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I love this time of year and, the possibilities for DIYS are endless between the costumes and decorations. There are so many fun things to make this time of year.  I especially love when my kids ask me to make their costumes. The other day I asked Little Man if he remembered the year I dressed him up like a lion. He said no, the only costumes that stood out to him were the ones I made for him, or bought ones that I enhanced to make the character that he wanted. This year Little Man wanted to be cousin It from the Adam's Family, to match his friends costumes.  Little Miss wanted to be Gabby from Gabby's Dollhouse, specifically the Halloween Gabby, dressed in a rainbow dress complete with cat tail.  Little Man's costume was fun to make. My initial idea was to use a grass hula skirt but I couldn't find a grass one, I found lots of plastic ones in green, blue and pink but no brown or grass ones. Pivoting slightly, we wandered the isles of the Dollar ...

Beware of the Zombie Gnome! This is the newest addition to our Haunted Fairy Garden. This gnome was in a paint your own garden gnome set that Little Man painted years ago.  The paint was wearing off so we decided to give him a new (after) life, and paint him as a zombie gnome. I love how weathered and beaten up he looks. I also gave my  welcome to our gnome  sign a spooky upgrade by painting the flip side to day 'beware of gnome.' Our Haunted Fairy Garden grows spookier every year. This year in addition to the zombie gnome and sign, I also repainted my fairy as a ghost fairy and we added a haunted tree house.  Happy Halloween!

A friend gave me these cute Mason  jar ornaments and little wood shapes one year for my birthday. They reminded me of catching bugs on a summer day. I decided to used them to make this counting activity that I played with Little Miss. I made this a few years ago before she started kindergarten. Back then we used this activity to practice counting but we've used it again recently to practice addition. This is another activity that is easy to throw into your bag and pull out at a restaurant or coffee shop.  What you need: ● Mason Jar shapes ● Small wood shapes, I had flowers, butterflies and birds ●Paint pens or markers ●Drawstring bag  What to do:  There are two sides to this activity.  Activity 1: Read the number written above the shape, pick out that many shapes from the bag.  How to make it: Write a number then trace the outline of one of the shapes beneath it.  Activity 2: Choose a Mason jar ornament then pick out the same number of shapes as traced...

This color association game is an activity that I made for Little Miss when she was a toddler, I recently came accross these pictures and thought that I would share this activity. This felt activity has an envelope on the back to keep all the peices together which makes it perfect to bring along to keep little ones occupied at a coffee shop or restaurant.  What you need: ● Felt 4 colours, 2 peices of each ● Peice of cardboard  ● Envelope  ● Glue gun and white glue  What to do: 1. Cut the felt into 4 equal squares 2. Cut the cardboard to the size of all four felt squares placed in a larger square. 3.Glue the felt onto the cardboard to make the game board.  4. Cut shapes out of the other peices of felt. I cut out hearts, triangles, circles and squares. Using white glue, glue the envelope to the cardboard side of the game board.  To use: Have the kids match the shapes with their colours on the gameboard or match the shapes together. Store the shapes in the env...

Fall! It's here, it's finally here! Cooler weather, comfy sweaters and pumpkin and apple everything.  I have been waiting for this all month. When the kids go back to school it always feels like a reset for me, almost like a new year, I start a new calendar and we get ourselves back on a schedule. This year I have some great Blog Posts planned. In September I have two learning activities for toddlers. I came across the pictures when I was going through my computer. I found some activities I made when Little Miss was younger that I never shared. I thought that this would be a good time to share them, I always liked having a little pre-school schedule for the kids when they were younger and these are the types of activities I would prepare for them. For October I am going to share some pictures of our Spooky Fairy Garden. We add new things to it every year and I am looking forward to making our fairy garden spooky again this year. I hope you all enjoy the spooky season! Happy Cra...

Summer is slowly coming to an end and although I am looking forward to sweaters and all the fall vibes we have had a great summer and we have had a lot of family fun. The kids both played soccer this summer and it was Little Man's first year as a referree.  The end of the soccer season means a tournament. Little Miss was so excited to display her soccer medal. We decided to make a little display for the medals she has so far (and some of mine!) What you need: • Wood frame (from the Dollar Store) •  Paint (We used acrylic, purple, turquoise and sparkle) • 4 hooks (I used the 3M removable transparent ones because that's what I had but any would work or nails if you don't have hooks) • Your child's initial (I printed mine with the cricut but a wooden letter from a craft store would look nice) What to do: 1. Paint the wood frame I the color or pattern of your choice. Little Miss chose the colors and design. 2. Wait for the paint to dry. M...

There are only 3 months left until Halloween, not that I'm counting! At this time every year I start to think about Halloween and the fall. I dream about comfy sweaters and baking and spooky movies and books. This year, inspired by our favorite Gravity Falls episode Summerween, we decided to carve a watermelon, dress up in costumes and watch Spooky shows. It turns out that carving a watermelon is much easier than carving a pumpkin and the red watermelon color is perfect for a Spooky face, not to mention that watermelon smells a lot better than pumpkin.  Happy Summerween!