We’ve made bubble solution before, but since there was a giant bubble wand in the girl’s summer fun kit we needed a lot more solution, stat. I found this recipe at Happy Hooligans, and another at Frugal Fun 4 Boys, which was even easier so that’s the one we went with. It has exactly three […]
A Fun Find for Summer: Chalk Paint Markers
One of the things in my summer tub for the girl was a set of Rose Art Sidewalk Chalk Paint Markers. I found them at JoAnn but I assume they are other places that sell sidewalk chalk as well. They come in standard colors of red, yellow, blue and green as well as neon colors. […]
Her Daily Craft: Color Mixing
It’s funny what happens to the kids of bloggers. These are kids who will do something cute and ask if you’re posting it to Facebook (well, that’s probably everyone’s kids these days), who take pictures for their own pretend blog posts or play making videos because that’s what their parents do. The other day the […]
Flower Pot Summer Activity List
I’m beginning to think getting ready for summer is more exhausting than summer itself. I spent the morning brainstorming a list of easy activities that I can have ready or easily have all the supplies for at any time during the summer, and shopping for a few things I needed for some of them. I […]
Get Ready for the Break with a Summer Activity Box
I’ll admit this one isn’t all that crafty, but my daughter has exactly two more days of school before summer break. And while I’m super excited about all the time we’re going to get to spend together over the summer — at least six of the next 12 weeks — I also have to get […]
Make Upcycled Musical Instruments for Earth Day and Beyond
We are all about upcycling and creative reuse here at ODC HQ, so I was super-excited to get a look at the ebook Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rock Out! by Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou, an awesome world music performer and teacher who loves to get kids excited about music in creative ways. The ebook has 10 different […]
Make a Cardboard Roll Animal {Craft Challenge, Day 91}
Something that is good to try when you aren’t feeling very creative is to go back to kid crafts. It happens that we have a whole lot of cardboard rolls (TP rolls or paper towel rolls, it doesn’t matter what you use) lying around, which got me thinking of using one in a craft. I […]