Kid Recipes

Spider Crafts – Part 1

With Halloween starting to creep up on us, I thought it was about time to start posting some Halloween crafts. Spider crafts seemed like the natural place to start — especially since they are EVERYWHERE right now at my house. I don’t mind doing the crafts, but I really don’t like the creepy little critters [...]

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Green Grass Grows All Around

Everything is so green and luscious in my neck of the woods right now that the kids started singing, “The Green Grass Grows All Around,” which led me to a few grassy craft ideas perfect for warm weather.
Then again, maybe the kids were just trying to politely point out that the grass needs to be [...]

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Fathers Day Paperweight Craft Ideas

Making paperweight crafts for Father’s Day is something that has probably been around since Father’s Day began. A couple of years ago I saw an idea for making a nuts and bolts paperweight craft using plaster of paris and nuts and bolts from the garage. I thought I’d adapt the idea to make it easier [...]

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Handprint Plaque Keepsake

This is a really great keepsake for Mother’s Day keepsake craft… especially when the kids are really young and their hands are so tiny (Oh, where does the time go!). It’s also a really easy craft that Dad can do with the kids!
Salt Dough Handprint Plaque
1. Make a batch of salt dough (the recipe is [...]

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Easy Kid Valentine Recipes

Here are some really easy and fun children’s Valentine recipes that you can use tomorrow… especially since there’s no school!
These are all tried and tested by my own kids over the last couple of years and they loved them!

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Another Valentine Mailbox and Lollipop Mice

A lot of kids need to decorate a lunch bag for Valentine’s Day in order to exchange Valentines with their friends at school.
The one below is just a little different than the average bag and may appeal to boys a little more than the average “heart” bag.
In addition, I thought that some of you might [...]

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