JDaniel4s Mom

Paper Plate Crafts for Kids- Sheep

January 15, 2015 By Deirdre

I love to buy fun cup liners to liven up my son’s lunches. When I decided it would be fun to make a paper plate sheep, I found the perfect leftover liner to use for the sheep’s face. Why did we make sheep? JDaniel asked me just that question on the day we did this craft. We did this sheep craft along with several other sheep-themed activities for Continue Reading

Solo Cup Craft- Valentine’s Day Alien

January 14, 2015 By Deirdre

If you end up with bunches of odd and ends in your crafting area or junk drawer, this Valentine’s Day craft is for you. During one of my clean out the cabinets and shelves purges, I found a bunch of things that I thought would be great for creating a Valentine’s Day sculpture. Those odd and ends along with a red Solo cup were placed out for my son Continue Reading

LEGO Valentine’s Day Cards – Printable

January 10, 2015 By Deirdre

Last year my son was into Minions so, I made Minion Valentine’s Day cards for him to pass out to his classmates. This year JDaniel is into LEGO. I search high and low to find ideas for a LEGO Valentine's Day cards. I found one on Pinterest I really liked, but it has just been uploaded as picture. There was not a link to the card's creator or Continue Reading

9 Things Children Learn While Playing Kids Games

January 7, 2015 By Deirdre

We have never been a family that was big into board games. That is until recently. We have started playing board games on Saturday evenings. What fun we have had! While playing Candy Land recently, I started thinking about all the life lessons children learn while playing games. Later I sat down and made a list of the things I think children are Continue Reading

Paddington Bear Paper Plate Craft

January 5, 2015 By Deirdre

When my son was born, my mom bought him a Paddington Bear stuffed toy she found at second hand store. "When JDaniel gets older, he is love reading books about him," Mom said. Paddington has sat in JDaniel's room for years. It wasn't until recently that we started to read the books that star Paddington Bear. At six JDaniel is just the right age to Continue Reading

Three Kings Day Craft for Kids

January 3, 2015 By Deirdre

We started the Christmas season by creating paper plate calling birds. We are ending the Christmas season or the twelve days of Christmas with this super cute Three Kings Day craft. What is Three Kings Day? You may have heard it called Epiphany or Twelfth Day. It celebrates the three kings or wise men that traveled to see Jesus. It is Continue Reading

Fun Game for Kids – Counting Down Stars

December 28, 2014 By Deirdre

Fun Games for Kids- Counting Down the Stars

I know I shared a counting down activity with a New Year's Eve theme just last week. This fun game for kids that I am calling Counting Down Stars was such fun I thought I would share it with you too. It could be played on New Year's Eve, as part of a space unit or anytime you want to work on counting with them. What You Need To Create Continue Reading

Ten Preschool Songs for New Year’s

December 26, 2014 By Deirdre

After sharing how to make a New Year's Eve countdown ball with you earlier in the week, I decided to seek out so New Year's themed preschool songs for kids. I thought you would enjoy having fun songs to welcome the new year with! I searched high and low to find preschool songs for New Year's. (There are actually tons of them out there. I was Continue Reading

New Year’s Eve Countdown Activity For Kids

December 22, 2014 By Deirdre

This New Year's Eve countdown activity is fun for kids to create and use. You could use it to the countdown on New Year's Eve along with this New Year's Eve customs sheet or use it in centers at the beginning of the New Year. I know that most countdowns start with ten, but I decided we should start with twelve. Twelve is a number tied into New Continue Reading

Christmas Crafts for Kids- Hanger Reindeer

December 20, 2014 By Deirdre

I find the cutest Christmas craft for kids at school. Yesterday at school a noticed a some super cute hanger reindeer hanging from the cabinet knobs in the classroom across from mine. Knowing that you like Christmas crafts for kids as much as I do I came home and made one so you could see it. This is one of those Christmas crafts for kids that Continue Reading

Christmas Party Ideas- Juice Box Covers And More

December 19, 2014 By Deirdre

I signed up to send in juice boxes for my son’s holiday class party. Rather than just send in the juice boxes as they are I decided to make juice box covers for them. After searching through Pinterest for Christmas party ideas, I decided that most people seem to make Rudolph juice box covers. I decided to try and make Rudolph, a snowman that looks Continue Reading