Indoor Activities

Microwave Marshmallow Experiment

It’s been a while since I’ve shared a science experiment — maybe I’ve been too caught up in the craftiness of the holidays — but this one is special because it mixes science (+ fun) with a sugary treat. All you need for this experiment are: 4 (or more) Marshmallows Paper Towel or Microwave-safe plate [...]

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Seven Ways to Make a Gingerbread House

Have you ever made a gingerbread house? Not me! Aside from making a graham cracker gingerbread house with my 2-year old last year, this was new territory for me. And I wasn’t prepared for how much trouble I would have with it. After a few tears were shed and lessons learned, I thought I’d share [...]

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Drizzle + Paint Gingerbread Cookies

Mmmm, gingerbread cookies. After making our salt dough ornaments (and having one of our friends try to eat one…yikes!), we thought it was high time to make real, edible cookies. My mother-in-law’s gingerbread recipe is truly the best one I’ve tried, but when I discovered that the Gingerbread Cake and Baking Mix from Trader Joe’s [...]

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Salt Dough Ornaments: Part 1

Raise your hand if you’ve made or plan to make salt dough ornaments this season! Yep, I see a lot of you out there. It seems we’re not the only ones, but in case you haven’t committed to this yet, I have one piece of advice for you: Give yourself some time! I used this [...]

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Flour and Chalk

I’m always looking for ways to support my kids’ thirst for play while I’m trying to get things done around the house. You can find me on the Kiwi Crate Blog today, where I’m talking about a simple mixing experiment using just flour and chalk. Please hop over and say “hi.” This post is shared on It’s [...]

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“E” is for Experiment

My bloggy friend Deborah over at Teach Preschool just reached her 20,000th Facebook fan. Can you imagine? TWENTY-THOUSAND! She’s awesome in so many ways, and is especially extraordinary in that she runs a preschool and also finds/makes/squirrels away time to tweet/facebook/blog and generally keep the whole online preschool community together in one special place. Not to mention [...]

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Permanent Markers on Cellophane

We received these amazing permanent markers (Project Popperz), courtesy of Elmer’s, and I’ve been dreaming up ways to use them. This is actually almost as simple as it gets, and N got a huge kick out of “drawing on the table.” Materials Permanent Markers Cellophane (I used Cling Wrap) I covered her art table with [...]

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Painting on Ice Cream

If you live in the U.S., there’s a good chance that you’re in the middle of a terrible heat wave. While I can’t make it cooler (sorry about that), I’d like to offer up this cool lesson in color mixing…and it all happens right on top of a chilly scoop of ice cream, sure to [...]

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Fine Tuning the Mud Pie Kitchen

In case you’re one of the few who doesn’t read my blog religiously (gasp!), we’ve been building a mud pie kitchen in our yard. It began in part as a way to lure my child into our yard, but its popularity with our resident 3-year old has organically turned this into one of our summer’s [...]

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