After the Holiday Season we’re always in this awesome tornado of “what to do now” with ourselves. We have all these new things and clothes that need to be sorted in, washed and organized. And you know what? It is absolutely true what they often say about kids and boxes… But why shouldn’t their favorite… Read More Cardboard Concerts {Upcycled Instruments}
Some days, you just have to put the TV to sleep. Have you caught yourself allowing a little too much screen time after the holidays? We did. That awkward window of time between Christmas and New Year’s where you don’t even know what day it is snuck right up on us… I finally just had… Read More How to Give Your Television a Nap with a Book Nest
The Mess Mat has a lot of great benefits all by itself including a waterproof,spill proof and clean, designated space to be creative. It is an easy mom-system to implement and use. But one of the other great aspects about using this technique as your free-movement classroom is that kids learn to be structured… Read More Building Morning Routines with The Mess Mat
It is finally finished! It has been a long, crafty month but our tree is finally ready for Christmas! Cash was quite excited when I took the baby gate away to take these pictures! He even yelled, “SURPRISE!” and “Ta-Da!” a few times! Here she is! Let’s take a look…. You can find all of our… Read More Handmade Kelso Christmas Tree 2015 {The REVEAL!}
We’re still using coffee filters to make some awesome tree decorations for our Handmade Kelso Christmas! This post is dedicated to our Coffee Filter Wreaths. See our Snowflakes HERE! And back to the main Coffee Filter Craft post HERE How to Make Coffee Filter Wreaths This go around we’re making WREATHS and Wyatt has a… Read More How to Make Coffee Filter Wreaths | DIY Christmas
As part of our Handmade Kelso Christmas this year we did several fun Coffee Filter Crafts to add color to the tree. See them all at the main post HERE. This post is about our Coffee Filter Snowflakes! How to Make Coffee Filter Snowflakes What you need:Coffee FiltersBlue Super Washable MarkersWater CupPaintbrushesDrying Rack {Same used for cookies}Scissors… Read More How to Make Coffee Filter Snowflakes | DIY Christmas
It was actually a little difficult to keep finding toddler and infant safe DIY Christmas Decorations to do for our Handmade Kelso Christmas Adventure… Until it hit me to work with COFFEE FILTERS! Cash had really enjoyed painting as this is really the most we’ve ever done it over such a short period of time.… Read More DIY Christmas Decorations with Coffee Filters | Toddler Crafting
While Wyatt was napping today, Cash got to do his favorite thing…. Go outside! In the spirit of our Handmade Kelso Christmas I thought up a way to get Cash outdoors in between rain showers. He loved getting to wear his rubber boots and demanded to wear the SANTA hat over every other. I just… Read More Nature Hunt Frosty {Christmas Craft}
Next in line for our Handmade Kelso Christmas Tree was a garland made from our pudding painting. The boys had a pretty AMAZING time in the bathtub a second go around after the Santa Saving Cards. {I couldn’t do it just once they had so much fun!} For the recipe for edible Pudding Paint, and… Read More Pudding Painted Garlands {Handmade Christmas Craft}
Decorating the tree one craft project at a time! This year we’re doing a Handmade Kelso Christmas! As you probably know if you have a toddler, ornaments don’t last long on your tree! The running joke I keep seeing in all of my online Mom Blogger groups is, “How many ornaments have you lost so… Read More Handmade Christmas {Toddler Craft Ornaments}