Our kids love to paint and are always excited when I bring out something other than traditional paintbrushes to paint. With Valentine's Day fast approaching, we decided to do sponge painted hearts for a quick and easy Valentine's Day art project.  Supplies This post contains affiliate links. See my Disclosure Policy for details. White paper (A thicker paper like cardstock would be best to absorb the paint.) Sponge Paint (We used red and pink paint.) We used ... continue reading...

Our crafting area is full of pinks and reds and lots of hearts these days as we get ready for Valentine's Day. As we were crafting this week, I remembered a Shamrock Man Craft we made last year for St. Patrick's Day. The kids were giggly with excitement when they finished their craft and realized the arms and legs bounced around as they moved it their shamrock person. We are bringing that fun and excitement back with this Heart Craft for Valentine's Day.   This Valentine ... continue reading...

I've got everyone in the house trained to save paper rolls for crafts, but we haven't been keeping up with the supply. The box we store them is overflowing, so it was time for some paper roll crafts!  We made this toilet paper roll butterfly craft for Valentine's Day, but it could totally work for anytime of year. Pink and purple are our daughter's favorite colors and just happen to work for Valentine's Day too.    This butterfly craft is a great way to reuse toilet ... continue reading...

As soon as the Christmas decorations were put away after New's Years, our kids started asking when and what the next holiday is. I kind of don't blame them. The last few months of the year are full of holiday fun from Halloween to New Years and then there really is not anything until Valentine's Day. Unless you are our middle child, he thinks we should have a huge celebration on Groundhog Day (regardless of the outcome). We do a lot of fun winter activities, but the kids are definitely ... continue reading...