My Princess loves her loom bracelet maker. Is your child loving this fad right now? The single loom bracelet and the fishtail bracelet are her favorite to make. So we decided to make a bracelet for a Valentine's Day card. {I was inspired by Dandee Designs friendship bracelet card.) She gets bored quickly so a small bracelet is something we do work on together. I actually think it is pretty fun too though. She picked red, pink and white for her Valentine's Day bracelet colors. We … [Read more...]
Handprint Butterfly Craft
In January, my Princess made a toilet paper craft at church - a butterfly that you could place a secret message in. She wanted to make it again for our craft time this last week. So we decided to turn it into a handprint butterfly craft. We have been saving our empty toilet paper rolls for craft time. I pulled out her construction paper, tape, glue scissors and markers and we made a simple handprint craft. She carefully rolled her black construction paper around the toilet paper roll and … [Read more...]
#Preschool Fun: Thumbprint Valentines
This week my Princess and I decided to make some Valentine's Day Cards. Gaining some inspiration from a stocking stuffer I bought for her, we decided to do Thumbprint Valentines. Here are the supplies we used to make our Valentine's Day Cards: Paper Glue Markers Stickers I cut out the colored paper she'd need for the cards and my Princess did the gluing, colored her own thumb and decorated her thumb print. She did great! She loves thumb print creations. We used washable markers … [Read more...]
Father’s Day Card Ideas
We love making our own cards here at the Long house. Here are some great cards I found online that we could make this month for Father's Day. These are fun and unique card ideas that I know my husband would love to get. 10+ Father's Day Card Ideas O-Fish-ally Awesome Card Color Your Own Father's Day Card Bow Tie and Shirt Card Ice Cream Color Your Own Card All the Tools Card (with template) Hap-Pea Father's Day printable card Yoda Best Star Wars Card Doughnut Seeds … [Read more...]
Children’s Artwork Idea
A family friend gave my mother a gift for Easter that was such a great idea, I decided to duplicate it. Truly an amazing children's artwork idea. Make cards out of your child's artwork! Pretty simple, huh? My daughter loves drawing pictures but I can't keep every one of them. I already knew that about the idea of scanning the artwork and making a book, but some of the her more "favorite" pictures can easily be made into blank note cards. Here is one of her pictures which I named "Happy … [Read more...]
Handmade Mother’s Day Cards
With Mother's Day fast approaching, I decided to do some searching for handmade Mother's Day cards that my Princess could make for Mother's Day. So of course, I went to Pinterest. Don't you all just love Pinterest? You can find so many great ideas there. I created a board, Mother's Day Ideas, which includes not only cards but also gifts and printables. Here are handmade Mother's Day cards, I found, that my four year old could make: source: Our Daily Obsessions source: … [Read more...]
6 Handmade Valentines Day Cards
With Valentine's Day coming up, it is not too early to decide which cards you'd like to make with your children. I know it is simple to head to your local store and buy those cheap ones, but look at these great simple ideas for handmade Valentines Day cards I found online: Have a Ball Valentine's Thumbprint Valentines Bear Hug Valentine's Friendship Bracelet Valentines ROLO Valentines Printable Arrow Valentines Are you making your own Valentine's Day Cards this year? … [Read more...]
