EC and I were watching the latest Spider Man movie and he saw that I was making a friendship bracelet while watching it. He was really interested in what I was doing and asked if he could learn to make one. S...
Stacking stones are meant to be very calming. I didn’t really put this activity together for that reason (although if it helps calm YC and EC when they’re angry then that is a bonus). I put it together as a bui...
Just before Christmas, while I was doing a craft supply run at Hobby Craft, I came across a giant weaving loom that they had. Not only could you do normal weaving on it, but for younger children they had pictur...
A couple of weeks ago while scrolling through Instagram I came across a post by one of my favourite bloggers (Tinker Lab). In it she was doing a bilateral drawing. A bilateral drawing is when you draw simulta...
Who doesn’t like to make paper planes? I think they are similar to bubbles; it doesn’t matter how old you are, paper planes brings out our inner child. The only problem with paper planes with little ones is p...
For Christmas BB had an advent calendar that came with these cardboard figures that you put together. They were pretty cool, which made me think about turning them into some sort of play set up. Unfortunately...
The other day while coming home from school pick up, BB was talking about an arts and crafts he wanted to do on my car. I’m not quite sure I understood what he was trying to explain, but it did involve a lot o...
If you ask parents and care givers what they think about the game hide and seek, you will most likely get a mixed response. There are those who hate the game. I’ve heard many people say they don’t like the idea...
It has been a really long time since I made a cardboard box creation for my charges. I think the last one I made was a jail! EC loved to play cops and robbers when he was younger, this gave him a place to lock ...
I know that lavender is meant to be very calming and helps reduce headaches, but is there anyone else out there who has the opposite reaction to lavender like me? It is probably one of my least favourite smell...
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