Letter of the Week: C is for Cat

LETTER OF THE WEEK: C IS FOR CAT

C is for Cat Craft: Lately we have been working our way through our letter of the week crafts. While I am not personally a fan of focusing on one letter for an entire week, these simple crafts are a ton of fun for getting kids exploring letters.

LETTER OF THE WEEK: C IS FOR CAT

Your child is going to love learning about the letter C while creating an awesome cat. Remember, encourage your child to be as creative as they’d like while learning about the letter C. You don’t have to use all that I did, or anything that I am using. Appeal to your child’s wants and desires. The C can be transformed to a princess cat, and be made from lace, or your child’s cat can turn into a superhero with a cape made of leather dark plastic. The possibilities are endless! Now, who said learning won’t be fun?

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Phone Number Bracelets {That Kids Can Make}!

Easy DIY Phone Number Bracelets

The final school bells have rung, the heat is rising, and the days are getting longer. Summer is officially here! While summer is a chance to kick back and soak up some quality family time, it also is an incredibly busy season for many families. It’s amazing just how many activities can be packed into those three months!

When your family is on the go keeping up with everyone (and everything) can be a bit of a headache. To add some simplicity to our life our kids wear these easy DIY phone number bracelets and carry a Verizon cell whenever we are out and about!

Easy DIY Phone Number Bracelets

One of the first things that we do every summer is design our phone number bracelets for the year. Ever since the year that we almost lost Livia in a crowd at Sea World, my kids have been required to wear these whenever we are out and about. Due to the wear and tear of these we replace them every summer.

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar DIY Puzzle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar DIY Puzzle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar DIY Puzzle: Bring this classic Eric Carle book to life with this delightful DIY puzzle. This is one busy bag your kids will want to play with often!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar DIY Puzzle

One of the great things about this busy bag puzzle is that it can easily be recreated to go with any book your child loves, is a fun upcycle, and it can be tailored to the complexity that your child needs! Adventures in a Box created one to go with Good Night, Good Night Construction Site that we just adore!

Since we are just starting to really explore puzzles with Meatball I kept our caterpillar puzzle on the simple end. I am in love with how it turned out!

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar DIY Lacing Cards

The Very Hungry Caterpillar DIY Lacing Cards --A Brilliantly Simple Way to Reuse Your Book Sleeves!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar DIY Lacing Cards are an excellent activity for developing fine motor skills, improving hand-eye coordination and concentration, and keeping little kids busy {especially during quiet time}!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar DIY Lacing Cards --A Brilliantly Simple Way to Reuse Your Book Sleeves!
These last couple weeks have been beyond crazy with our move. With chaos fully exploding around us and restless kiddos we have been on the hunt for simple DIY quiet games our kids could create. Before we gave these a try we made some DIY Paint Chip Puzzles that were an absolute hit with the kids for our house hunting road trip. Wanting to expand on some of our easy busy bags before the big move we gave this DIY Lacing Cards a try — they loved them!

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Letter of the Week: B is for Bee Craft

Letter of the Week: B is for Bee Craft

B is for Bee Craft: Lately we have been working our way through our letter of the week crafts. While I am not personally a fan of focusing on one letter for an entire week, these simple crafts are a ton of fun for getting kids exploring letters.

Letter of the Week: B is for Bee Craft

There are many ways this craft can be done, so don’t feel like you have to follow these instructions to a T. We used construction paper when doing our craft because Meatball is all about working on his scissor skills. Other alternatives could be paint and cardstock, washi tape, or even glue and pom-poms.

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