Before I was a mom, I was always really resistant to any efforts to feed kids produce and other healthy foods by hiding them in other foods. I figured there was no way kids who learned to eat this way would ever eat vegetables that weren’t hidden, so, even though you were getting the nutrients […]
64 Sick Day, Rainy Day, Any Day Activities to Do with Your Toddler
Affiliate links are included for your convenience. When the Bit was sick the other week, I decided to keep track of all the things we did during that day, just to see how we managed to entertain ourselves and to document just how busy a kid this age can be, even when she’s sick. (As […]
Experiments in Liquid Watercolors
As I mentioned yesterday, as much as the Bit loves every kind of paint, she hasn’t quite gotten the concept of using cake watercolors. She usually plays with the water more than the paint, and when she does get paint on her brush she then dips it in the water instead of putting it on […]
A Day of Art
The other day when the Bit was home sick, I encouraged her to do lots of different kinds of art. It didn’t take much encouragement, because she loves to play with markers, paint and stickers. But I thought it would be interesting to document all the different things we did, and I share it in […]
Sensory for St. Patrick’s Day
While the Bit was home sick last week and busy playing with something else (I think at this point she was drawing on her white board) I decided it was time to finally dismantle the Valentine’s sensory box and put together one for St. Patrick’s Day. I hadn’t really intended to make this box specifically […]
Toddler Busy Bag Swap, Part Five
We’ve now reached the lightning round, because most of these busy bag ideas are super fast, easy and don’t require attribution or even much explanation. To see all the previous busy bag swap ideas posts, check out the links at the bottom of this post. Make Cupcakes These really cute little craft foam cupcakes are […]
Toddler Busy Bag Swap, Part Four
Here we go again! This post should be a lot briefer than the others so far because it’s almost just a list of some great busy bag options that were shared at the swap. Pompom Patterns Here’s a cute and easy one (well, easy if your color printer is working; our sweet mom had to […]