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      Bird Nest Craft

      Bonnie Scorer
      April 14, 2014
      Activities, Easter, Featured On, Nests, Spring, Thought You Might Like...
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    • Dinosaur Easter Eggs: Print the templates to make three different dinosaurs (there are ones to colour yourself as well). Make these prehistoric pals for a fun Easter activity, particularly for older children!

      Dinosaur Easter Eggs

      Bonnie Scorer
      March 29, 2021
    • Rainbow Play Paper Plate: On our website find this free printable to make your own rainbow small world play scene. We have several different types of rainbows to colour or paint and some that are already filled in. Glue your standing rainbow plate to make this St. Patrick's Day kids' craft that you can play with after!

      Rainbow Play Paper Plate

      Bonnie Scorer
      February 22, 2021
    • Ancient Egypt Valentine's Day Box: With these free printables and a Kleenex tissue box, make these fun sarcophagus to store your Valentine's Day cards! Included is two options for printable cards as well!

      Ancient Egyptian Valentine’s Day Box

      Bonnie Scorer
      February 10, 2021
    • Best Ideas For Kids Craft Kits: These craft kits available at Michaels come with everything you need for a fantastic online creating playdate or birthday party!

      “The Best Ideas for Kids” Craft Kits

      Bonnie Scorer
      January 29, 2021
    • Robot Valentine's Day Box: With these printables and recyclables (a Kleenex tissue box and cardboard tubes), make these adorable Valentine boxes! Additionally, there are two card options for school Valentine's Day cards! This kids' Valentine' Day craft is one to surely impress!

      Robot Valentine Box and Cards

      Bonnie Scorer
      January 25, 2021
    • Using the provided template and reused paper (envelopes, magazines, gift wrap etc.) to make this recycled craft. This winter craft is a fun way to explore how you can reuse items to create a unique snowman or snow woman! If you create this kids' craft, we'd love to see it!

      Recycled Snow Person

      Bonnie Scorer
      January 12, 2021
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Holiday Gift Ideas for Kids

Holiday Gift Idea: Books for Kids

Bonnie Scorer
November 17, 2020
Activities, Fall/Winter 2020
We love pairing books with a toy or crafting materials for the holidays (and birthdays) and we wanted to share some of the books we are currently...
Using the printables, children can practise these math skills through a Halloween theme: - Counting within a 10 frame - Patterning - Sorting (by size and colour) - Adding through a "Roll and Count" game and matching through attributes. And an activity just for fun: spider tic tac toe!

Spider Math Activities

Bonnie Scorer
September 21, 2020
Activities, Fall 2020
1 Comment
Our youngest was in a specialized program with speech and language supports due to his hearing (he's had a few surgeries and is doing great!).  One...
Using the printables, children can practise these math skills through a Fall theme: - Counting within a 10 frame - Patterning - Sorting (by size, shape and colour) - Adding through a "Roll and Count" game And a few activities just for fun: leaf tic tac toe and stacking and blowing over a pile of leaves (great for developing one's fine motor skills)

Fall Leaf Math Activities

Bonnie Scorer
September 14, 2020
Activities, Fall 2020
Inspired by collecting leaves in our neighbourhood, we decided to make some activities for our little friends.  These math activities are great for...
Play Date Invitation to Create: Here's a few tips that we use for creating a successful playdate!

How We Set-Up a Play Date

Bonnie Scorer
February 14, 2020
Activities, Spring 2020
2 Comments
Friends are such an important part of the children's lives, just like they are ours!  We were asked what we typically do on a playdate and wanted to...
We show you 3 different winter play dough ideas to use at home or in the classroom: 1) Make your own snow man or snow woman with loose parts and nature finds. 2) Make 2 different types of snow forts and 3) Make a symmetrical snowflake These snowy play dough ideas develop one's fine motor skills and incorporate some math concepts as well (patterning, 3D geometry and symmetry), making them great for preschoolers and kindergarteners!

3 Winter Play Dough Ideas

Bonnie Scorer
January 13, 2020
Activities, Winter/ Valentine's Day 2020
We live in a place in Canada where there is no shortage of snow in the winter!  The kids can sled down the hill at school, skate at the community...
Holiday Gift Guide

Holiday Gift Guide

Bonnie Scorer
December 1, 2019
Activities, Fall/ Winter 2019
2 Comments
We wanted to share some of our favourite things that we love to give for the holidays!  None of the ideas are sponsored and nor do we use affiliate...
Use a drawer organizer to create this kids' craft that they just love! Make mini furniture and appliances to decorate your home, along with wall paper as well! Create a shrink art magnetic doll to move around in your mini dollhouse! #dollhouse #minidollhouse #magnets #magnetistm #STEM #STEAM #scienceproject #minidollhouse #kidscraft #craftforkids #dollhousecraft #holidaygift #christmasgift #minatures #minaturesforkids #craftskidslove

Mini DollHouses & A Shrink Art Doll

Bonnie Scorer
November 11, 2019
Activities, Fall/ Winter 2019
1 Comment
Our daughter just LOVED this project!  (And so did the kids in our summer program!).  Changing the scale of an activity- whether making something...
SEWN RECYCLED LEAF: We provide you with a free oak leaf template (or better yet, draw your own) to make this sewn, puffy leaf out of a paper grocery or gift bag! This is a great way for children to practice their fine motor skills and to use recyclables to create a fall craft!

Sewn Recycled Leaves

Bonnie Scorer
October 7, 2019
Activities, Fall 2019
I remember making these as pumpkins as a child in preschool- a great way to re-use paper bags and develop your fine motor skills!  This is a process...
Sticks and Stones Book Review: If your kids like getting out and creating with nature, this is an amazing resource! It would be perfect for Forest School as well!

Book Review: Sticks and Stones

Bonnie Scorer
May 15, 2019
Activities, Spring 2019 #2
It is no secret that we just LOVE using nature as a starting point for creating, so we were really excited to read Melissa of Fireflies and Mud Pies...
Using our favourite recipe, we show you some ideas for creating with play dough and GOLD, GREEN & RAINBOW loose parts! This is a great open-ended activity for St. Patrick's Day!

St. Patrick’s Day Play Dough & Loose Parts

Bonnie Scorer
February 11, 2019
Activities, Winter/ Valentine's Day 2019
2 Comments
We give you 3 simple set-up ideas for play dough for St. Patrick's Day using loose parts!  Materials Play dough (see below for our...
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