This year, seeing the grandparents in person on Valentines Day may not be a thing, so have the kids DIY Valentines for grandparents in your life. Some time spent on creativity and a stamp or two to send in the mail are all that’s needed for these easy to make and simple material projects. Any…
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Send a Hug In the Mail DIY
Over the last year, we’ve had the chance to send a hug in the mail to quite a few of our loved ones. Aunts, uncles, grandparents and other people who just may need a lift. This is an amazing craft project for kids at home that ends in a true act of kindness, and becomes…
Vanilla Cupcake Bath Bomb Recipe
With the end of the school year, teacher appreciation and mother’s day, there are all sorts of opportunities to make something for people you care about. And I can’t think of anything more popular than bath bombs for small gift giving right now! We’ve stepped up the bath bomb a bit to make this Fizzy…
Pokemon Painted Rocks – Summer Kid Craft Project
This post originally appeared in Design Dazzle’s Summer Camp series. I remember well last summer when the new Pokemon Go game came out. There was much pestering from the kids to download the game and go tromping through the parks catching little electronic critters with strange names. As a side note, it was pretty awesome…
Crabby Scout Craft Project
Whether you’re looking for a boy scout craft or girl scout craft project or a project to work into an educational seashore session, this inexpensive crabby craft is a winner. The modest materials make it affordable for large groups…but they’ll still be a ton of fun to make! The ingredient list is per crab, so…
DIY Fairy Princess Headband Kid Craft
Busy hands go a long way to keeping happy kids! In this month’s Craft Lightning series, we’re all about kid craft projects to keep children occupied! The DIY fairy princess headband craft in this post serves two purposes: Your kids will be able to get crafty for a little bit. Your kids will have…
Kid Craft: Canvas Hand Painting Project
This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Wet-Nap®, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #ConquerTheMess https://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV The longer summer goes on, the more time it feels like we have to fill. While we love the pool and the beach and all the other amusements…
Pikachu Ears Pokemon Party Activity
My son’s Pokemon birthday party was a wild success. The kids all had a ball and the birthday boy said it was the best. birthday. ever. High praise considering the parties he’s had! Every party needs some entertainment, and since a bounce house wasn’t in the budget this year, crafts and pokemon party games were…
Children’s Ornament Making Party and Kid Christmas Crafts
There is something about Christmas that just screams “crafty!” From young to old, people love to create things to celebrate the holiday. And kids? They are really crazy about making ornaments, so put the materials in their hands for an ornament making party, and you’ve got a bunch of content kiddos for the afternoon. This…
Kids’ 15 Minute Halloween Craft: Black Sock Cat
I’m part of a fun little group that puts together seasonal 15 minute craft tutorials–and with Halloween so close, we’ve got a whole bunch of great Craft Lightning Halloween projects coming your way! My project was inspired by a recent purge of my husbands sock drawer. There were so many with out matches, we had…
Rainbow Bird Streamers {Tutorial}
Before school let out, I happened by my son’s preschool while they were on the playground. I still smile thinking about what I saw this group of little ones doing–vibrantly using their imaginations with simple props. Holding the handles of long streamers that trailed behind them, they chased each other through the playground as “rainbow…
Gone Fishing – A Fishing Matching Game
We had a little bit of fun going to summer camp with Design Dazzle this month. I took the kids “fishing” and came up with these fun fun (free) printable fish to catch. All the supplies for this game are likely in your house already and the kids can totally get involved in helping to…