arts & crafts
Halloween Mini-Unit Study
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009There are 10 days left until Halloween, and what better way to get kids psyched for the event than to do a unit study on the subject!
A bit about Halloween…
There are perhaps as many stories about the origins of Halloween as there are people to tell the story. It seems like the story of the [...]
10 Autumn Crafts to Make With Your Children
Saturday, October 17th, 2009Unless you live in a place like Edmonton (Alberta) where we’ve already received our fair share of snow, you are probably admiring the changes that autumn brings onto us. Bring autumn inside with these great craft ideas!
1. Fall wreath
This small wreath is made with artificial leaves (found at a dollar store), a little raffia, and [...]
LooLeDo: an awesome new site for crafts and projects
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009If you’re looking for a superb and interactive site to pick up (and share) craft projects and ideas, take the time to check-out LooLeDo.
From the site:
LooLeDo is a project-based website for parents, teachers, and educators. LooLedo makes available the ability to share and upload your own photo and video craft projects, and allows you to [...]
Back to the Grind
Friday, August 7th, 2009We are finally (sort of) settled in and the girls are really getting impatient about starting up their schooling again. I can’t say that I blame them…it’s been way over 4 months and they seem to love doing traditional bookwork!
I’ve been trying to get out daily or almost daily with the girls to take advantage [...]
Making HandPrint Ornaments
Saturday, September 20th, 2008For those of you that celebrate Christmas, you may already be thinking about what cool activities you can do for creative gifts or decorations. I came across this darling ornament that will enable you to treasure your children’s young memories forever.
You will need:
1 plain ball-ornament for each child
white paint
paint brush or sponge
paint markers
nice paper or [...]
