• Well @get.creative.with Yarn Week is officially over y’all and, gosh yarn it, you guys made choosing favorites nearly impossible! I was up ‘til 3 am swooning over your photos and swapping this grid of wooly cool creations but without further ado, here are my top nine: ▫️ @creatingcreatives — that mask was in my dreams last night! INCREDIBLE, Shelly! 🤩🤩 ▫️ @mamasaysnihao — I just wanna reach out and pet that llama! ▫️ @littlenuthatch — because this is the first time stump art has made me see hearts 😍 ▫️ @littlespiritsociety — little Eden dreamed that circle gorgeousness up all by herself! ▫️ @scarletterosefairyartcraft — you had me at rainbow cloud! 💕🌈☁️ ▫️ @2little_lims — yarn + watercolors = 😍😍😍 ▫️ @juliecurtin14 — that caterpillar might be my fave instacreation of all time. He’s PERFECTION!! 🐛🥰 ▫️ @evdeikibebe — those yarn wrapped baby bees make my heart flutter 🐝💕 ▫️ @heart_artlife — I wanna run through a field of those rainbowy yarn and button flowers 🌸🌼 . Thank you SO much for making this yarn week one of my favorites ever, buddies! I’ve saved pretty much ALL of your projects to try and found TONS of new cool mega-creative people to follow — THE BEST!! . Extra big thanks to my main gals Laura + Tia @littlebuttondiaries and Shannon @ohcreativeday for letting me host again and for sharing all of that gorgeous inspo of their own 😍😁😘💕💕 . . #getcreativewith #craftymom #kidscrafts #yarnlovers #craftsforkids #artchallenge #instachallenge #makeart #creativekids #creativekids_ig #mombloggers #yarntastic #makestuff #raisingkinley
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    Well @get.creative.with Yarn Week is officially over y’all and, gosh yarn it, you guys made choosing favorites nearly impossible! I was up ‘til 3 am swooning over your photos and swapping this grid of wooly cool creations but without further ado, here are my top nine: ▫️ @creatingcreatives — that mask was in my dreams last night! INCREDIBLE, Shelly! 🤩🤩 ▫️ @mamasaysnihao — I just wanna reach out and pet that llama! ▫️ @littlenuthatch — because this is the first time stump art has made me see hearts 😍 ▫️ @littlespiritsociety — little Eden dreamed that circle gorgeousness up all by herself! ▫️ @scarletterosefairyartcraft — you had me at rainbow cloud! 💕🌈☁️ ▫️ @2little_lims — yarn + watercolors = 😍😍😍 ▫️ @juliecurtin14 — that caterpillar might be my fave instacreation of all time. He’s PERFECTION!! 🐛🥰 ▫️ @evdeikibebe — those yarn wrapped baby bees make my heart flutter 🐝💕 ▫️ @heart_artlife — I wanna run through a field of those rainbowy yarn and button flowers 🌸🌼 . Thank you SO much for making this yarn week one of my favorites ever, buddies! I’ve saved pretty much ALL of your projects to try and found TONS of new cool mega-creative people to follow — THE BEST!! . Extra big thanks to my main gals Laura + Tia @littlebuttondiaries and Shannon @ohcreativeday for letting me host again and for sharing all of that gorgeous inspo of their own 😍😁😘💕💕 . . #getcreativewith #craftymom #kidscrafts #yarnlovers #craftsforkids #artchallenge #instachallenge #makeart #creativekids #creativekids_ig #mombloggers #yarntastic #makestuff #raisingkinley
  • It’s the last day of @get.creative.with Yarn Week and I’ve got a super easy one for ya today — sticky collage art! . All you need is: ▫️clear contact paper (we get ours at Dollar Tree) ▫️fun random bits and pieces (we used feathers, YARN, ribbon, and rhinestones for this one but tissue paper and scrapbook paper make nice additions too. Anything goes!) ▫️*optional* piece of cardstock to make a frame . Even the tiniest little people can make sticky collage art. I used to tape GIANT pieces of contact paper to the floor for itty-bitty Kinley to play with. She loved dancing and smacking her hands on that sticky stuff and carefully smashing tons and tons of craft feathers to it the most, but it’s also super fun for bigger kids (and grown-ups 🤪) Process art at its best! We made a sticky art suncatcher last week if you wanna see another example of what’s possible 👊🏼💕 . Joanna @thebluebarn made some seriously gorgeous yarn paintings with this method earlier this week too — if you haven’t seen them yet, you need to. They’ll give ya heart eyes guaranteed! . Hurry and finish your yarn art projects and slap a #getcreativewith tag on them cause tomorrow is the day that I pick and share my ultimate faves! I’ve already saved about a hundred bajillion — this community is just jam-packed with incredible creative people, isn’t it? 😍😍 . Hope you’re having a wooly great Saturday! 🤓😉🧶 . . #raisingkinley #prek #toddleractivities #craftymom #kidscrafts #everydayplayhacks #yarnart #collage_art #makeart #makearteveryday #kindergartenteacher #babyart #toddlerfun #artforkids #artmatters #creativekids #funwithkids #kidsplay #keepthembusy #letthemplay #invitationtocreate
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    It’s the last day of @get.creative.with Yarn Week and I’ve got a super easy one for ya today — sticky collage art! . All you need is: ▫️clear contact paper (we get ours at Dollar Tree) ▫️fun random bits and pieces (we used feathers, YARN, ribbon, and rhinestones for this one but tissue paper and scrapbook paper make nice additions too. Anything goes!) ▫️*optional* piece of cardstock to make a frame . Even the tiniest little people can make sticky collage art. I used to tape GIANT pieces of contact paper to the floor for itty-bitty Kinley to play with. She loved dancing and smacking her hands on that sticky stuff and carefully smashing tons and tons of craft feathers to it the most, but it’s also super fun for bigger kids (and grown-ups 🤪) Process art at its best! We made a sticky art suncatcher last week if you wanna see another example of what’s possible 👊🏼💕 . Joanna @thebluebarn made some seriously gorgeous yarn paintings with this method earlier this week too — if you haven’t seen them yet, you need to. They’ll give ya heart eyes guaranteed! . Hurry and finish your yarn art projects and slap a #getcreativewith tag on them cause tomorrow is the day that I pick and share my ultimate faves! I’ve already saved about a hundred bajillion — this community is just jam-packed with incredible creative people, isn’t it? 😍😍 . Hope you’re having a wooly great Saturday! 🤓😉🧶 . . #raisingkinley #prek #toddleractivities #craftymom #kidscrafts #everydayplayhacks #yarnart #collage_art #makeart #makearteveryday #kindergartenteacher #babyart #toddlerfun #artforkids #artmatters #creativekids #funwithkids #kidsplay #keepthembusy #letthemplay #invitationtocreate
  • We interrupt this yarnstravaganza to bring you our #craftthezoo Backyard Critters + #montessorifromtheheart Spring Week creations: Sara the Sweet Little Birdie and her tweetie-pie family 😁😁 (and technically they also qualify for #getcreativewith Yarn Week cause their nests are made with yarn “sticks” right? 🤓😁) . I’ve been swooning over @buggyandbuddy’s little birdies in a nest craft for years on Pinterest and we finally got around to giving it a try last night. We put our own spin on it by skipping the construction paper and using cardboard that we colored with @weareooly Chunkies (the best tempera sticks we’ve tried so far 😍😍 Does Ooly make ANYTHING that’s not amazing?!) Oh, & the ladybird accessories were 100% Kinley’s idea 😎😁🎀👑 . You’ve still got a little time to join in with the Yarnival fun, too, friends. Picking faves on Sunday is gonna be one crazy hard job ‘cause there are LOADS of incredible projects over on the hashtag already 🧶💕🤩 . Don’t forget to use #getcreativewith and tag me, @ohcreativeday, @littlebuttondiaries in your posts! . Happy Friday! . . #artteachersofinstagram #raisingkinley #cardboardcreations #preschoolteacher #preschoolactivities #kindergartenteacher #prek #springequinox #babybirds #craftsforkids #creativekids #kidscrafts #kidscrafts101 #craftymom #craftygirl
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    We interrupt this yarnstravaganza to bring you our #craftthezoo Backyard Critters + #montessorifromtheheart Spring Week creations: Sara the Sweet Little Birdie and her tweetie-pie family 😁😁 (and technically they also qualify for #getcreativewith Yarn Week cause their nests are made with yarn “sticks” right? 🤓😁) . I’ve been swooning over @buggyandbuddy’s little birdies in a nest craft for years on Pinterest and we finally got around to giving it a try last night. We put our own spin on it by skipping the construction paper and using cardboard that we colored with @weareooly Chunkies (the best tempera sticks we’ve tried so far 😍😍 Does Ooly make ANYTHING that’s not amazing?!) Oh, & the ladybird accessories were 100% Kinley’s idea 😎😁🎀👑 . You’ve still got a little time to join in with the Yarnival fun, too, friends. Picking faves on Sunday is gonna be one crazy hard job ‘cause there are LOADS of incredible projects over on the hashtag already 🧶💕🤩 . Don’t forget to use #getcreativewith and tag me, @ohcreativeday, @littlebuttondiaries in your posts! . Happy Friday! . . #artteachersofinstagram #raisingkinley #cardboardcreations #preschoolteacher #preschoolactivities #kindergartenteacher #prek #springequinox #babybirds #craftsforkids #creativekids #kidscrafts #kidscrafts101 #craftymom #craftygirl
  • Have you ever tried stitching without a plan? Kin and I love it — it’s a such a great way to relax. We’ve tried it on everything from muslin to burlap to plastic bags (thanks for that crazy awesome inspo @cassie_stephenz 😍😍) and it never ever gets old. . This week we tried stitching with yarn on an old piece of white fabric from the scrap bin. I popped it in an embroidery hoop and Kinley painted it with our favorite @weareooly watercolors before getting her sew on. We hadn’t tried the painting step before and it ended up taking the whole project up a bazillion notches I think 😍 A whole bunch of process art experiences in one plus it’s always extra cool when a project takes a couple of days, isn’t it? Somehow the anticipation makes it all a little extra exciting 💕😁 . Have you checked the #getcreativewith hashtag this week?! You guys are wooly BUHringing it for Yarn Week and I don’t know how I will ever be able to narrow down all of the gorgeously textured goodness but PLEASE don’t stop! Keep tagging me, @littlebuttondiaries and @ohcreativeday in all of those wooly creations — we don’t wanna miss a single one 🤩🧶😁🙌🏼 . . #ooly #creativekids #yarnart #artforkids #processart #smockson #kidscrafts101 #kidscrafts #artteachersofinstagram #preschoolteacher #preschoolactivities #artwithkids #pompoms #handstitched #sewingforkids #kindergartenteacher #homeschoolmom @get.creative.with
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    Have you ever tried stitching without a plan? Kin and I love it — it’s a such a great way to relax. We’ve tried it on everything from muslin to burlap to plastic bags (thanks for that crazy awesome inspo @cassie_stephenz 😍😍) and it never ever gets old. . This week we tried stitching with yarn on an old piece of white fabric from the scrap bin. I popped it in an embroidery hoop and Kinley painted it with our favorite @weareooly watercolors before getting her sew on. We hadn’t tried the painting step before and it ended up taking the whole project up a bazillion notches I think 😍 A whole bunch of process art experiences in one plus it’s always extra cool when a project takes a couple of days, isn’t it? Somehow the anticipation makes it all a little extra exciting 💕😁 . Have you checked the #getcreativewith hashtag this week?! You guys are wooly BUHringing it for Yarn Week and I don’t know how I will ever be able to narrow down all of the gorgeously textured goodness but PLEASE don’t stop! Keep tagging me, @littlebuttondiaries and @ohcreativeday in all of those wooly creations — we don’t wanna miss a single one 🤩🧶😁🙌🏼 . . #ooly #creativekids #yarnart #artforkids #processart #smockson #kidscrafts101 #kidscrafts #artteachersofinstagram #preschoolteacher #preschoolactivities #artwithkids #pompoms #handstitched #sewingforkids #kindergartenteacher #homeschoolmom @get.creative.with
  • It’s @get.creative.with YARN WEEK Day Three and the crafty clothespin girl gang that Kinley and I have been working on at bedtime for a few days is finally ready for their big debut! . The amazing @juliecurtin14 made some of these little cuties with her school kiddos awhile back and when Kinley spotted them in her feed full of goodness, she instantly started dreaming big 🤩😁 . Julie used lots of fabric scraps and cool bits of ribbon (I’ll put a link to them in my stories so you can see 🤩), but we just used felt and Washi tape and yarn (of course 😉🧶👊🏼) and lots of hot glue to make ours and they’re almost as cute 😁 Kin’s belly-buttoned pop star is my ultimate fave — so haute! 😎😍 . You’ve still got plenty of time to get your yarn on and tag it with a #getcreativewith 😁👊🏼 I’m picking my ultimate faves on Sunday. Remember, if it’s got yarn on it or it was made with it or out of it, it totally counts! I really really can’t wait to see what ewe wool make! 🤓🧶💕🐑 . . #creativekids #artteacher #raisingkinley #clothespin #clothespins #kidscrafts101 #kidscrafts #kidsactivities #makeart #washi #washitapes #feltlove #yarnaddiction #yarnlover #yarnart #imaginativeplay #woodentoys
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    It’s @get.creative.with YARN WEEK Day Three and the crafty clothespin girl gang that Kinley and I have been working on at bedtime for a few days is finally ready for their big debut! . The amazing @juliecurtin14 made some of these little cuties with her school kiddos awhile back and when Kinley spotted them in her feed full of goodness, she instantly started dreaming big 🤩😁 . Julie used lots of fabric scraps and cool bits of ribbon (I’ll put a link to them in my stories so you can see 🤩), but we just used felt and Washi tape and yarn (of course 😉🧶👊🏼) and lots of hot glue to make ours and they’re almost as cute 😁 Kin’s belly-buttoned pop star is my ultimate fave — so haute! 😎😍 . You’ve still got plenty of time to get your yarn on and tag it with a #getcreativewith 😁👊🏼 I’m picking my ultimate faves on Sunday. Remember, if it’s got yarn on it or it was made with it or out of it, it totally counts! I really really can’t wait to see what ewe wool make! 🤓🧶💕🐑 . . #creativekids #artteacher #raisingkinley #clothespin #clothespins #kidscrafts101 #kidscrafts #kidsactivities #makeart #washi #washitapes #feltlove #yarnaddiction #yarnlover #yarnart #imaginativeplay #woodentoys
  • Well hello my fellow yarn lovers! Did you watch our stories yesterday? Kin and I kicked off our @get.creative.with YARN WEEK by making our own stamps 🧶💕 . We just wrapped plain old yarn around a couple of wooden cubes, secured the ends with hot glue and went print crazy 🤪🤓 . We started with making some stationary and cool wall hangings by dipping those thangs in acrylic paint and stamping them on some notecards and scraps of fabric but then we just kept stamping and stamping and stamping because those blocks just felt too cool in our hands and the prints were too satisfying to quit 😍😍 Hey, plenty of cool paper for the collage box, right? 🤪🤓😂 . You guys are already blowing me away with your amazing yarn creations and this whole thing just kicked off yesterday gosh yarn it! 🤩🙌🏼 Keep them coming y’all — I’ll be featuring some of my faves in my stories tonight 🧶💕 Remember, if it’s got yarn on it or was made with yarn it totally counts! . P.S. Don’t forget to tag your projects with #getcreativewith and go ahead and tag @ohcreativeday @littlebuttondiaries and I if you think about it just to make sure your awesomeness doesn’t get buried on the hashtag. . . #yarnaddiction #artteachersofinstagram #raisingkinley #kidsactivities #printmakingart #toddlerart #artwithkids #artforkids #kidart #artteacher #kindergartenart #kindergartenteacher #preschoolteacher #preschoolart #creativekids #makeart #makearteveryday
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    Well hello my fellow yarn lovers! Did you watch our stories yesterday? Kin and I kicked off our @get.creative.with YARN WEEK by making our own stamps 🧶💕 . We just wrapped plain old yarn around a couple of wooden cubes, secured the ends with hot glue and went print crazy 🤪🤓 . We started with making some stationary and cool wall hangings by dipping those thangs in acrylic paint and stamping them on some notecards and scraps of fabric but then we just kept stamping and stamping and stamping because those blocks just felt too cool in our hands and the prints were too satisfying to quit 😍😍 Hey, plenty of cool paper for the collage box, right? 🤪🤓😂 . You guys are already blowing me away with your amazing yarn creations and this whole thing just kicked off yesterday gosh yarn it! 🤩🙌🏼 Keep them coming y’all — I’ll be featuring some of my faves in my stories tonight 🧶💕 Remember, if it’s got yarn on it or was made with yarn it totally counts! . P.S. Don’t forget to tag your projects with #getcreativewith and go ahead and tag @ohcreativeday @littlebuttondiaries and I if you think about it just to make sure your awesomeness doesn’t get buried on the hashtag. . . #yarnaddiction #artteachersofinstagram #raisingkinley #kidsactivities #printmakingart #toddlerart #artwithkids #artforkids #kidart #artteacher #kindergartenart #kindergartenteacher #preschoolteacher #preschoolart #creativekids #makeart #makearteveryday
  • Here it is! The big announcement you’ve all been anxiously waiting for: it’s @get.creative.with YARN WEEK and I’m your host!! 🤓💕🧶 . Pom-poms, tassels, printing, wrapping, weaving — if it’s got yarn on it or was made with it, it totally counts so dust of the old wool collection & show me what you’re working with, friends! . The fabulous ladies behind my favorite challenge, SHANNON @ohcreativeday ➕ LAURA & TIA @littlebuttondiaries and I are gonna be featuring your cool ideas in our stories all week and sending inspo back your direction to hopefully get those wheels turning and I’ll pick my top nine faves to be featured right here in my feed next Sunday (bonus points for bright and colorful! 😉💕🌈) . Don’t forget to tag all of your yarntastic posts #getcreativewith and you might wanna tag all three of us too just to make sure we don’t miss it. . I seriously CANNOT wait to see what you guys make!!! YARNIVAL STARTS NOW!! 😍💕🏆🥳🧶🤓 . . #yarnaddiction #yarnlover #artteachersofinstagram #kidsactivities #raisingkinley #artwithkids #kidart #makeart #loveyarn #yarnart #instachallenge #showmehowyoushine #homeschoolmom #kbnmoms #preschoolteacher #kindergartenteacher #funwithkids
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    Here it is! The big announcement you’ve all been anxiously waiting for: it’s @get.creative.with YARN WEEK and I’m your host!! 🤓💕🧶 . Pom-poms, tassels, printing, wrapping, weaving — if it’s got yarn on it or was made with it, it totally counts so dust of the old wool collection & show me what you’re working with, friends! . The fabulous ladies behind my favorite challenge, SHANNON @ohcreativeday ➕ LAURA & TIA @littlebuttondiaries and I are gonna be featuring your cool ideas in our stories all week and sending inspo back your direction to hopefully get those wheels turning and I’ll pick my top nine faves to be featured right here in my feed next Sunday (bonus points for bright and colorful! 😉💕🌈) . Don’t forget to tag all of your yarntastic posts #getcreativewith and you might wanna tag all three of us too just to make sure we don’t miss it. . I seriously CANNOT wait to see what you guys make!!! YARNIVAL STARTS NOW!! 😍💕🏆🥳🧶🤓 . . #yarnaddiction #yarnlover #artteachersofinstagram #kidsactivities #raisingkinley #artwithkids #kidart #makeart #loveyarn #yarnart #instachallenge #showmehowyoushine #homeschoolmom #kbnmoms #preschoolteacher #kindergartenteacher #funwithkids
  • My yarn collection has been magically transformed from ginormous ridiculous knot to happy neat little balls of rainbow and just in time for a great big SUPER FUN announcement tomorrow! You actually might wanna get YOUR yarn ready for this one too, friends 😉😉🤓💕🧶 . Happy Sunday!! . . #yarnaddiction #yarnlover #rainbowcolors #organizeyourlife #raisingkinley #artwithkids #creativegirl #artteachersofinstagram #rainbowlove #makestuff #letsgetcreative
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    My yarn collection has been magically transformed from ginormous ridiculous knot to happy neat little balls of rainbow and just in time for a great big SUPER FUN announcement tomorrow! You actually might wanna get YOUR yarn ready for this one too, friends 😉😉🤓💕🧶 . Happy Sunday!! . . #yarnaddiction #yarnlover #rainbowcolors #organizeyourlife #raisingkinley #artwithkids #creativegirl #artteachersofinstagram #rainbowlove #makestuff #letsgetcreative
  • We tried a good old @thebluebarn process art favorite again yesterday and it was just as fun as we remembered...well actually even better because Kinley actually had patience for tracing this time around 🤪😂 . Doesn’t get much simpler than this one — trace some cool stones with oil pastels (crayons would work in a pinch, too) and fill in the outlines with watercolors (we couldn’t recommend the @weareooly ones harder — so many gorgeous bright colorrrrs 🤤🤤) Voila! Masterpiece every time! . Color-mixing, fine motor skill practice, this one’s got it all and it’s just one of bazillions of fun, simple and super pretty arts & crafts ideas waiting for you over on Joanna’s page! . . #thebluebarn #natureart #natureplay #invitationtocreate #rainbowcolors #kidsactivities #kidactivities #artforkids #artwithkids #makearteveryday #artteachersofinstagram #iteachk #preschoolart #preschoolactivities
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    We tried a good old @thebluebarn process art favorite again yesterday and it was just as fun as we remembered...well actually even better because Kinley actually had patience for tracing this time around 🤪😂 . Doesn’t get much simpler than this one — trace some cool stones with oil pastels (crayons would work in a pinch, too) and fill in the outlines with watercolors (we couldn’t recommend the @weareooly ones harder — so many gorgeous bright colorrrrs 🤤🤤) Voila! Masterpiece every time! . Color-mixing, fine motor skill practice, this one’s got it all and it’s just one of bazillions of fun, simple and super pretty arts & crafts ideas waiting for you over on Joanna’s page! . . #thebluebarn #natureart #natureplay #invitationtocreate #rainbowcolors #kidsactivities #kidactivities #artforkids #artwithkids #makearteveryday #artteachersofinstagram #iteachk #preschoolart #preschoolactivities
  • Today’s #favebookfriday pick is actually a whole series: the beautiful and super fun Once Upon A World board books 😍😍 . Kinley’s dance teacher introduced us to this series with the Rapunzel set in India book and we loved that one so much we checked the library for the others 💕📖🌍 . Each story is the traditional fairy tale but what makes them so special is that they are all set in a non-traditional country, and even better, the different illustrator for each book identifies with the cultural background she drew. . Snow White is set in Japan, The Princess and the Pea is Russian, The Little Mermaid is in the Caribbean and we had to take back the gorgeous Mexican Cinderella before I got a chance to take this pic 🤪😁 They’re all just PERFECT! . Kin is crazy about fairy tales AND learning about other cultures as you know 🤪😁 and we are hoping they make more and more and more of these treasures! So, SO good!! . . Once Upon A World published by Simon & Schuster | @simonkids . . #earlychildhoodeducation #fairytales #kidsbookswelove #raisingreaders #raisingkinley #bookoftheweek #picturebooks #booksforbabies #booksforkids #picturebook #homeschoolmom #homeschooler #yeskidsbookstagram #kidsbooks #kidsbookstagram #kidsbook #boardbook
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    Today’s #favebookfriday pick is actually a whole series: the beautiful and super fun Once Upon A World board books 😍😍 . Kinley’s dance teacher introduced us to this series with the Rapunzel set in India book and we loved that one so much we checked the library for the others 💕📖🌍 . Each story is the traditional fairy tale but what makes them so special is that they are all set in a non-traditional country, and even better, the different illustrator for each book identifies with the cultural background she drew. . Snow White is set in Japan, The Princess and the Pea is Russian, The Little Mermaid is in the Caribbean and we had to take back the gorgeous Mexican Cinderella before I got a chance to take this pic 🤪😁 They’re all just PERFECT! . Kin is crazy about fairy tales AND learning about other cultures as you know 🤪😁 and we are hoping they make more and more and more of these treasures! So, SO good!! . . Once Upon A World published by Simon & Schuster | @simonkids . . #earlychildhoodeducation #fairytales #kidsbookswelove #raisingreaders #raisingkinley #bookoftheweek #picturebooks #booksforbabies #booksforkids #picturebook #homeschoolmom #homeschooler #yeskidsbookstagram #kidsbooks #kidsbookstagram #kidsbook #boardbook
  • Kinley and I skipped school today and ran around outside in flip flops and T-shirts giggling and soaking in the sunshine— FINALLY SPRING!! All the backyard birdie friends were zooming around too chirping and hitting the bird feeder for snacks and it made me think of one of our favorite springtime projects ever! . This little projEGGt started with a discussion about the different kinds of nests that our fave local birdies make and what each of their eggs look like and then we made like momma birds and got down to egg-making 💕😁 . If you wanna make some like ours, you’ll need: ▫️watercolors | @crayola ▫️plastic eggs made for decorating ▫️colored pencils | @crayola . We started with watercolors to give the eggs the perfect amount of color. (They are super forgiving, so adding extra water to wash out a super bright paint problem is easy peasy. We even baby-wiped a couple clean and had completely fresh starts!) When they were dry, we used colored pencils to add the signature speckles and squiggles to make them look just like the real things 🤓👍🏼 . We actually each made an egg to match each of the beloved stuffed singing birdie buddies in K’s collection and they have been played and pretended with for HOURS since their paint dried. We wrote each birdie’s name on the bottom of her eggs so Kin could match them up later and I’m pretty confident she could recognize any of them out in nature at this point 😍😁 . STEAMy art you can play with? Big old win! . . . #homeschoolscience #scienceisfun #birdies #nest #raisingkinley #homeschoolmom #smockson #playtolearn #learningfun #steamkids #steamkidschallenge #schoolathome #homeschoolmom #the12weeksofspring #earlychildhoodeducation #naturalchildhood #natureplay #natureplaymarch #playingwithnature #outdooreducation
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    Kinley and I skipped school today and ran around outside in flip flops and T-shirts giggling and soaking in the sunshine— FINALLY SPRING!! All the backyard birdie friends were zooming around too chirping and hitting the bird feeder for snacks and it made me think of one of our favorite springtime projects ever! . This little projEGGt started with a discussion about the different kinds of nests that our fave local birdies make and what each of their eggs look like and then we made like momma birds and got down to egg-making 💕😁 . If you wanna make some like ours, you’ll need: ▫️watercolors | @crayola ▫️plastic eggs made for decorating ▫️colored pencils | @crayola . We started with watercolors to give the eggs the perfect amount of color. (They are super forgiving, so adding extra water to wash out a super bright paint problem is easy peasy. We even baby-wiped a couple clean and had completely fresh starts!) When they were dry, we used colored pencils to add the signature speckles and squiggles to make them look just like the real things 🤓👍🏼 . We actually each made an egg to match each of the beloved stuffed singing birdie buddies in K’s collection and they have been played and pretended with for HOURS since their paint dried. We wrote each birdie’s name on the bottom of her eggs so Kin could match them up later and I’m pretty confident she could recognize any of them out in nature at this point 😍😁 . STEAMy art you can play with? Big old win! . . . #homeschoolscience #scienceisfun #birdies #nest #raisingkinley #homeschoolmom #smockson #playtolearn #learningfun #steamkids #steamkidschallenge #schoolathome #homeschoolmom #the12weeksofspring #earlychildhoodeducation #naturalchildhood #natureplay #natureplaymarch #playingwithnature #outdooreducation
  • Kinley and I are in beautiful pretend India this week and after watching a video about all of the amazing animals that call India home, Kinley decided she wanted to make a crafty snake friend to try and charm with her new wooden recorder 💕🐍🎶😂 . I quick searched Pinterest for “snake craft” because I really thought she was gonna choose tiger and had nothing snakish planned 🤪 and the second we saw @iheartcraftythings’ washi + t.p. roll one we knew it was for us! Simple and cute and a great excuse to use up some of our embarrassingly large tape collection 🤓😁 . Kinley initially named this friend Sally, but decided she seemed more masculine so now he’s a Simon — sssssuper sssstylish and oh-sssssso-ssssweet 😉🐍🇮🇳 and bonus perfect for #getcreativewith Recycling Week...he might even count for #craftthezoo Prehistoric Week — there were snakes in dinosaur times right? 🤔 . . #washitapes #washitapelove #kindergartenteacher #recycledart #kidscrafts #craftsforkids #kidscrafts101 #upcycledart #kbnmoms #artteachersofinstagram #toddleractivities #earlychildhoodeducation #preschoolteacher #rainbowcolors #makeart #finemotorskills #everydayplayhacks #artsplore
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    Kinley and I are in beautiful pretend India this week and after watching a video about all of the amazing animals that call India home, Kinley decided she wanted to make a crafty snake friend to try and charm with her new wooden recorder 💕🐍🎶😂 . I quick searched Pinterest for “snake craft” because I really thought she was gonna choose tiger and had nothing snakish planned 🤪 and the second we saw @iheartcraftythings’ washi + t.p. roll one we knew it was for us! Simple and cute and a great excuse to use up some of our embarrassingly large tape collection 🤓😁 . Kinley initially named this friend Sally, but decided she seemed more masculine so now he’s a Simon — sssssuper sssstylish and oh-sssssso-ssssweet 😉🐍🇮🇳 and bonus perfect for #getcreativewith Recycling Week...he might even count for #craftthezoo Prehistoric Week — there were snakes in dinosaur times right? 🤔 . . #washitapes #washitapelove #kindergartenteacher #recycledart #kidscrafts #craftsforkids #kidscrafts101 #upcycledart #kbnmoms #artteachersofinstagram #toddleractivities #earlychildhoodeducation #preschoolteacher #rainbowcolors #makeart #finemotorskills #everydayplayhacks #artsplore
  • Next time you get a kids meal at @chipotle, save that lid! . It’s @get.creative.with Recycling Week with my buddy Cat from @littliesactivities and the first thing I saw when I headed down to raid the basement recyclable treasure bin just now was one of these build-your-own-taco lids and remembered these babies. . We just used chalk pastels to color willy-nilly all over them and eventually turned them into a cool sign for Kinley’s playroom, but the possibilities are endless aren’t they? Love how that edge makes a perfect built in frame 😍😍 I bet tempera sticks would be pretty rad or oil pastels and watercolors...you could even color the frame part and tape in a doodle inside 😁🙌🏼 . . #kbnmoms #artteachersofinstagram #toddleractivities #earlychildhoodeducation #artmatters #getcreativewith #smockson #artforkids #recycledart #upcycledart #chalkpastels #makeart #makearteveryday #homeschoolmom #artwithkids #preschoolactivities #rainbowcolors #raisingkinley
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    Next time you get a kids meal at @chipotle, save that lid! . It’s @get.creative.with Recycling Week with my buddy Cat from @littliesactivities and the first thing I saw when I headed down to raid the basement recyclable treasure bin just now was one of these build-your-own-taco lids and remembered these babies. . We just used chalk pastels to color willy-nilly all over them and eventually turned them into a cool sign for Kinley’s playroom, but the possibilities are endless aren’t they? Love how that edge makes a perfect built in frame 😍😍 I bet tempera sticks would be pretty rad or oil pastels and watercolors...you could even color the frame part and tape in a doodle inside 😁🙌🏼 . . #kbnmoms #artteachersofinstagram #toddleractivities #earlychildhoodeducation #artmatters #getcreativewith #smockson #artforkids #recycledart #upcycledart #chalkpastels #makeart #makearteveryday #homeschoolmom #artwithkids #preschoolactivities #rainbowcolors #raisingkinley
  • Simplest (and possibly prettiest) project EVER comin’ atcha! 😁 . We are in desperate need of SPRING so today Kin and I decided to try and grab some sunshine and happy spring vibes without having to actually step out into the freezing by making a couple of these babies first thing 😁💕☀️ . All you need to make your own happy sunshine catcher is: ▫️self-sealing laminating pouches ▫️assorted tissue paper + cellophane scraps (almost all of our tissue paper came from our birthday present gift bags this year 😁👊🏼♻️) . Just tear and cut pieces of tissue paper and cellophane however you want — small pieces, big pieces, triangles, rectangles, ANYTHING goes — and stick them down to the sticky side of the pouch. When it’s looking exactly right to you, fold the nonsticky side over the top of your pretties and squish out the air bubbles — VOILA! . Not quite as good as soaking up actual rays but it’ll do for now 😁 Happy Monday! . . #creativegirl #kidsartwork #kbnmoms #raisingkinley #everydayplayhacks #easyart #artforkids #kidsactivities #toddlerart #toddleractivities #toddleractivity #suncatcher #springvibes #kidactivities #preschoolteacher #earlychildhoodeducation #artteachersofinstagram #rainbowcolors #getcreativewith
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    Simplest (and possibly prettiest) project EVER comin’ atcha! 😁 . We are in desperate need of SPRING so today Kin and I decided to try and grab some sunshine and happy spring vibes without having to actually step out into the freezing by making a couple of these babies first thing 😁💕☀️ . All you need to make your own happy sunshine catcher is: ▫️self-sealing laminating pouches ▫️assorted tissue paper + cellophane scraps (almost all of our tissue paper came from our birthday present gift bags this year 😁👊🏼♻️) . Just tear and cut pieces of tissue paper and cellophane however you want — small pieces, big pieces, triangles, rectangles, ANYTHING goes — and stick them down to the sticky side of the pouch. When it’s looking exactly right to you, fold the nonsticky side over the top of your pretties and squish out the air bubbles — VOILA! . Not quite as good as soaking up actual rays but it’ll do for now 😁 Happy Monday! . . #creativegirl #kidsartwork #kbnmoms #raisingkinley #everydayplayhacks #easyart #artforkids #kidsactivities #toddlerart #toddleractivities #toddleractivity #suncatcher #springvibes #kidactivities #preschoolteacher #earlychildhoodeducation #artteachersofinstagram #rainbowcolors #getcreativewith
  • I know Rainbow Week is technically over, but our rainbowy string photo paper art has been on my mind since it began 🌈💕 This process never EVER gets old! 😍😍 . I’ll leave the link to the blog post with instructions I wrote for @tinkerlab in my bio for ya just in case you need some in your life too 😁🙌🏼 . Wish spring would hurry up and arrive so we could head back outside to get our art on in the sunshine again — at least Daylight Savings Sunday is a step in the right direction 😁☀️ Happy fresh new week! . . #painteveryday #artmakesmehappy #kbnmoms #raisingkinley #stringart #vibrantcolors #rainbow🌈 #rainbowcolors #processart #iteachart #artteachersofinstagram #homeschoolart #artwithkids #kidart #kidsartwork #artideas #creativekids #creativegirl #artmatters
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    I know Rainbow Week is technically over, but our rainbowy string photo paper art has been on my mind since it began 🌈💕 This process never EVER gets old! 😍😍 . I’ll leave the link to the blog post with instructions I wrote for @tinkerlab in my bio for ya just in case you need some in your life too 😁🙌🏼 . Wish spring would hurry up and arrive so we could head back outside to get our art on in the sunshine again — at least Daylight Savings Sunday is a step in the right direction 😁☀️ Happy fresh new week! . . #painteveryday #artmakesmehappy #kbnmoms #raisingkinley #stringart #vibrantcolors #rainbow🌈 #rainbowcolors #processart #iteachart #artteachersofinstagram #homeschoolart #artwithkids #kidart #kidsartwork #artideas #creativekids #creativegirl #artmatters
  • Everyday is a good day for spin art...especially when it’s the last day of @get.creative.with Rainbow Week 🌈💕#amiright?! 😉🤓 Happy FINALLY Weekend, buddies!! . . #kbnmoms #artteachersofinstagram #raisingkinley #rainbowcolors #getcreativewith #processart #letthemplay #getmessy #artwithkids #spinart #painteveryday #artmakesmehappy #makeart #makearteveryday #everydayplayhacks
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    Everyday is a good day for spin art...especially when it’s the last day of @get.creative.with Rainbow Week 🌈💕#amiright?! 😉🤓 Happy FINALLY Weekend, buddies!! . . #kbnmoms #artteachersofinstagram #raisingkinley #rainbowcolors #getcreativewith #processart #letthemplay #getmessy #artwithkids #spinart #painteveryday #artmakesmehappy #makeart #makearteveryday #everydayplayhacks