Holiday & Seasonal

Floating Ghost Sensory Jar: Easy Halloween Calm-Down Craft

Some crafts are for doing. This one is for watching. You fill a jar with water and clear glue, hang little cotton-ball...

Holiday & Seasonal

Frozen Rainbow Crystal Pinecones: Easy Winter Science Craft for Kids

You know those February afternoons where it's freezing outside, the kids are bouncing off the furniture, and you need a project that...

Holiday & Seasonal

DIY Birdseed Heart Ornaments for Kids

This is the craft where my kids learned that making something for someone else feels even better than making it for yourself....

Holiday & Seasonal

Rainbow Ghost Coffee Filter Suncatchers: Easy Halloween Craft

There's a specific kind of morning light in October — low, golden, slanting through the windows — that makes everything look a...

Holiday & Seasonal

Easy DIY Snowflake Glitter Ornaments for Kids

My kids have strong opinions about snowflakes. Strong. Opinions. So when we made these snowflake glitter ornaments — clear balls with pink...

Holiday & Seasonal

DIY Winter Sensory Bottles for Kids (Easy Calm-Down Craft)

Confession time: I used to think sensory bottles were just for babies. Then one chaotic winter afternoon, my older daughter made one...

Holiday & Seasonal

Halloween Silhouette Lantern Jars: Easy DIY for Kids

There's a particular kind of evening in October — the air goes crisp, dinner's done, the kids are in pajamas way too...

Holiday & Seasonal

Spooky Tissue Paper Lantern Jars: Easy Halloween Craft for Kids

There is a special shelf in my kitchen cabinet where empty jars go to wait for their second life. Pasta sauce jars,...

Holiday & Seasonal

Easy Clear Glue Flower Ornaments for Kids

I found a bag of dried flowers at a craft store clearance bin — the kind of impulse buy that sits in...

Holiday & Seasonal

Melted Crayon Haunted House Suncatcher: Easy Halloween Craft for Kids

Every family has that box of broken crayons. You know the one — jammed in a drawer, full of nubs and sad...