty mom’s right of passage. But which is the best playdough recipe? Cooked? No-cook? Microwave?…
Did you have fun with our Build a Swimming Pool STEM activity? Here's a water slide to go with it! Kids can challenge themselves to build a waterslide or...
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Pool STEM Activity for Kids Build a cool swimming pool for toys! This STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) project is great for hot summer days, or as an indoor...
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Summer Fun: Make a DIY Sprinkler from a Recycled Soda Bottle Cool off and get your kids involved in an activity for the afternoon by making your very own sprinkler!…
10 DIY Backyard Summer Camp Activities Downloadable Summer Survival Guide! Ditch screen-time, this summer it’s STEAM-time! Don't miss our Summer Survival Guide, an 11-page PDF chock full of our best...
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Spinning 3D Hot Air Balloon Craft Put the "E" in S.T.E.A.M and engineer your own hot air balloon! My kids are just amazed by hot air balloons. Now is the...
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DIY No-Sew Bookmark Craft Are your kids asking to MAKE something today? This easy fabric bookmark craft is fun to make for grade school-age children and even teens. The last...
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10 Fun May Day Crafts for Kids Do you have family traditions to welcome spring? If not, now's a great time to start! May Day is celebrated on the first...
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Melted Crayons Turn into New Crayons with the Sun! Broken crayons happen. You can melt them into something new using the heat from the sun! The sun during a hot…
Painting with Ice Cubes Summer and winter are a great time to use ice in sensory projects. Today we’re combining a sensory art activity with color science in this ice…
10+ Scented Playdough and Paint DIY Recipes Making scented playdough and paint are fun DIY projects for sensory play, calm downtime, and seasonal activities. We recently made scented lavender...
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Recycled Craft for Kids: Tin Can Basketball Play a game of basketball in your own backyard with recycled and found materials. Kids not only get to play the game, but...
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Earth Day Cookies - Kids in the Kitchen Looking for an Earth Day activity that takes little to no time at all? Maybe even with the added benefit that you...
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STEM Experiment for Kids: Build a Balloon Powered Boat Here’s another fun summer STEM project that gets kids excited to go outside. But first, start inside with that big pile…
