As we were coloring the other day, my preschooler asked me why we never use the white crayon. I had to explain that most of the paper we use is white and white crayon does not show up on white paper. I decided it was time to do a project in which we could use the white crayon or white chalk; either works with this project.  With Halloween approaching, I decided it would be fun to do a Halloween Chalk Art project with the kids.   This post contains affiliate links. See my ... continue reading...

I love contributing to the kids' holiday class parties.  Most years I do the games, but with two in school this year, I could not do games for both their classes. Our oldest said he wanted to bring drinks, so we made super easy Jack O' Lantern Halloween Drinks.   This post contains affiliate links. See my Disclosure Policy for details. I enjoy making stuff from scratch, but there are times when I just don't have time, but I still want it to be special.  I love when ... continue reading...

Our kids love the Spider Plastic Rings that are available every year during Halloween.  We usually pick up a big bag and they play with them and we then put some in their treat bags for school.   This year I created a fun Spider Threading Activity for our preschooler using the spider rings.   This post contains affiliate links. See my Disclosure Policy for details. Supplies Piece of cardboard Scrapbook paper or construction paper Paper ... continue reading...

A family tradition that has been carried over from our childhoods is carving pumpkins each year at Halloween.  It's a little early for us to carve pumpkins yet this year and make jack a lanterns, but that does not stop us from creating cute jack a lantern crafts.   This post contains affiliate links. See my Disclosure Policy for details. Do you remember that puffy paint bat we did a couple of weeks ago?  We used the same process for this puffy paint jack a lantern kid ... continue reading...