I kept my small boy home from school today. He’s got a bit of a cold so I decided we should keep the germs to ourselves today. After a bit of resting he declared that while he was ‘quite sick’ he wasn’t ‘very sick’ and so he should do ‘school at home’. I sent him […]
Draw an Expanding Hug!
It was their grandmother’s birthday. The big girls were making her a cake, and the boys wanted to do something special too. “I want to make her a hug!” declared the five year old, and that gave me a great idea. Let’s draw some expanding hugs! This is a simple drawing activity that is loads […]
Free Printable Drawing Challenge Cards
This post is sponsored by Toyota. My kids love to draw. They love sitting down and filling a page with ideas and imaginings. And I love that my kids love to draw because it is an easy, low mess, quiet activity that often saves me from losing my mind! So I’ve taken advantage of those […]
More Than Just Paper Dolls
It was around five years ago that I first wowed my kids with this magical trick. Back then it was rain that kept us inside and made us stir crazy, but today it was extreme heat. Back then I only had three kids, but today I have four. Back then the little hands struggled with […]
Ten Ways to Encourage a Child Who Doesn’t Like Drawing.
I was asked this question a lot when I was teaching preschool, and even now friends, family and blog readers still ask me – “My preschooler doesn’t like to draw, what should I do?” The short answer to that question is ‘nothing’. And the long answer? Well… Sure, drawing is a great way to work […]
Pin Prick Drawing
It began as an experiment, I was going to make a lantern… but then my kids took over and it became something totally different and so much cooler! I love it when that happens – an idea, becomes an experiment, that turns into something fun, creative, and even educational, something all four of my kids […]
DIY Train Track Scenery
My eight year old has taken to browsing my pinterest boards looking for cool things to do! One Sunday afternoon he came across these very cool train tracks from Pepeto and his eyes lit up! “Can we make these for our train tracks?” he asked enthusiastically. We didn’t have enough felt, or enough foam board, […]
Word Drawing
It started out as an easy name activity to keep the four year old entertained and not ‘ruining the big kid’s lives’, but after a few minutes the seven year old asked to join in and within half an hour all four kids were involved and the table was covered with word drawings. All you […]