Kid Crafts
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Bat Mickey Halloween Craft
T-10 days until Halloween! Feeling extra crafty this week, so the kids and I are brewing up some Halloween fun to share with you over the next few days! It seems that Pumpkin Mickey & Ghost Mickey are stealing the spotlight this year, but what about Bat Mickey? He deserves a little love, too, don’t ya think?! 😉 And all you need for this one is a few cardboard tubes, a little paint & some construction paper and you’re ready to get crafting! How-To Start by painting your cardboard tubes. We chose purple, green & orange for our Mickey bats. Set aside & let fully dry. While your bats are…
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Painted Rainbow Leaf Craft
If you’ve been here awhile then you know how much I love a pop of color, right?! So, as soon as I saw the leaves starting to turn here, I knew I wanted to do a colorful take on this classic painted leaf craft! This is a great activity + science lesson in one (hello my fellow virtual learning mamas)! If you’re looking for an easy activity that both your preschooler and big kids can do together, this is it! Supplies Needed Paint + Brushes Cardstock Leaves How-To Head out on a nature walk and ask your kids to find leaves of all different shapes & sizes. When you get…
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Back-to-School Breakfast Tradition
The back to school countdown is officially on! 4 weeks from today and I will have a 2nd grader & a Kindergartner. All the feels AND emotions. In my effort to make this school year feel as “normal” as possible, we are still planning our usual back to school traditions and that includes our 1st day of school breakfast! We always do something extra yummy (& healthy!) for breakfast complete with balloons and special plates & napkins. This year I decided to get crafty and add in a few DIY details to our back-to-school breakfast set up. I turned basic brown paper bags into ruler themed snack bags and made…
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Welcome to Our Homeschool Room
Last week over on our Instagram account I shared a quick peak of our at-home learning space and I’m happy to say it is now officially ready for my little students! If you follow me over on the gram then you likely know that we have decided on our school’s hybrid schedule to start the year. This means my kids will have 2 days of face-to-face learning each week and the other 3 days will be spent at home doing a mix of independent + virtual learning. While we won’t be homeschooling in the traditional sense, we do anticipate quite a bit of independent learning here at home, which is…
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Painted Rainbow Pumpkins
What do you do when you’re stuck between being ready for pumpkin season but not quite ready to say goodbye to summer? Well, you mix the two seasons together and paint rainbow pumpkins, right?! Last week I found myself browsing the aisles of Hobby Lobby and somehow a ridiculous amount of pumpkins ended up in my shopping cart #oops Long story short, I now have a long list of projects to keep me busy this fall! 😉 This easy & colorful DIY is the perfect way to brighten up a late summer rainy day. And kids can totally join in the fun, too! Supplies Needed Craft pumpkins (white or cream…