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3 Step EASY Homemade Name Cards

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Homemade Name Cards

A holiday table for entertaining is not complete, in my opinion, without homemade name cards! You and your kids can whip up these cards for every guest within minutes while using your creativity and personalizing them along the way. We used Seal-It Glitter tape to jazz up these place cards. See how easy it is to rip in the video below: Make these homemade name cards in minutes: Cut name cards out of cardstock and fold. Decorate with Seal It! Glitter tape. Write name. Optional: You can tie a ribbon or piece of twine around the card for a slightly … Continue reading →

Mess Free Art Idea

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Mess free art allows children the space to be creative in a mess free zone – a parent’s dream come true, right? Creativity can take many forms, but often when it comes to children, it is MESSY! Like the protagonist of ‘Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, budding artist Rafe Khatchadorian, would tell you, creative self-expression can take many forms, from a doodle in a note book to a wall covered in Stickies. I can tell you that as a Child Studies major from the University of Guelph, one key learning that continues to stand out in my … Continue reading →

Helpful and Fun Back to School Ideas {LINKY}

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I have to apologize to those of you who don’t have school-aged children or Grandchildren! My blog has been over-run with Back to School content. At least my content has been sprinkled with some good recipes like: Both of these would make GREAT additions to your child’s lunch bag, for those of you who DO have school-aged children! Last week, we had a few bloggers link up some fantastic ideas surrounding Back to School that I would like to feature. These blank calendars can be printed out for your child to use to keep track of projects or for the … Continue reading →

Flower Crafts for Kids Round-Up ~ #ArtsyPlay {LINKY}

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Flower Crafts for Kids

Artsy Play Wednesday will now be featuring many of YOUR crafts in themed round-up posts each week. To see what themes are in the weeks to come, please see the image at the bottom of this post! By linking up, your post may be featured and shared across all of our social media and blogs! The more crafts you link up the higher your chances of being chosen. This week, we have gathered a collection of ideas for Flower Crafts for Kids. 1.  Planting a Rainbow Sensory Board – HOUSE OF BURKE 2.  Lollipop Flower Bouquet – CRAFTY JOURNAL 3.  KandinskyFlowers – RUBBER … Continue reading →

Indoor Fishing Game ~ Artsy Play Wednesday

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indoor fishing game

Welcome to our weekly post called Artsy Play Wednesday! Each week we love to share various arts, crafts and activity ideas that you can do with your children. THIS WEEK’S FEATURED ACTIVITY Today’s featured activity is from a blog called the connection we share. Her activity that we would like to share is an Indoor Fishing Game. This game can be both educational and fun at the same time and it is easy to put together. I absolutely LOVE how she uses decorative washi tape to attach the fish to their strings, so creative and fun! Hosted by: Capri + … Continue reading →

Torn Tissue Paper Eggs ~ Artsy Play Wednesday 3/26

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Torn Tissue Paper Eggs

Hosted by: Capri + 3 Multi-Testing Mommy Shannon’s View From Here Country Fit Family Welcome to Artsy Play Wednesday, a weekly post featuring activities, crafts, recipes and more wonderful ideas to share with your children! Each week, we will have a Featured Activity for you to check out along with an opportunity for you to link up your child friendly activities or to check out ideas for you to do with your children! Fill out this Featured Post form if you are a blogger and you would like to be featured.   FEATURED ACTIVITY Today’s featured activity is from Capri … Continue reading →

Sensory Bins for Kids ~ Artsy Play Wednesday 3/19

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Artsy Play Wednesday

Hosted by: Capri + 3 Multi-Testing Mommy Shannon’s View From Here Country Fit Family Welcome to Artsy Play Wednesday, a weekly post featuring activities, crafts, recipes and more wonderful ideas to share with your children! Each week, we will have a Featured Activity for you to check out along with an opportunity for you to link up your child friendly activities or to check out ideas for you to do with your children! Fill out this Featured Post form if you are a blogger and you would like to be featured.   FEATURED ACTIVITY I absolutely LOVE sensory bins for … Continue reading →

Arts and Crafts for Kids ~ Artsy Play Wednesday Giveaway Hop Continues

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Artsy Play Wednesday Giveaway Hop

Do your kids love to do arts and crafts? I love arts and crafts. I admit that I don’t find as much time for crafts as I would like to, but I still love them. I encourage my children to use their imaginations and make something using their creativity on a regular basis. Sometimes, they run out of ideas and ask me for one and often this occurs at a time when I might not have an activity ready and at my finger tips. This is where Artsy Play Wednesday comes into play for me. I can look back at … Continue reading →

Artsy Play Wednesday #GIVEAWAY Hop!

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We know you love doing arts and crafts with kids as much as we do! And even if you don’t, it is almost guaranteed that your children love arts and crafts! The four co-hosts for Artsy Play Wednesday would like to thank you, our regular readers for coming back week after week to link up and find new craft and activity ideas for the little ones in their lives. As a big thank you, we are sharing a giveaway where one lucky winner will receive a $50 Michaels Gift Card. See the bottom of the post for how to enter! … Continue reading →

$50 Michaels Gift Card Giveaway!

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Michaels Gift Card Giveaway

Michaels has got to be one of my FAVOURITE stores to purchase arts and craft supplies for my children as well as for myself. I love visiting Michaels stores to see all of the fun craft supplies and also to get ideas. This was why when we wanted to think of a Grand Prize, it was a no brainer that we would chose a Gift Card to Michaels! If you are new here, please feel welcome and check out the various Arts and Crafts ideas for children that we have featured in the past. If you are a “regular”, welcome … Continue reading →