Arts and Crafts for Kids

Martin Luther King Jr. Crafts- Dream Card

March 6, 2025January 10, 2016 by Stephanie Oswald

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day happening next Monday we have spent a good amount of time talking about Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy. While Livia is beginning to grasp the concepts of segregation and the civil rights movement, we are mostly focusing on how we treat other people.

Martin Luther King Jr. Crafts — Front of Card

Before we started the Martin Luther King Jr. craft we talked about how everyone is different and how it is those differences that make the world a beautiful place. We brainstormed ideas on how we should treat people and labeled some of the differences found between us.

Holiday Felt Busy Tray

November 9, 2026December 23, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

This simple Holiday Felt Busy Tray is a great way to encourage independent play and creativity in your kids. The skills they will work on with this invitation to create are endless!

Beaded Candy Cane Ornament

November 9, 2026December 20, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

This beaded candy cane is SIMPLE enough for me to do with the kids!

This beaded candy cane ornament is one of the easiest crafts you can make with kids, and one I remember making as a child. It teaches AB patterns, builds fine motor skills and makes a nearly indestructible ornament, which is perfect when a toddler has declared war on your tree. Ages 3 and up Time … Read more

Salt Painted Spider Webs

November 6, 2026October 31, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

Spiders are not something I am very fond of…ok not at all fond of. They make me cry. and cringe. and can always get a scream – ick. But for some reason that I cannot wrap my head around both kids LOVE spiders.

Save.Me.

This simple spider activity was a safe way for us to explore this strange fascination of theirs. Plus these Salt Spider Webs turned out stunning!

Am loving how beautiful these salt painted spider webs are!

As I write this my dashboard is suggesting all these spiders images and wikis to include in this post…so excuse how short and sweet this will be. My skin is crawling and I cannot stare at this too long…

I Want to Eat Your Books Bookmark!

November 6, 2026September 21, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

One of the things that I love about being a blogger is getting to explore the new kids books that are out there with my kids. It’s seriously one of my favorite perks. This week we were sent a book by Karin LeFranc and Tyler Parker called, “I Want to Eat Your Books“. This book was absolutely adorable and a fun conversation starter on how to properly treat books!

How cute is this I Want to Eat Your Books Bookmark?!

As we watched the book-ivore zombie tear through the pages of this delightful book Meatball laughed, cringed, and quite often shouted out “No! No!”. The illustrations were bright and fun and the overall feel of the book is very playful. In the end the zombie teaches yet another book destroying monster how to treat books. It was at this point that Meatball voluntarily got up to pick up his books on the floor!