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 Noodle Necklace I don’t want to sound like an old lady but, whatever happened to being creative when choosing art and craft supplies? The craft stores are full of ready packaged crafts, just empty the bag and assemble. Some days that is great, with no thought involved I can give the kids something semi-creative to do. Usually, however, I … Continue reading “Found” Art Materials 
This year on February 14 we get two special days in one! What do we do with our kids for Valentines Day and Chinese New Year? We make crafts of course and since they land on the same day why not make a Chinese/heart themed craft. Cut out hearts with chinese characters was too obvious … Continue reading Chinese Paper Lanterns with Hearts  This is a non-suet (beef fat) suet cake. We used lard (usually pig fat) from the freezer section of the supermarket. Suet can really smell up your house so if you decide to go that route you may want to melt it outside. Lard has no smell at all and next time I may try Crisco … Continue reading How to Make a Suet Cake with a Preschooler  One day just before lunch everyone was feeling a little crabby so I remembered an activity on-line from Frugal Family Fun Blog called Bubble Prints. This sounded like the perfect combination for a rainy day, bubbles and art. I had only read it a day or two before so I tried to do this from memory. To a large bowl … Continue reading Making Bubble Prints is Not a Toddler Activity 
I am not going to document all the clinical studies that say reading to your kids at a young age is beneficial. We all know that it is a good thing to do. Reading can be hard to fit into a busy schedule but it is really worth it, not only for the kids. Seven months … Continue reading Read to Your Kids Before Bed Everyday  Christmas is almost here and despite our requests for restraint from our friends and family we know our kids will get a new load of toys. Time to make room. We are not even six months into our new home and already it is cluttered with toys. Before we made the move we sold a pile of … Continue reading Control Toy Clutter  It is nice to pass on some traditions at Christmas. I have fond memories counting down to Christmas Day on my homemade advent calendar when I was a child. This calander gave me an instant answer to my ‘when will it be Christmas?’ question and provided a small release for my growing excitement each day. My father’s family is Danish and one of my Aunts had … Continue reading Activity Advent Calendar Almost every night when I was growing up we would come together, as a family, and see what was going on in the world. We would watch the nightly news. Not always the most entertaining TV program for a child but there was always something that caught my attention. While I did learn a fair bit from watching … Continue reading Discussing News – An Opportunity Not to be Avoided  |
 
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