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12 Bunny Crafts for kids. Easter crafts for kids with stinkin' cute bunnies. Crafts for kids of all ages perfect for spring and Easter. #BunnyCrafts #CraftsforKids #EasterCrafts #SpringCrafts #MamaintheNow

12 Too Stinkin’ Cute Bunny Crafts

12 Too Stinkin’ Cute Bunny Crafts Easter is always an excellent sign of spring, and always an inspiring time to get crafting.  With all the super cute chicks and bunnies and eggs, oh my!  There are so many possibilities, and yep – you guessed it – each one is just too cute.  So here you are, here View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Spring

Valentine's Day Kids Crafts. Valentine's crafts for toddlers. Valentine's Day crafts for preschoolers. Valentine's Day crafts for kids. Heart crafts. #ValentinesDayKidsCrafts #ValentinesDayPreschoolCrafts #ValentinesDay #CraftsforKids #MamaintheNow

9 Valentine’s Day Kids Crafts

Valentine's Day Kids Crafts One of my favorite things about holidays, especially Valentine’s Day, is creating. Creating and crafting with my kids is the best all the time but for holidays it seems a little extra special. Some of our favorite Valentine crafts are these Kids Valentine’s Crafts or View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Winter

A Polar Express inspired craft for preschoolers and elementary school kids. Classroom Christmas craft. Keep the magic of Christmas alive with a beautiful Santa, snowman and Elf Christmas bell craft. #ChristmasBell #PolarExpressCraft #PolarExpress #ChristmasBellCraft #ChristmasCraft

How to Make a Magical Wooden Christmas Bell

How to Make a Magical Wooden Christmas Bell Craft (Thank you to Woodpeckers® for sponsoring this post in return for my honest opinion about their products. All opinions stated are 100% mine.) The six of us, snuggled up close on the comfy couch, each with a bowl of popcorn. The smell of freshly View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Reviews, Winter

Paint chip Christmas ornaments, easy homemade Christmas presents for kids, toddlers, preschoolers. Paint Chip craft idea. Frugal DIY Christmas ornament and Christmas present. Play with color, learn color recognition with paint chips. Homeschool preschool activity with paint chips. Fun and easy craft for toddlers. Fine motor skill exercise.

Kid Approved Paint Chip Ornaments

Kid Approved Paint Chip Ornaments: We walked through Home Depot rather briskly. I was, as usual, in a rush. I’m not sure where we just came from, or where we were going, but time was of the essence. Our cart was full of flower pots and dirt. Of course, I grabbed the cart with the sticky wheel, View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Life Style, Winter

Perler bead ornaments make great gifts. Easy ornaments to make with toddlers and preschoolers. These Perler beads, fuse beads, HAMA beads are great for fine motor skills. The ornaments make great homemade gifts for grandparents. Fun, quick and easy craft for toddlers and preschoolers. Christmas ornaments for toddlers and preschoolers to make.

Easy Toddler-Approved Perler Bead Ornaments

There are days we need to keep our little ones busy and happy for a few minutes. These easy toddler-approved Perler bead ornaments are perfect for that! The big kids are busy with their homework. Common core math has forced a silence over the house. The little kids are enjoying their simple life, View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Perler, Winter

Emoji faces for kids to learn facial expressions and emotions. Fine motor play, painted pumpkin fall decor. Wooden wall plaques for fall and quiet emoji toddler and preschool activity. #PreschoolActivity #Emoji #FallDecor #WoodenPumpkin

Brilliant Wooden Emoji Pumpkins for Play and Decoration

(Thank you to Woodpeckers® for sponsoring this post in return for my honest opinion about their products. All opinions stated are 100% mine.) Brilliant Wooden Emoji Pumpkins for Play and Decoration It’s already mid-October and I am longing for a bit of fall weather. However, giving the fact that View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Fall/ Autumn, Reviews, Toddler (2-5 years)

Melted crayon art using LEGO DUPLO on canvas. This colorful rainbow art is great for a kid's room, baby's nursery or a baby shower gift. Fun handmade Christmas present for grandparents. Melting crayons on canvas, colorful LEGO DUPLO wall art. #LEGO #MeltedCrayons

Colorful Melted Crayon Art With LEGO DUPLO

Colorful Melted Crayon Art With LEGO DUPLO: Is there a particular smell that instantly takes you back to the happiest days of your childhood? For me, it’s buttercream icing on birthday cakes and the smell of [easyazon_link identifier="B00CI6J3HA" locale="US" tag="maminthenow0e-20"]Crayola View Post

Filed Under: Creative, LEGO

LEGO City recently announced a new line up of Coast Guard inspired sets. These sets are great for the young school-aged kids. Adorable "back to school" gift idea. Sea plane, shark, surfers, octopus and helicopters are standard pieces in this line-up.

Celebrate the U.S. Coast Guard with LEGO® City

Don't miss these awesome new Coast Guard LEGO City sets, commemorating the 227th birthday of the U.S. Coast Guard. They bring ocean rescues into your home. We were recently sent the Coast Guard LEGO® City "Sea Plane Rescue" set in return for our honest review. Every opinion stated is 100% mine - View Post

Filed Under: Creative, LEGO, Reviews

DIY homework station for the little animal-lover in your life. Having school supplies handy increases homework productivity. Fill the homework station with math cubes, counters and manipulatives for math to help with common core math problems.

How to DIY a Homework Station for Kids Who Love Animals

This project was created as a collaboration with Safari Ltd. I received compensation and products in return for a creative use of the Safari Ltd. animals. All the ideas and opinions stated are 100% mine. DIY Homework Station for Animal-Lovers:  “Wow! Mom, is this for US? You did an amazing job. View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Fall/ Autumn, Reviews

Fun LEGO road trip (and airplane) activities to keep the kids happy and have the family vacation of your dreams. LEGO building challenges, educational LEGO games and activities, printables using LEGO bricks and DUPLO. LEGO fun for toddlers, kids, tweens and teens. You won't hear "are we there yet" for hours!

15 fun LEGO Road Trip Activities To Keep The Kids Happy

LEGO Road Trip Activities I teamed up with LEGO® to bring you these fun LEGO road trip activities. All the opinions stated are 100% mine. Jordan looks at me with his piercing blue eyes. “May I please go to bed?” Wait… WHAT? He smiles that cheesy grin he’s known for…. “Yes, please come View Post

Filed Under: Creative, LEGO, Parenting, Summer

Turn your nursery into a big kids LEGO and whale bedroom. Fun LEGO decorations, whale decor, LEGO wall bricks, drawer knobs and whale blankets and whale art. Gender neutral kids bedroom.

The Coolest Whale & LEGO Kids Bedroom

How do you decorate your kids' bedroom when they are well past the nursery stage? THIS is how! Check out our Whale and LEGO kids bedroom. The kids LOVE it! (Thank you Minted.com for providing us with the awesome art work for this cool kids bedroom. The opinions stated are 100% mine.) It’s been View Post

Filed Under: Creative, LEGO, Life Style, Our Life, Reviews

Fun photo session idea for Father's Day, birthdays or Christmas cards. Funny family photo session. Unique group photo idea.

Fun Father’s Day Family Photo Session

Father's Day, birthdays and Christmas are all great causes of gift-giving stress. I never quite know what to get my husband who either has everything, or if he needs something, he buys it himself. Then one fine day, several years ago (four years actually) I decided to put the kids to good use. I had View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Life Style, Our Life, Summer Tagged With: brothers, Pin THIS!

These rock painting ideas and activities for kids are great for fine motor skills, nature play, and teaching kids about random acts of kindness.

43 Awesome Rock Painting Ideas and Activities For Kids

Awesome Rock Painting Ideas and Activities For Kids I was overwhelmed, stressed and downright worn out. After dropping the kids off at school, I grabbed Jonah’s hand and asked him what he would like to do. I had high hopes that he wanted to do something that would make me forget about my worries View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Kid (6-9 years), Popular, Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years)

This personalized wood classroom sign is the perfect teacher gift. Great for back to school and teacher appreciation week. Write a cute saying or add the teacher's name - either is sure to be a hit!

How to Make The Cutest Personalized Teacher Gift Classroom Sign

(Thank you to Woodpeckers® for sponsoring this post in return for my honest opinion about their products. All opinions stated are 100% mine.) As I pull to to the kid’s school, I glance at the clock. It is 7:29 am. The kids are lining up along the front door, waiting for the doors to open at 7:30 View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Fall/ Autumn, Reviews, Wreaths

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