Category: Creative Kids

Each day we start school with a journal entry.  We use our journal time as a free writing exercise.  I give the girls a topic to write about (except on Free For All Friday when …

Last week I had a genius idea: have Honeybun make a book!  I know, not that ingenious but one of the 1st grade Common Core standards for Language Arts entails “use a variety of digital …

The girls’ cute little hand turkeys from our first Thanksgiving in Ireland are still some of my favorite kid-made treasures. This year I decided to try a new method of hand AND foot turkeys I …

Looking for an easy Halloween project for the kids?  Something quick, easy, mess free? I’ve got the perfect kids pumpkin decorating project! This weekend we went to a local farm/pumpkin patch.  Among the chaos and …

My Mommy and my Mommy-in-law both lost their own mommies this summer.  My girls were very saddened and made them cards which, in our true family style, never got mailed.  So instead of sending them …

The above image of hubby and I enjoying our “big kid” juice drinks in yesterday’s Noble Juice post was taken by Honeybun.  At first glance, it looks like our silly little six year old has …

Yesterday was a long day. We started “school” just before 8 and by lunch time (11:30) we had done writing, spelling, science, math and swam for over an hour. We then sat down to read …

Ah, the magic of play dough!  Give a kid (or adult) a pile of play dough and watch the magic happen.  Change up the tools to change up the play. Play dough is great for …

Play dough is surprisingly easy to make and even the kids can help.  As a preschool teacher we used to make play dough with the kids once every few months.  It’s great for helping kids …

I have a confession to make:  I’m terrible at icing cakes.  Not like “I’m not an expert but it always turns out just fine” kind of terrible, like really, actually, seriously terrible.  Like I just …