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Cool Summer Art Made Easy with Frozen Paint

Frozen paint is a fun sensory experience that comes out more like chalk than paint — at least when you freeze it for years. Affiliate links included for your convenience. Years ago I started making liquid watercolors for the girl, and sometimes I will freeze liquid watercolors for a fun …

Green Goop Sensory Stuff

Sarah White January 13, 2015 Kid Crafts and Activities2 Comments

I wanted to name this post “Corn Starch is Magical” because that’s basically what this is about. Cooks know that corn starch is great for thickening just about any liquid, and in the sensory play world it’s wonderful for changing the texture of all sorts of things, too. We use …

Shaving Cream Sensory Play

Sarah White September 25, 2014 Kid Crafts and Activities1 Comment

When I know the girl is going to be home for an extended period of time — summer break, say — I try to have supplies on hand for a few special crafty/sensory activities we’ve never done together before. I know she had played with shaving cream and cornstarch at …

Go Back to Basics When You’re Busy

Sarah White July 21, 2014 Crafts / Kid Crafts and Activities / Kids / Life / Painting0 Comments

You might have noticed a distinct lack of posting lately, and I’m going to let you know right up front that’s going to be the norm for the next six weeks or so. The book is due Sept. 1, and there’s still a lot to do. All my creativity is …

St. Patrick’s Day Crafts for You and Your Kids

Sarah White March 6, 2014 Knitting0 Comments

I guess I’m just craving green and rainbows right about now, but I’m really feeling the need to craft things for St. Patrick’s Day. My family is pretty darn Irish (and my brother’s name is Patrick) so this is a holiday I celebrated growing up, but we’ve never done much …

The How and Why of Sensory Bins

Sarah White July 25, 2013 Kid Crafts and Activities0 Comments

This is just the week of looking back at crafty, sensory things we used to love, I guess. Following my report on getting back into water beads (they’ve been out all week in the playroom; we’ve been observing how they plump up more when sitting in water) an online colleague …

“This is Fun Gak”

Sarah White July 23, 2012 Kid Crafts and Activities0 Comments

Last week my daughter was home from preschool for “summer break,” and I wanted to do some fun, new things with her. We went on her first trip to the museum (didn’t see any art, but that’s for another post), had her first homemade popsicles and made her first gak, …