The story of Judith Scott and her beyond amazing textile sculptures is one you'll want to tell your art loving children. It's an inspirational story of a woman with Down syndrome that empowers people to find their own creative voice. This beautiful fabric wrapped sculpture art for kids activity ...
DIY LEGO Travel Tin for Building Fun on the Go
It's official, at the ripe age of four, Mr. T has moved right into the LEGO stage. Finally, I've been waiting for one of my children to really get into LEGO. I have such fond memories of my sister and I playing with my father's old LEGO collection for what seems days on end and I want my children to ...
Non Toy Play Kitchen Essentials every Family should have
The play kitchen is BY FAR the most popular toy in our home. It has been played with every single day for the past 7 years. In time we have gotten extremely good at improvising and coming up with new ways to keep things interesting in our play kitchen. Today I want to share with you our list of non ...
Recycled Garage Small World: Turning Trash into Treasure
A couple of years ago I noticed this too ugly to be true toy car garage in our local thrift store. I tend to not buy stuff when it's that ugly but there's was this potential I saw in it that I could not ignore. I was going to turn this trash into treasure and create a fabulous garage small world ...
A 3 Year Old’s Guide to Epic Blanket Fort Building
Fort building is one of our go-to activities for just about anything. A blanket fort fixes everything. Now, my three year old has his own very specific ideas about life fort building. This is his story, and if you have your own threenager, these very practical guidelines to epic blanket fort ...
How to Set up a Creative Invitation to Build a Bird Nest
If there was ever a fun spring activity, then building a bird nest is it. It's got it all: craft, art, sensory exploration, loose parts and small world play. We love it all. And the best thing is, you already have all the materials you need since you'll be improvising with what you've got. Have a ...
Introducing the diy Toy Car Travel Tin, aka Your Child’s New Favorite Toy
Some cliches turn out to be more than true. In our family we prided ourselves with our gender neutral approach to toys, clothing and activities for our then preschool daughter and toddler son. But as time goes on, our two eldest children have certainly carved their own way towards all things pink, ...
How to Put Together a Portable Tinker Box for Creative Play
The inventor's box is hands down one of the most favourite "toys" in our home. The kids love tinkering their little hearts out, creating who knows what. Our inventor's box is usually a mess, filled with recyclables and random craft materials. And while that works great for our all-over-the-place Mr ...
How to Make a Mini Dinosaur Travel Tin
After we made this gorgeous mermaid travel tin for my 6 year old daughter (and before we made this toy car travel tin), my 3 year old son kindly asked for a dinosaur one. I was more than happy to oblige. These travel tins have been the best invention since sliced bread and I promise they will turn ...
Make a Mini Magnetic Fishing Game to Play and Learn!
I can't wait to share this mini magnetic fishing game with you all. Magnetic fishing games are irresistible to little ones and this easy to make mini diy version will capture children's attention and imagination. Scroll along to discover how you can put one together with everyday items today. ...