Saturday, September 18, 2021

How to Grill Sunflower Heads

Have you seen the trend where people grill sunflower heads? I've seen it all over TikTok and knew that I had to try. After growing a bunch of small sunflowers, we finally grew a mammoth one! Here's how we grilled it.

How To Grill Sunflower Heads



Friday, August 6, 2021

Super Simple Upcycled Fabric Garland with Kids

Last month when I was puttering around my container garden, I felt that something was missing. A garden decoration! Instead of purchasing something, I made this super easy upcycled fabric garland to add a bit of whimsy to the space. This craft was so quick and easy to make, the kids could certainly take charge of the project and make this easy and lovely garden decoration with you.


How to Make a Super Simple Upcycled Fabric Garland with Kids


How to make a super simple upcycled fabric garland


Monday, July 26, 2021

DIY Super Easy Flipbooks with Kids

Love the magic of flipbooks? Want to make some with your kids? Interested in trying out a quick STEM activity? Or are you looking for a fun craft to try out his summer?

Well, you're here at the right post. Instead of going the typical route and using a lightbox and pencil, here is one super-easy way to make DIY flipbooks with children of all ages. No drawing and tracing are necessary!


How to make super easy DIY flipbooks with Kids

How to make super easy and fun DIY flipbooks with kids


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Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Painted Accordion Butterflies

The series of butterfly crafts continues! I made these gorgeous painted butterflies with a couple of preschoolers last week and they had a lot of fun carefully painting all the accordion folds. Here's how we made them!


How to Make Painted Accordion Butterflies

How to Make Accordion Butterflies with preschoolers


Sunday, July 4, 2021

Easy Flapping Paper Butterfly Preschool Craft

We've done a ton of paper butterfly crafts on the blog and today I have one more to add to the list. I recently made these cute and easy fluttering paper butterflies with a group of preschoolers. The kids enjoyed decorating the paper insects and then flying them around outside. 


Here's how we made them!

How to Make Easy Flapping Paper Butterflies with Preschoolers

How to Fold and decorate Fluttering Paper butterflies for an easy preschool craft