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How to Make a Fairy Garden for Your Yard

Sarah White April 29, 2015 Kid Crafts and Activities8 Comments

We’ve had an indoor fairy garden for a long time, but I always wanted to add an outdoor space where the girl could play in some dirt, have some special plants and a few fairies and fun things to play with. While husband was out of town recently I finally …

How to Encourage Small World Play

Sarah White January 8, 2015 Kid Crafts and Activities2 Comments

As a brand ambassador for Better Beginnings, I am being compensated for this post, but all thoughts are my own. Do your kids engage in small world play? What I mean by that is any kind of pretend play that uses little animals or people set up in an environment …

Campfire Kit for Indoor or Outdoor Play

Sarah White November 11, 2014 Kid Crafts and Activities4 Comments

When I went to the Arkansas Early Childhood Association conference last month (thanks, Better Beginnings!) one of the workshops I sat in on was all about prop boxes for outdoor play. The presenters offered more than 20 ideas for different prop collections that could be used outside, such as gathering …

Make Your Own Indoor Fairy Garden

Sarah White February 24, 2014 Kid Crafts and Activities3 Comments

A friend of the girl’s was having a fairy-themed birthday party over the weekend, and I thought it would be fun to make her a fairy garden kit for her present. As I was thinking about it, I knew I needed to make one for the girl, too, because I …

Creativity Runs in the Family

Sarah White February 25, 2013 Kids / LifeOne Comment

The Bit has been interested in my knitting for a long time, and she likes to pretend to knit, which usually involves hitting the knitting needles together or hitting them on things. But sometimes she really gets into the illusion, like she did over the weekend. We were hanging out …