Pipe cleaners are some of our favorite supplies for kids fun. I love how they come in a variety of colors, are fairly inexpensive (I’ve seen them at the dollar store) and are totally versatile.  I also have great memories of creating pipe cleaner crafts when I was a kid. Well, pipe cleaners are still very popular all these years later. Check out over 20 ideas for Pipe Cleaner Crafts and Activities.

Making Robots from Train Up A Child

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I am just so excited that Spring is finally here! So are my kids. They love the warmer weather, longer daylight hours, and budding flowers. To capitalize on their excitement for a new season, I created some fun playdough games for them to play by adding some accessories to Spring colored playdough. By adding items you already have at home to ordinary playdough, you can create a variety of playdough games for any season.

You will need:

• Spring colored playdough
• Spring cookie cutters (flowers and a butterfly)
• Green pipe cleaners
• Decorative items such as cut pipe cleaners, beads, glass stones, jewels, pom poms
• Small rolling pin

The great thing about these kinds of playdough games (more…)

When I was at the craft store a few weeks ago, I saw these 5×7 canvases, which seemed just the right size for little hands. I had no idea what I was going to make with them, but they came in a three pack and when you have three kids you are more likely to buy something just because it comes in a three pack. Also, I had a 50% off coupon so they were less than $2. They sat in my closet for weeks until I used some tissue paper in another activity and I started thinking about tissue paper crafts we could make in the future. Then it hit me! Why not use the tissue paper on the canvas to make a collage? (more…)

With all the rainy weather this month, April is the perfect time for some fun rainbow activities. We recently made a rainbow craft using black glue, salt and watercolors. I in love with the vibrant textured rainbows we created and am excited to share how your kids can make this simple rainbow craft as well.
You will need:

• Salt
• White glue
• Black paint
• Watercolors
• Pencil
• White paper

To make black glue, empty your glue bottle so it’s only half full. Then add (more…)

Sometimes an activity takes over a year to come together. I have had these cardboard buckets for a long time. I bought them at a chain craft store and had no idea what I was going to do with them. With St. Patrick’s Day coming up I decided that we could make a pot of gold. That didn’t seem very exciting though, so I thought it would be more fun to make a leprechaun pot of gold. The kids had a blast turning their buckets into leprechauns and we used them in a St. Patrick’s Day activity that I will be sharing on Wednesday.

You will need:

• Cardboard bucket
• Green paint (I mixed mine with white to get a lighter shade but plain green works fine)
• Glue
• Googly eyes
• Black marker
• Green Easter Grass (paper grass would work best)
• Brush for paint and glue

It’s easy to make a leprechaun! (more…)