It’s sort of magical to make usually-come-in-a-jar-or-bottle things from scratch with a child. Also, we all like sunflower seed butter way better than peanut butter and other nut butters (despite being allergy-free), and making it this way is so much cheaper than buying it, even if you’re using organic seeds. Buy a cup or two [...]
from Heidi Swanson at 101 Cookbooks, “Homemade Celery Salt Recipe” (I so want to try this.) from Jo Pollitt and Lilly Blue at Made by Joel, “The Joy of Creative Collaboration Between Adults and Their Children” Diving in to a shared process-based experience with children is different to making or setting up projects for children. There is something exhilarating about saying yes [...]
Noah wanted to “make flowers out out paper” one day, and I had this idea and asked it if was okay if they weren’t paper exactly, and we ended up having a lot of fun with it. First, I cut a toilet paper roll into thirds, and he filled them with the brown playdough we [...]
Whoops: I left this post in draft limbo for quite a while! Anyway, they’re crafts (not news), so I figure the links are still worth posting. Enjoy the cool ideas … “Our Summer List: 28 Fun Activities” at The Artful Parent “A Baking Soda Volcano–Mt. Fuji Erupts in Our Kitchen“ at The Artful Parent “Drawings on Pebbles“ at Make and Play [...]
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we love Keva planks
Keva planks are among the best toys ever. We hesitated to buy them because they’re expensive and we weren’t sure whether Noah would play with them much, but we went for a 100-piece as a birthday gift this summer and are planning to get an additional 100- or 200-piece set soon because he keeps running [...]