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Fizzing Colours! A Baking Soda and Vinegar Experiment for Preschoolers

Oh, lovelies! I have the most beautiful science activity to share with you today! This one calls for just 3 common kitchen ingredients, and little ones find it just fascinating! There's lots of...

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Fun and Fabulous Salt Tray Writing Activity for Preschoolers

This fabulous salt tray writing activity is a terrific way for little ones to practice their pre-writing skills! It's a fun and creative way for preschoolers to work on letter and number formation, and...

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Spin Painting for Preschoolers – No Special Equipment Required!

Eeek! Look at the gorgeous art we created with a simple spin painting process! I'm thrilled to tell you that you don't need any fancy turntables or equipment to create a masterpiece like the ones we...

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How to Dye Easter Eggs with Food Colouring or Liquid Watercolours

Let's dye some Easter Eggs! There's no need to go to the store to buy a kit. Eggs are so easy to dye at home using food colouring or liquid watercolours! I'm going to show you how to blow out an egg,...

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Crystallized Beach Rocks with Borax and Watercolours

Okaaay... This is FABULOUS, guys! And I am SO excited to share it with you. You know how you can make crystals with borax and hot water? People usually do it with pipe cleaners to make snowflakes and...

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3-Ingredient Homemade Puffy Paint – an Easy Microwaveable Recipe

If you're looking for a quick and easy art activity to do with your kids, this one is fabulous. Not only is it an art activity, it's a bit of a science activity as well! All you need are 3 ingredients...

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Tie Dye Bookmark with Sharpies and Rubbing Alcohol

Oh, your eyes are in for a treat today, my Lovelies! If you've never tried this Sharpie and rubbing alcohol technique, you simply must! You'll create the most gorgeous results, and the process is both...

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DIY Marbled Paper with Shaving Cream and Food Colour

Eeek! I'm so excited to show you our latest art project! Guys! This one is SO easy, and the results are out of this world! We're making marbled paper, and all you need is shaving cream and food colour!...

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Painting with Frozen Paint Pops

This is a really cool art activity for toddlers and preschoolers. I love so many things about it: For starters, it doesn't cost a dime. It's quick and easy to prepare and set-up. It's a lot of fun for...

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Gorgeous Fall Leaf Sun Catcher for Kids to Make

Good morning, Lovelies! I am SO excited to share our latest craft with you! We made these simple fall leaf sun catcher recently, and were blown away by how gorgeous it turned out. You won't believe how...

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Vibrant Fall Leaf Mobile with Tin Foil and Sharpies

Guess what! We've made another awesome Fall craft! I know, I know. Yesterday, I said our gorgeous leaf sun catcher would be our last Fall craft for the season, and that we were ready to shift into...

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Beautiful Painted Coffee Filter Snowflakes For Kids To Make

Is there anything that takes you back to your childhood more than making paper snowflakes? Remember how magical it was, folding and cutting so carefully, and then slowly opening your snowflake to...

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Scratch Art Family Portrait for Kids to Make and Give

This one will take you right back to grade-school art class! I LOVE this process! We're doing "scratch art" today, and we're making ADORABLE family portraits to give to parents or grandparents. If...

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Easy Tie-Dyed Heart Sun Catchers for Kids to Make

Hey, Lovelies! I think you're going to LOVE what we have for you today! If you're tired of looking out at a bleak, grey landscape, you have to make these vibrant tie-dyed sun catchers. Ok, we didn't...

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Valentines Hearts with Sharpies and Photo Paper

Egads! Tomorrow is Valentines Day. Let me guess. You’re up to your elbows in *Monday*, trying to catch your breath after a whirl-wind weekend, and the kids are asking to make Valentines crafts. The...

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Tape Resist Name Art For Kids of All Ages

Looking for an amazing art activity to do with the kids today? Make tape resist name art! Tape resist is one of my favourite art techniques to do with children.  It’s so simple but it packs a huge...

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How to Make Gorgeous Tie-Dye Easter Eggs with Sharpies and Rubbing Alcohol

Woot! You're going to love this one!! I know how much your kids love dyeing Easter eggs. Well, at least I think I do because what kid doesn't love doing that at Easter time? I also know how much of a...

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{3-Ingredient} Puffy Paint Earth Day Craft for Kids

Earth Day is Saturday, April 22nd this year! Check out this awesome Earth Day craft we made with our 3-ingredient puffy paint recipe! You put it in the microwave and it puffs right up! How fun is...

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10 Preschool Apple Crafts for Kids Ages 2-5

Hey, Lovely. You're probably switching gears from summer crafting to fall crafting with your little ones right now, so I thought I'd put all of our easy apple crafts in one place, so you'd be able to...

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Dry Erase and Water “Floating Ink” Experiment (Giveaway)

Oh my goodness! I have the COOLEST thing to share with you today (and a give-away too!) We're making dry erase drawings float on water! I even made a video so you can see this awesome science activity...

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“Chalk Rocks” Paperweights for Kids to Make with Liquid Chalk Markers

Woohoo! I have another AWESOME art activity to share with you today! I'm so excited to show you how the hooligans turned some ordinary beach stones into vibrant paperweights. The process was so fun and...

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Fall Art Activity for Toddlers – Painting with Golf Balls

Here’s a Fall art activity for toddlers that will get them moving and shaking while they creatively explore the colours of Fall. Golf balls, paint and a cardboard box are all you’ll need for this easy...

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Styrofoam Head Self-Portrait Craft – An Awesome Art Activity for Kids

Oh. My. Goodness!! I can't WAIT to show you this art activity! The kids all said it was the coolest thing we've ever made here in our daycare. It was so much fun AND the results were spectacular! We...

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Teacher Appreciation Word Cloud – Gifts For Male Or Female Teachers

Ok, I'm super-exited to show you this terrific idea for a teacher's gift! It's perfect for Teacher Appreciate week (May 7-11) or for an end of the year gift for your chlld's teacher. The post Teacher...

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How to Make Glue with 3 Kitchen Ingredients – Great for Kids’ Crafts!

If your preschoolers blow through a bottle of glue in no time, try making your own! This easy recipe uses corn starch, corn syrup and vinegar, and it makes a great glue for paper crafts and preschool...

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Painted CD Garden Mobile for Kids to Make

Oh my goodness, I love, love, LOVE our latest creation! What a great collaborative art project for a group of kids to do together. It would be great for craft camp or art class. Kids can do it on their...

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Leaf Printing Activity for Kids

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this easy art activity! The kids just love it too! Leaf printing is such a creative way for kids to make art AND to learn how to identify the leaves that grow on the trees and plants...

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Brushed Leaf Silhouette Art for Kids

Here's a really easy art activity with gorgeous results! The 7-12 year olds in my daycare made these brushed leaf silhouettes using leaves from our yard and a dollar store canvas. We chose fall colours...

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Spooky Halloween Scratch Art Project for Kids

Remember making scratch art when you were a kid? Oh man, it was always one of my favourite art activities. It's the perfect technique for making Halloween art and we have a couple of tricks that will...

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Framed “Kindness Cloud” Craft for World Kindness Day

World Kindness Day is November 13th, and we have an adorable, easy kindness craft your kids can make and give to a friend. We also have some exciting news about a new TVOKids series that crafty kids...

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10+ Rock Crafts and Activities for Kids

One of the best things about summer is all of the stones and rocks that the kids bring home from the beach. You can make SO MANY things with them, and you can also use them as learning tools in your...

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Yarn-Wrapped Cardboard Letters for Kids to Make

Happy weekend, Lovely! I have such a beautiful craft to share with you today! Young kids will love it, but if you have tweens and teens that love to craft, they're definitely going to want to see this...

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Painted Wine Bottles for Watering Indoor Plants – Mother’s Day Craft

These Painted Wine Bottles are handy for watering indoor plants, and in between waterings, you can display them as a piece of decorative art. Painted wine bottles are easy to make, and kids and adults...

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Homemade Paddle Puppet Craft

Good Morning, Lovely! Here's a super-quick and easy craft that all ages will enjoy. Paddle Puppets! Your kids can turn a piece of cardboard into a self-portrait puppet, or an animal or anything at all,...

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Wine Bottle Candle Holder – Tissue Paper Decoupage Craft for Kids

Ok, here's a terrific craft for kids to make for Mother's Day! Transform an empty wine bottle into a gorgeous candle holder with tissue paper decoupage! This one is great for all ages from toddlers...

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Vibrant Clay Dough Butterfly Ornaments

We've done it again! We've used our easy 3-ingredient clay dough recipe to make vibrant butterfly ornaments for spring. This might be my favourite clay dough craft yet! Click the link below to see...

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Stamping and Print-Making Activities for Kids

Happy Friday Lovely! I hope you've had a great week! I just wanted to share a few ideas that I thought your kids (big and small) might enjoy next week. Stamping! Is there a kid out there who doesn't...

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Bead and Pipe Cleaner Rainbow

Happy Monday, Lovely! I have a wonderful rainbow craft to kick off your St. Patrick's Day crafting! This one is great for fine-motor development and learning about colour order and colour families. And...

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Sidewalk Chalk Activities for Kids

Hey Lovelies! I don't know about you, but here at our house, sidewalk chalk is a go-to whenever we're outside. I keep a bucket of it on my front porch for whenever we need something to do in between...

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Frosted Glass Jars with Glue and Food Colouring

Hey Lovely! I have something cool to show you today! Your kids will love this! A All you need is a glass jar, a bit of white glue and a few drops of food colouring. You can give your jars a beautiful...

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50+ Nature Crafts for Kids

Happy Saturday, Lovely. If your craft cupboards are running low, or if you'd just like to spend less on craft supplies, you will love epic collection of ideas! I've rounded up all of our favourite...

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Easy Homemade Paint Stick Garden Markers

Eek! I have the most awesome, totally easy homemade Father's Day gift to share with you! I made a bunch of these garden markers for my herb garden yesterday, and I LOVE them! They're so pretty, and so...

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Yarn Painting For Kids (Huichol Style Yarn Art)

Ok, my Lovely. I am completely smitten with this latest art project! I think it's my favourite art activity for the year. It's so relaxing, it's pretty much mess-free, and it will keep the kids busy...

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Fall Leaf Sticky Window Activity (with an alternative to contact paper)

Hola, Lovely! I have the most wonderful, super-easy, colourful and fun activity for your toddlers and preschoolers to try! Can you tell I think it's awesome?! Ha! You know those "sticky window"...

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Tissue Paper Stained Glass Christmas Shapes for Preschoolers

Happy Friday, Lovely!! I'm so excited about these colourful stained glass Christmas shapes! We tweaked the traditional tissue paper stained glass process, and made it easy enough for toddlers and...

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New Years Goal-Setting Activity (with painted jars)

Hello, Lovely!! I hope you're having a peaceful and relaxing holiday. I just wanted to pop in with a terrific New Years craft that you can do with all ages of kids. It's a goal-setting activity and an...

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Overlapping Hearts Valentines Card (Toilet Roll Stamping)

Happy Weekend, Lovely! One week to go until Valentine's Day, so I'm sure your little ones are ready for some "heart-filled" crafting. These Valentine's cards are super-easy to make, and all ages will...

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Yarn Rainbow Wall Hanging Craft for Kids

Happy Friday, Lovely! If you have older kids (7+ and up) crafting for St. Patrick's Day, you'll want to check out our easy but beautiful rainbow yarn wall hanging. It's gorgeous!! There's cutting,...

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Wine Cork Crafts

Who doesn’t love a good wine cork craft? Or maybe I should say, who doesn’t love a good excuse to open a bottle of wine? This collection of our favourite wine cork crafts will provide you with the...

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Painted Egg Carton Ornaments

Happy Monday, Lovely, and Happy DAY 13 of our 21 days of Christmas crafts! I'm so excited to share today's craft with you! It's so beautiful, you'll never believe it's made with just an egg carton and...

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