Mother’s Day Project For years I’ve been making this card with kids. With Mother’s Days approaching next week, it is an easy card to make with the children for their mother. Of course you can make this card for Father’s Day, Valentine’s Day, birthdays, or any special occasion too. It couldn’t be cuter and easier to make. […]
Earth Day Project My youngest charge and I enjoy attending an environmental program for children at a local garden. Following a lesson about birds one day we made this rocking robin craft. Made out of old cardboard cereal boxes, these delightful birds rock back and forth when tapped. The robins look so cute. Be sure […]
Creative Wednesdays Kids don’t have to be Christian to decorate eggs, but decorating eggs is a common Easter activity. Most egg dyes stain, so have the kids wear aprons and protect the work surface and the floor where you will be dying the eggs. Before dying eggs simply hard boil them and let them cool at […]
Creative Fun By Mary Alger A nanny Mary Alger shared this quick, easy, adorable peppermint candy ornament project on a Facebook nanny group and is sharing it with our readers as well. She simply picked up some inexpensive peppermint candies at her local pharmacy. Here’s what to do: You Will Need: • peppermint candies • […]
Nothing is better than the smell of pumpkin in the Autumn. So, this week we made this easy homemade play dough recipe that is scented like pumpkin pie. While playing with play dough, children use the small muscles in their fingers and hands. They use hands, fingers, and tools to pound, push, poke, shape, flatten, roll, cut, […]
Autumn Arts N’ Crafts Here’s a super easy project to do with any toddler or preschooler to use as a decoration for Halloween or Thanksgiving. You can purchase the supplies for this project by clicking the links below or by visiting my storefront by clicking here. You Will Need: Large Lunch Paper Bags Washable Orange […]
Creative Halloween Thanks to Heather Marinkovic, formerly a hard-working nanny and now a devoted mother, we have shared quite a few footprint crafts with our readers this year. For Halloween, she made this adorable footprint Frankenstein with her son. Here are her simple directions to do the craft with the kids in your care. You […]
Creative Wednesdays It’s officially October so it’s time to start doing Halloween crafts with the kids. The family I work for had left over Easter egg dye kits sitting around the house so I used a Sharpie marker and orange and green egg dye we made some Halloween themed hard boiled eggs. You might not want really little kids using Sharpie markers. But, […]
Creative Wednesdays Don’t throw away empty toilet paper rolls. Recycle them to make bowling pins and sorting games. If you don’t have toilet paper rolls, cut empty paper towel rolls in half to create two toilet-paper-roll-sized tubes. Click here to see how we made binoculars out of paper towel rolls. What You Need: 10 Toilet Paper Cardboard Tubes […]
Fun Science: Creative Project Wednesday Gardening is a great way for kids to learn science. Planting a theme garden can make the learning experience even more fun. One great theme idea is choosing vegetables, herbs, or flowers that start with the letters that spell the children’s names or friend’s name garden. You can try making a herb/scent […]
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