We have plenty of toys, but in our rearranging and decluttering I’ve found that there are just a few that we really couldn’t do without.  Right at the top of this list is our set of gears.

The pieces are big enough that the littlest kiddio in our house doesn’t risk choking, simple enough that our [...]

The blog Unplug Your Kids posted a couple of fun ribbon bookmark ideas, one a wide ribbon with sequins and buttons glued on, the other woven with pipecleaners and ribbon, with beads on the end. (Josie, 5 has been into the weaving idea but most weaving projects are a little too big for her, [...]

I’m still feeling really into Mother’s Day, so I was excited to find this fun idea at Scrumdilly-do. I’m not nearly sure where I’m going to find strawberry baskets, but I love the idea of using them for weaving, and these turned into an absolutely charming necklace. I’ll make sure to hang mine [...]

We’ve had so much fun making tissue paper flowers over the past few days that we’ve been looking for something to fill our bouquet out a bit!
Plum Pudding came up with a super-creative idea for some gorgeous button and cardboard flowers.
One More Moore has a nice tutorial for making a bouquet of simple button flowers [...]

The Rowdy Pea has a tutorial for making tissue paper flowers up. We’ve made these a number of times on our own and as a playgroup activity and it is so fun! We cut different shapes of flowers out to make poppies, cornflowers, daisies, etc, or just layer them randomly to make a [...]