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 [...]
Since it’s wintertime and I’m in between holidays, I’ve been doing snowflake crafts with my kids, especially since this snowflake craft was such a success! Unlike the last one where we used coffee filters, this snowflake is made out of pasta. You gotta love snowflake crafts you can make with items from your pantry! So [...]
It was too cold again today to let my kids play in the snow. So while winter howled outside, I looked around inside for another kind of winter fun. Since we already made snowflakes, I looked around for some winter word search puzzles to do because doing puzzles is one of our favorite family pastimes.
Here [...]
It’s bitter cold out today. So instead of my girls going outside to play in the snow, we brought the snow inside, so to speak. While we didn’t actually bring snow inside to play with (though we have before and put it in our freezer), today we made paper snowflakes. Not the same as catching [...]
My kids love to play outside. They’re always running around looking for nature’s treasures to use in elaborate games they make up with the neighborhood kids. Everyday is one big outdoor scavenger hunt. So even on the days the weather is lousy, they plead to go outside. As tempting as it is to have the [...]
I like taking my kids on outings. We go to museums, planetariums, theaters, movies, etc. However, what I don’t like is having to pay for admission everywhere we go! That’s why I take advantage of all the free activities I can, including those offered at our local library.
Our library offers activities for kids of all [...]
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