We went letterboxing yesterday and I couldn’t wait to come home and share this idea with all of you!
What is letterboxing you ask?
According to Letterboxing.org,
Letterboxing is an intriguing pastime combining navigational skills and rubber stamp artistry in a charming “treasure hunt” style outdoor quest. A wide variety of adventures can be found to [...]

Tomorrow is May Day and as Louisa May Alcott shared in her book Jack and Jill today is the day to make May Day baskets in all “shapes, sizes and colors.”

The job now in hand was May baskets, for it was the custom of the children to hang them on the doors of their [...]

My ten-year-old loves doing origami. She can make all sorts of things using this Japanese art of paper folding, including cranes, frogs and these origami balls. Since making origami balls (or any other origami shape) are not my strong suit, I asked my daughter to demonstrate how to make them. So I could learn later [...]

As far as I’m concerned, spring has sprung. The sun is shining, the temperature is warmer and the birds are chirping. Something is missing though. The flowers aren’t blooming . . . yet. So I decided my girls and I would make our own spring flowers to tide us over until Mother Nature has time [...]

Spring is here . . . finally!!! I was beginning to think that the sun was no longer hiding, but had been taken hostage by the clouds and freezing rain. Now I’m inspired to do spring crafts! So today I’m taking down this snowflake craft and this snowflake craft and putting up my first spring [...]

Since Earth Day and Arbor Day are both this month, I wanted to create a kid activity that focused on protecting our environment, including our precious trees. When I began to think of trees, I immediately thought of Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax and the Truffula Trees! I absolutely love this story and have read it [...]