Rainy Day Art with Chalk and Oil
It’s Day 3 of our 31 Days of Outdoor Activities for Toddlers series and this morning we woke up to rain! We decided to grab our umbrellas and do some Rainy Day Art with sidewalk chalk and oil! In…
Spring Suncatchers
It’s Day 2 of our 31 Days of Outdoor Activities for Toddlers series and today we took a stroll around the yard and collected tons of beautiful treasures to create our very own Spring Suncatchers. We were inspired by…
Fly Swatter Fun for the Swimming Pool
Post by Contributing Writer Amy “Stop playing with the flyswatter! You are getting dead bug germs everywhere!” Yep. That was me. I’ve said that so many times. Please don’t tell my kids that “dead bug germs”…
Fun Fall Play Parade
Post by Contributing Writer Amy The girls had a blast with this Fun Fall Play Parade, which combined fine and gross motor skills as well as sparked their creativity. On top of that, they were engaging in imaginative play…
Swimming Pool Sound Match
Post by Contributing Writer Amy When it gets hot, it’s hard to think about learning activities for the kiddos, but this Swimming Pool Sound Match game was a winner with my girls because it was fun, easy, and kept…
Rainbow Ice Tunnels
Creating these Rainbow Ice Tunnels has been one of the neatest projects we’ve done in a while. It is the perfect blend of science and art…and it kept the boys occupied for well over an hour! I first…
Toddler Fishing
It’s Day 9 of our A Very Toddler Summer series we are co-hosting with my friend Kristina from Toddler Approved. Our two weeks of toddler fun are quickly coming to an end…we have had a blast with some awesome (and…
Rolling Pin Art for Toddlers
Creativity at our house majorly suffers during the winter months, mainly because I don’t want to clean up big giant messes in my house (I know, I know, I’m horrible). Thank goodness that with warmer weather comes more…
DIY Treasure Chest for Toddlers
Today is Day #2 for “A Very Toddler Summer” series with Toddler Approved! We decided to create our own DIY Treasure Chest for Toddlers using a baby wipes container and baby food lids to kick off our first activity….
Egg Heads Activity from “The Garden Classroom” Book
My blogging friend Cathy James of NurtureStore just released her book The Garden Classroom. For someone who is vegetationally-challenged like I am, this book offers helpful information and beautiful inspiration! I am quite certain that I have a black…
12 Ways to Learn with Water Balloons
Water balloons are a quintessential part of summer. But they can also be a great learning tool! Check out these fun and fabulous ways to learn with water balloons. BIG NEWS!!! In celebration of summer, I’ve teamed up with my…
Mixing Colors with Water Balloons
This was a super fun art activity for a hot summer day! We had a great time mixing colors with water balloons! We used water colored with liquid watercolors within each balloon to create secondary colors once they were popped…
Sum Splat: Learning with Water Balloons
Water balloons are so much fun for the summer! But besides being a great way to burn off some energy, they can also be a surprisingly good learning tool! We used water balloons to create this sum splat game…
Simple Tree Bark Boats
One of our favorite things that we did on our vacation to the mountains was hanging out by the river. The boys love throwing rocks and getting their feet wet in the icy-cold water. A random finding of bark…
An Outdoor Game for Kids who Love Fairy Tales (with printable action cards)
Guest Post by Anna of The Measured Mom How’s your summer? After a long, cold winter, we’re enjoying some beautiful weather – perfect for taking the kids outside. While my four-year-old could spend all day outdoors, his six-year-old sister often…
5 Ideas for Free Summer Play
Guest Post by Kirsten Joy of kirstenjoyawake.com Summer is more than halfway through and for many of us vacations and stay-cations are in full swing. Usually, this means the budget is spent and we still have half the summer…
Make a Rain Stick
Around this time every year, people around these parts start begging for rain. Whether it is to green up their browning yards, replenish their drooping crops, or simply to have a break from the stifling heat…a forecast that includes…
Sight Word Dive
One of our favorite things about the summer is swimming. My parents have a pool and we live about 2 miles from a YMCA waterpark, so we are in the water a lot! Unfortunately, Little Brother has had some…