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  1. Summer Scented Play Dough Recipes

    Celebrate summer with watermelon, lime, orange, and coconut scented homemade play dough!  Sensory play that suits the season is so much fun for young kids and creates such happy memories.…

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  2. How to Build Plesiosaurs with LEGO Bricks

    Here's a fun new LEGO® project - build a water dinosaur, or plesiosaur! Well, technically they aren't actually dinosaurs - just very large marine reptiles that are now extinct. The…

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  3. Build a Powerful Popsicle Stick Catapult

    STEM challenge for kids - build a catapult out of popsicle sticks! Here's a fun (and effective) catapult to build out of popsicle sticks, hot glue, and a few other…

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  4. Favorite STEM Toys for Creative Kids

    I am a firm believer that the types of toys we have in our homes greatly affects our kids' creativity. The toy aisles at most big box stores are filled…

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  5. Printable Dinosaur Coloring Pages for Kids

    Dinosaur fans will love these printable coloring pages! There are three designs to print and color - a tyrannosaurus rex, a diplodocus, and a triceratops. We've posted dragon coloring…

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  6. Let's Taco 'bout these awesome EASY play food tacos!

    Use craft felt and dried pinto beans to create your own taco dinner play food set! Janie and I have been loving the pretend play age and having fun making…

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  7. How to Build Puppies with LEGO Bricks

    Build some LEGO® puppies with their own doggy bed and food bowl! These are such adorable little puppies. You can swap out the bricks in the legs to make them…

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  8. Watermelon Fine Motor Activities

    Who knew a watermelon could be so much fun? I don't ever post activities on this blog that we did not truly enjoy, but my 4 and 6 year old's…

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  9. Watermelon Printable Math Activities for Pre-K and Kindergarten

    Here are some fun hands-on math activities with a summer watermelon theme! Print watermelon number cards and a Roll It, Write It, Count It mat. Below, you'll also find a…

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  10. How to Make Scented Lemonade Slime

    So we were trying to make scented watermelon slime today, which was a massive fail (I'll explain more in a minute!). But in the process we made this awesome lemonade…

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