Print and create these simple design an ornament gift bags for kids to hand out to their friends at Christmas. It’s a great handmade alternative to candy canes or chocolate Santas. Not all kids can eat chocolate and sugary treats because of food allergies and other medical reasons, and sometimes the sugary overload at this…
Make a DIY reindeer hobby horse from cardboard and paper for some eco-friendly Christmas fun! This is an easy DIY toy idea to make the kids this Christmas which will inspire imaginary and pretend play. This craft was originally published in 2015 and has been updated and re-shared for today’s audience. The big kid in…
Today we’re sharing a fun Monster Munch sight word game for early readers. This monster learning game and craft is something I made for my daughter back in kindergarten when she was struggling to memorise her sight words. She really disliked boring sight word drill cards and “switched off” whenever we tried to practice them…
Today we’re sharing how to make sparkly magic wands for fairy costumes and pretend play. These wands might look fancy, but the main material we’ve used to make them is cardboard! This easy kids craft idea was something I came up with when my girls were preschoolers. They each made a magic wand of their…
Make a cardboard castle from a recycled cardboard box! This is a fun and easy kids craft idea which becomes a DIY toy to inspire imaginative play. This recycled cardboard castle is a craft project I made together with my daughter back when she was a princess-obsessed pre schooler. I’ve been intending to update this…
Make bright and colourful Halloween suncatchers using tie-dyed paper towel. They look gorgeous in the window and make an easy Halloween craft for kids. Who ever said that Halloween decorations need to be black, dark and scary? We like to make them colourful and fun. We put some of our tie dyed paper towel art…
Make a Frida Kahlo succulent planter with this simple step by step tutorial. The finished Frida portrait pot is deceptively simple to make, looks effective and would make a great handmade gift idea for any art-lover or Frida fan. Who doesn’t love Frida Kahlo? Aside from her artwork being colourful and eye-catching, the lady herself…
Here are some pretend play cookies you can make using PAPER. I originally created these for my girls when my youngest was going through a pretend cafe phase – for about three years! Literally every day she would set up an elaborate cafe in the lounge room complete with a kid-made “menu”. She would serve…
This 10 minute paper roll shaker is a fun musical instrument craft for preschoolers which they can make themselves with a little bit of help. We originally shared this DIY musical shaker back in 2013 – my kids are now much bigger! *sob*. I’ve decided to reshare it for our readers today. One…