Woven Friendship Bracelet Bonnie Scorer June 10, 2015 Activities, Celebrating Spring 4 1 Comment We made this prototype to test out a bracelet for a little friend who just had a surgery. Materials Yarn (various colours) Cardboard Scissors Needle Directions Cut your cardboard into a...
DIY Pussy Willow Boutonniere Bonnie Scorer June 8, 2015 Activities, Celebrating Spring 4 I remember making pussy willows and gluing them to paper branches as a child and we translated this experience into a handmade (and ever-lasting) boutonniere for Dad to wear on Father's Day! Give it to...
Flagging Tape Party Fun Bonnie Scorer June 5, 2015 Activities, Celebrating Spring 4 With lots of construction going on in our neighbourhood and those surrounding, our children have been attracted to the bright flagging tape used for various markers, so we decided to incorporate it into some...
Quick Jean Gift Pockets Bonnie Scorer June 3, 2015 Activities, Celebrating Spring 4 We wanted a handmade element to tuck small end of the year gifts for our son's lunch room supervisors and came up with these quick jean pockets. Materials Two packages of iron-on jean knee patches (You...
Bingo Chip Beads Bonnie Scorer June 1, 2015 Activities, Celebrating Spring 3 When my sisters and I were children, we always loved playing "Bingo" at our birthdays (my one sister may have even consumed a bingo chip...). Thus, we decided to alter this object filled with happy memories,...
Painted Tissue Paper Collage Bonnie Scorer May 29, 2015 Activities, Celebrating Spring 3 2 Comments When I was a teacher the kids and I loved doing Eric Carle inspired pieces, painting large papers with various types of texture creating techniques and then cutting them up into many coloured collages! I...
Nature Animals Bonnie Scorer May 27, 2015 Activities, Celebrating Spring 3 Turn your child's nature finds into parts of their sketches. Our son wanted an animal theme, but "make it your own" with whatever interests you! Materials Nature finds (rocks, leaves, sticks,...
Polaroid Portraits Bonnie Scorer May 25, 2015 Activities, Celebrating Spring 3, Featured On 1 Comment A bit of a throwback for Dads of a certain vintage... Weren't polaroids technologically magical? Create an image of you and your dad. This project was featured...
Marvelous Matchsticks Bonnie Scorer May 22, 2015 Activities, Celebrating Spring 3 These wooden sticks were part of our childhood collection of crafting materials that my mother passed along to the kids and they were keen to try painting them, coming up with a few...
Kid-Made Decorative Driftwood Kite Bonnie Scorer May 20, 2015 Activities, Celebrating Spring 3, Featured On What kid doesn't love to collect sticks? We are always trying to think of ways to display their treasures! Check out our kite project and all sorts of other goodies...