Play Through the Day

There are so many ways to play with pumpkins - rolling them, stacking them, carving them, of course! - but did you know there are also so ma...

We're going on a leaf hunt! We're gonna find some yellow ones! And boy...did we ever! I have been looking forward to collecting lea...

If you have read this blog even just a little bit, you've undoubtedly picked up on the fact that I adore doing art projects with toddler...

We absolutely ADORE painting activities in our house, and more often than not painting activities turn into sensory activities, with L slath...

One of the best things about seasonal art projects, I think, is that you can take something you'd do any day of the year and sneak in th...

The "fall" part of autumn is upon us a little early this year in our area, as we have had nearly no rain all summer long. I'm ...

I love presenting L with art activities that employ materials not traditionally used for creative purposes. I do this because I hope to inst...

Recently we found ourselves in the pediatrician's office, getting L checked for an ear infection. (Seriously?! I breastfed! My kid is su...

During my many years in the early childhood field, I've seen and done some pretty amazing art projects with wee ones. One of my all time...

In my never-ending quest to present L with art activities that are varied and novel, I've thrown together some interesting things, but w...

One of the easiest ways to breathe new life into an activity that a kid has done again and again is to present it in a new way. For your art...

The method is pretty easy: take a shallow container (I used a plastic tote), line it with heavy paper, dip a golf ball in tempera paint, thr...