When you leave things lying around the house where kids can access them you never know what will happen. I have written before about the girl’s found object constructions, and I love that she keeps doing them and it’s completely self directed. This latest one happened while I was still in bed writing my morning […]
Make Your Own Plant Markers {Kid Craft}
We’re doing our first real garden since the girl was born, and she’s pretty excited about it. We bought a little raised bed kit and have lettuce, broccoli and strawberries — all things she will eat — so far, as well as some flower seeds that didn’t fare too well in the last cold snap. […]
Valentine’s Homework
The girl was home sick from school a couple of days last week, and I was trying to come up with things to amuse her (because she is the least-sick sick kid you have ever seen in your life) so I was casting around for some Valentine things for her to do, since she’s pretty […]
Painting with Leaves
Are there fallen leaves everywhere where you live? We are making a valliant effort to keep up, but they just keep falling! Last weekend the girl and I went on a leaf hunt and decided to do some crafting with some pretty leaves we found. We painted the leaves and then pressed them onto paper. […]