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Beet Heart Stamps

February 6, 2020 Leave a Comment Activities· Crafts· Forest School· Winter· Winter

Valentine’s Day is next week! If you’re still looking for a sweet card idea for your kids, these Beet Heart Stamps may be the thing! They are so cute and so easy and so much fun too!

After we finished our last crafting post – Potato Snowmen – I began considering other vegetables that might be used as stamps. Beets! Of course! Not only are they cheap and easy to find, they’re also the most beautiful and vibrant shade of pink, naturally. Sooo…they’re perfect for making heart prints! Just in time for Valentine’s Day too. Making beet heart stamps couldn’t be easier. Keep scrolling to learn how to do it.

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Potato Snowmen

January 29, 2020 Leave a Comment Activities· Crafts· Forest School· Winter· Winter

Looking for a quick and easy winter art project? Try making these Potato Snowmen! They’re easy, kids love them, and they require materials you probably already have on hand.

As winter trudges on, my kids seem to be less enthusiastic about going outside and playing in the snow, so I’ve been brainstorming fun wintery art projects to bring the outside in. Like all kids, mine love building real snowmen, but they were just as excited about creating a cute little piece of snowman art that we could display on the fridge for a few months. These Potato Snowmen look so cute, but they are actually really easy to pull off. Read on to learn how to make yours.

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Vegan Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese

January 27, 2020 Leave a Comment Dinner· Recipes· Vegan· Vegetarian

This Vegan Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese is cozy, healthy and delicious! It’s easy to make and so creamy even though there’s no dairy in it!

This Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese combines two of my favorite comfort foods: pasta and butternut squash! Butternut squash isn’t only the color of (orange) cheese, it also makes a super creamy sauce once it’s cooked and blended. I add in a bunch of yummy spices and my kids gobble it right up!

Wintery Slime Activity

January 22, 2020 Leave a Comment Winter· Winter

This Wintery Slime Activity is a great sensory activity for all kids because it’s safe, eco-friendly, and super easy! Oh, and it’s ooey-gewy and slimy, so kids love it too!

Every time I walk into Target with my kids, they immediately find the kid section and begin pleading for things: “please, please, please can we have this, well, what about that, okay, well please, please just let us have some slime. It’s just a little slime, mom!!” My answer has always been and will always be no.

Okay, I get it, kids! Slime is delightfully squishy and soft and oh, so fun to play with. But sorry guys, I’m just not as enthusiastic about all the chemical toxins in store-bought slime or the environmental impact of the slime and the one-use containers it’s stored in. I suggested that we make our own slime, and we made it out of Target without even a minor meltdown! Read on to learn how to make your own homemade wintery slime.

Marshmallow Snowflakes

January 15, 2020 Leave a Comment Activities· Crafts· Winter· Winter

Making Marshmallow Snowflakes is a great STEM project for kids of all ages. It’s a fun way to learn about snowflakes and practice fine motor skills for kids at any level.

What kid wouldn’t be eager to work on a STEM project that involves yummy marshmallows?! We have all this junk food left over from the holidays, and I thought of this fun project to put all our extra marshmallows to good use: making marshmallow snowflakes. Keep scrolling to learn how to make your own!