Gigantic Cardboard Flowers
The recycling bin is such a treasure trove of items in our house. These flowers were easy for a toddler and pre-schooler to make together and the scale is what made them fun! This activity was featured...
Mud Monsters: Painting
Monster Factory http://www.monsterfactory.net is a generous Canadian company (e.g., last year they donated almost five thousand plush monsters to kids in Toronto for Christmas). When we saw that they...
Ice Cream Cone Beaded Necklaces
I think given the opportunity, our kids could eat ice cream every day! Are your children like this? If so, here is the perfect project for celebrating a favourite summer snack! Pop over to hello,...
Make Your Own Small World
Pop on over to Let's Lasso the Moon http://letslassothemoon.com/2016/05/11/kids-project-small-world/ where we show you an example of a Bumblebee's Garden and give you a few tips to get you started on...
Pump Painting
When your child LOVES pumping the soap, you add a bit of paint into the mix! This activity allows you to see what secondary colours are made, simply by mixing the primary colours. Materials Bin (this...
Studios who “Made it Their Own”
One of our goals with "Make it Your Own" is that people will take the ideas featured and modify them based on their needs- whether that be their child's abilities, the materials that they have available or...
Drawing from Photographs: Nature Finds
In our studio, there are trays of sticks, rocks etc. Sometimes we want to send these treasures back into the world while keeping a recorded documentation of them. This lends to the future creation of...
Building Block Animal Challenge
We can't take any credit for this idea- it was generated by our son! Materials Building blocks Printables make lego creatures Ikea TOLSBY frame * If these aren't available to you, we show you a...