If you haven't realized this already, now you'll know, that half of what I've learned comes from experience as a parent of Early...

Save your extra scraps and bows! Anything shiny, anything with texture... ribbon, paper, twine! These items are so much fun for kids to...

If you're anything like our family, we get gifted a ton of Amazon, Target, and restaurant gift cards each Christmas or holiday season. Obviously, we love it! But what to do with all of the spent gift cards? Don't get rid of those spent gift cards just yet! My little people love to play with old ID cards, gift cards, etc. I decided it would be fun to turn our old Melissa and Doug Mailbox into a card sort! This is especially fun for Mr. Two Year Old who has a hard time sorting

Sometimes it snows and a few things keep you from bringing kiddos outside to play... someone's under the weather, a baby is napping, the...

This season, we have some novice readers in our house here! So, I've been trying to pair our sensory tables with some Early Reader books...

These are in no way ranked in any particular order, but I need to say that all of them have been a ＨＵＧＥ item of play and creativity in...

We have found with our kids, that hiking and walking goes a lot more smoothly when we set a purpose. They become so interested in "the mission", that they forget about their tired feet, chilly hands, hungry bellies, or any other complaint that may hinder a nice hike. I started creating "Treasure Bags" that are easy to hold, open and close and will not rip! We use them over and over and the kids LOVE filling them with whatever we can find! Sometimes we set a goal of finding al

We came up with this on a whim while hiking one December day! Before beginning our walk/hike we set a purpose. we explained to our...

My kiddos LOVE watching "The Nutcracker Sweet" on Amazon Prime Video. It is a cute animated version of "The Nutcracker" and involves the...

We lucked out when we purchased this home and the garage was carpeted! Immediately we knew that we'd be making an extra-fun space out of this area for our 9, 6, 4 and 2 year (Now 11, 8, 6 and 4 year old 🤯). As summer came to a close last year and temperatures grew colder and days grew darker super early, we knew it was time to transform our space into a place to burn energy. We already had a climbing ninja net that was outdoors in our previous home. We scoured the local "bu

Gather all of your loose parts (small items you might call knickknacks) and playdough! Make a ball or smoosh it flat to create your Turkey body. I took bingo chips and drew sharpie eyeballs on them to make the turkey's eyes, but you can literally use anything! We used some left-over wiki stix as the beak, but again-- you can use anything! Buying a big bag of crafting feathers was the best choice for the month of November, as we were able to use the feathers over and over for

Sometimes all you need are some feathers to have some fun! I've had this pasta strainer for years now and originally colored some of the outer holes with permanent marker. We use it throughout the year to feed pipe cleaners through for color matching, identification, and fine motor practice. Who is to say you can't do the same thing with colored crafting feathers? I made two eyeballs and an orange beak from paper and taped them on the front of our strainer to make our Turkey.

A new tradition this year! We started a "Thankful Pumpkin" after my sister gave us this awesome idea last year! It's a perfect activity...

🌲🍁🌿🍂 We've been reading a lot of Pilgrim and Native American books here these past few weeks! Reading books and watching shows about...

Here's a quick, fun way to work on coloring, gluing and cutting during November for Thanksgiving! Start with a paper plate and some markers, crayons or paint markers (our favorite)! Have your kiddo design a face for his or her Turkey. Then, have them glue any color, design or pattern of crafting feathers on the back, top-half of the plate. Once the feathers are dry and sturdy, have your kiddo use scissors to give his or her Turkey a haircut! They can trim a little or a lot...

When warm weather is winding down and fall is creeping in, vegetables start to stop growing and gardens start to become bare. This is the...

Grab your extra paper plates and get some dot stickers! This is one of the ᴇᴀsɪᴇsᴛ Turkey projects ever! My kiddos really enjoyed making their own, unique Turkey face! Then, I added the multi-colored feathers. An older kiddo could easily cut these out and glue, tape or staple them on to the plate. Once the head and feathers were on, I had my little people peel their own sheet of colored dot stickers and stick them on the corresponding feather! We even chose a number of sticke

It is November! Fall is in it's prime! This adorable book, A Fall Ball For All, by Jamie A. Swenson pairs so well with our November...

This is a super simple Amazon box Halloween fine motor play activity!! The spiders/web side has colored golf tees to accompany— very great for color matching/identification and fine motor and coordination! Another side has kiddos feeding the Jack-o-lantern some applesauce lids and/or pompoms! This is amazing for fine motor building as well! Then we have the Frankenstein side. The Frankie “eats” playing cards! Around here, my preschoolers like to identify the number or color

Pumpkin seeds rock! We’ve had this same batch for two seasons now. We add and alter it continuously to include play pumpkins, color...