Today I’m over on the Melissa and Doug blog, writing about our experience making Splat Paint Olympic Rings with household sponges. Painting with non-traditional materials does wonders for helping children look at the world with fresh eyes. And throwing paint-soaked…
Do your kids love dressing up? Mine do, and not a day goes by that they’re not in a bumblebee costume, waving around magic wands, or adorned with tiaras.  I should say that I fall into the camp of allowing…
Do you consider yourself creative? Here’s a list of 21 ways to get creative, and you may be surprised to see that you’ve done at least one thing from this list today. Think of these as creativity-boosters; things that you…
Have you ever kept a sketchbook? Are you on the DPS (Double Page Spread) journey with me? Have you thought about joining, but you haven’t started yet? When I introduced the DPS Challenge, I talked about the importance of starting a…
Do your kids like to draw? Do you ever play drawing games? If you’re looking for a fun drawing board game to play with non-readers, I’ll walk you through how we did this with Cranium. A little background The other…
My husband works at a university and the collector in me was overjoyed to discover that there’s a little-known department on campus that sells surplus property from departments that no longer need old projectors, desks, and reams of paper. I…