Valentine’s Card Holder

Wednesdays with Whitney: Hungry Heart Holder By Whitney Tang If you care for children that go to school you know what that means…. It means hoards of Valentines coming home on the 14th of February. Make collecting those Valentines a little bit easier this year (and fun) by creating this Hungry Heart Monster with your […]

Boogie Bucket

Wednesdays with Whitney By Whitney Tang This time of year everyone is getting sick. Whether it be the flu, a sinus infection, or just the common cold, kids everywhere are coughing and sneezing. Help the little ones you nanny do something special for their sick friends by making a Boogie Bucket. This twist on a […]

Secret Valentines

Wednesdays with Whitney  Valentines Day is only two weeks away and that means the little ones are going to be busy bees making special cards for every single person they know. You never realize just how many people that is until Valentines Day comes around! But making the perfect valentine every year is a difficult, […]

Making a Valentine’s Stenciled Sign with Kids

Wednesdays with Whitney By Whitney Tang Valentine’s Day is only a month away and the aisles are already stocked with meaningless boxes of cardboard valentines. Don’t be distracted by the cute candy hearts this year. Instead, make the kids you care for something that they will cherish for a lifetime. Make them a stenciled sign […]

Indoor Snowballs Even When You Don’t Have Real Snow

Wednesdays with Whitney Kids love snow. They love to sled in it, make snow angels, and build forts and snowmen with snow. But there are plenty of readers of this blog that don’t get any natural snow this time of year. You can still have fun with snow even if they don’t get a white soft blanket of the seasonal […]

Winter Kitchen Crafts

Wednesdays with Whitney By Whitney Tang                                                                     Now that the holiday season is over, we all have pantries filled with leftover baking supplies. Put all that excess frosting and those extra marshmallows to good use by making a kitchen craft with the little ones in the post holiday lull. Below are some of my favorite ways to […]

Snow Ice Cream

Wednesdays with Whitney Christmas may be past but that doesn’t mean all the seasonal fun is over. The kids will love this unique twist on homemade ice cream it is sure to beat the post holiday blues!  Ingredients:  1 cup heavy whipping cream  Sugar to taste  Vanilla extract to taste  4 cups clean snow Directions: […]

Sandy Hook Love Letters

Wednesdays with Whitney By Whitney Tang In the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre I want to encourage crafts with a more selfless aspect to them this week. As nannies, we understand how impactful a child’s love can be. So why don’t we send some of this love in the direction of those heartbroken families who […]

Making Paper Dreidels for Hanukkah

Wednesdays with Whitney This week, as you celebrate the Festival of Lights you might find that your home needs a little extra touch of festivity. So if you have a few moments to spare, today’s Hanukkah craft idea we found in the Huffington Post yesterday from Design Megillah, is an easy craft to do with […]

Making Christmas Ornaments

Wednesdays with Whitney Christmas time is here!  That means trees are going up and you finally have the perfect spot to display all of those Christmas crafts. This year, make a craft with the kiddos that will last through the years by baking up some salt dough ornaments. You Will Need: ½ cup salt ½ […]