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An original "Quirky Momma" blogger and "Mommy" to six kids under six, when Rachel is not wiping crayon off the walls or wading through laundry, she can be found exploring and creating with her kiddos. She hopes to be someone who acts justly, loves kindness and walks humbly before God (Micah 6:8).
Today’s post about our Mothers Day tradition is part of the blog hop, Motherhood: Celebrating Differences, hosted by Mari of Inspired by Family. Kids Activities Blog hopes that you have a very special Mother’s Day and maybe even start a tradition in your own family. Be sure to check out the other Mother’s Day [...]
As a homeschooling family, we love to incorporate learning into our daily activities, even math fractions. Today, that meant we got to learn about fractions at lunch time. Kids Activities Blog hopes that you and your child can have some fun learning with food too. Math Fractions It is confusing for kids to understand that [...]
Add bling to play dough and make it shine. Here are a few fun things for kids to add to play dough. Kids Activities Blog loves finding ways to create new and exciting ways to use everyday play dough for kids. Make It Shine Our kids love things that shine and glow… They also love [...]
One of our kids learned to read fairly easily, and our other child has struggled. I was so thankful to find these activities linked up in our weekly It’s Playtime, our Kids Meme that runs every Wednesday afternoon. They have been a huge help with making Phonics fun for kids! How to Read: Word family [...]
Skill development is such an important part of early childhood. This kids activity focuses on one of those important skills for preschoolers – fine motor skills. Kids Activities Blog hopes your little one enjoys these simple sensory bags. Skill Development Our preschooler is developing the skills to hold a pencil, to trace a line, both [...]
It’s almost kiddie pool weather and that means it is time for pool games! Our kids are super excited to blow up the pool and have a little pool play together. We at Kids Activities Blog can’t wait to hear the giggles from kiddos as they splash and play in the pools again. Pool Games [...]
After our round of Pranks for Kids and our list of Best April Fools Day Pranks, we got lots of suggestions of fun pranks to pull on kids from you, our readers! Thanks for sending us some of your kids best pranks. Here at Kids Activities Blog, we like our fun silly. Pranks for Kids [...]
There are so many fun and creative ways to make paint. We are excited to bring you 2 dozen of them right here. Kids Activities Blog has been combing the net finding paint recipes for kids. Thanks to everyone who linked up ideas to our weekly Kids Meme, It’s Playtime, every Wednesday afternoon. I have [...]
Sweet bedtime stories. Almost every night the kids cuddle up with Hubs for one of their traditions – story-time with Daddy! I don’t know who looks forward to the time more, the kids or Levi! Over the years we have had several stories for kids that have been nightly favorites – these are the ones [...]
As a family that does LOTS of kids activities and crafts, we have LOTS of leftover supplies, remnants of previous projects. After numerous games of sidewalk twister and our giant outdoor game board, it’s time. Today we are cleaning out our sidewalk chalk bucket. . Chalk + Egg = Paint – the same type of [...]
Do you ever get in the lunch dull-drums? We do! I regularly struggle wondering what we should have for lunch for the kids (and/or myself). Here are some of the brilliant suggestions we have found to make lunch fun, simple and sometimes silly. . Have a lunch: Lunch on a stick. Make a skewer of [...]
It’s playtime again! Our weekly kids meme is jammed packed with fun activities to do with kids. Link up your favorite kids craft, game, family-friendly recipe, learning fun or kids activity! It’s Playtime! We love the activities that are linked here each week. This is the first place we look for things to pin and [...]
Spring is in the air, here in Texas we get a head start!! The kids are simply itching to get outside, and get dirty! We’ve spent the winter filling up our pinterest boards with ideas of activities for Spring gleaned mostly from our weekly Kid’s Meme, It’s Playtime. Today’s post was inspired by Growing A [...]
Playing with paint is one of our family’s favorite Kids Activities. My kids favorite “paint recipe” by far is homemade tempera – The recipe is super simple, and *super* messy. Kids Craft: We recently discovered the joys of painting with eggs and chalk – it’s homemade tempera paint! We used the leftover scraps from our [...]
Reading games can help your child read! Beginning words for kids like sight words can be made much easier to learn {and fun} when reading games are part of the day. Kids Activities Blog loves making learning fun. Here are a collection of reading games that will have your early reader giggling. If you are [...]
It’s playtime again! Our weekly kids meme is jammed packed with fun activities to do with kids. Link up your favorite kids craft, game, family-friendly recipe, learning fun or kids activity! It’s Playtime! We love the activities that are linked here each week. This is the first place we look for things to pin and [...]
We use a mix of phonics and sight words with our homeschooling kids. I have found that helping kids learn how to read with phonics gives them a foundation to recognize new words. BUT a crutch that has happened with my kids, when they focus on phonics-only, is that they lack the speed and confidence [...]
My six year old is obsessed with horses. She loves to pour over her horse encyclopedias, to draw horses, gallop around like a horse, she shrieks with delight whenever the horses at a nearby ranch are out when we drive by! So, she begged and pleaded her brother (age 5) to build a fence with [...]
Our two year old kids *love* to BE BUSY with all sorts of activities. We have a two year old boy and girl and they are constantly “doing” and creating. I am sure they are not alone in the seemingly boundless energy. Below are some of the games that they enjoy. Activities for Two Year [...]
When I was in Ethiopia, last year adopting our boys, I got my hair braided and boy. oh. boy! Did my gals every think I was “spify!” They loved the new hairstyle that I came home with and ever since then we have tried a variety of “new” hair dos. Here are just a few [...]
It’s playtime again! Our weekly kids meme is jammed packed with fun activities to do with kids. Link up your favorite kids craft, game, family-friendly recipe, learning fun or kids activity! It’s Playtime! We love the activities that are linked here each week. This is the first place we look for things to pin and [...]
Looking for something to do with Easter Eggs? Here are more than a dozen suggestions! Leave a comment at the end of some of your favorite “eggy” activities. Thanks to all the It’s Playtime participants who contributed these ideas last season – Easter is a month away and we can’t wait to see the activities [...]
Our kids have “sulky” days occasionally. Here are some of the ways we have helped our kids snap out of the blues and wear a smile! Make a Smile Crazy kids activities for active kids. Let them be silly. Be rambunctious. Make Pipe Cleaner Disguises to put on – take photos of each other. Create [...]
Here are some jokes that my kids have been laughing hysterically at. Thanks to all of you for contributing them on our facebook wall. Do your kids have a favorite joke that was missed? Add it into the comments here at Kids Activities Blog! Animal Jokes for Kids Have you ever seen an elephant hiding [...]
We love all Dr. Suess books, but especially enjoy the book, Oh the Places you will Go. You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. ~ Dr. Suess. In the book, the character decides what direction his life is going to take, what [...]
Time to play!! Our weekly kids meme is jammed packed with fun activities to do with kids. Link up your favorite kids craft, game, family-friendly recipe, learning fun or kids activity! It’s Playtime! Our kids love to try new activities and crafts. This is the first place we look for things to pin and feature [...]
It’s another crafty week of It’s Playtime – this time featuring ten of your favorite craft ideas. Thanks to all of you who have linked up recently! We pull activities to feature in our round-ups primarily from our Wednesday Kids Meme. By linking up to our meme this afternoon you are giving us permission to [...]
How to make a bike rack was something we decided we needed to learn…and fast! Our garage was a crazy pile of bikes. With our six kids (and multiple sizes of bikes waiting to be “handed-down”), our garage looked like bikes were having babies. Bikes were everywhere. How To Make a Bike Rack We made [...]
Every week, there are tons of blogs that link-up some terrific kids activities in our It’s Playtime meme. We pin tons of the posts onto our boards manned by Holly Homer and Rachel Miller. …And, these are our favorite kids play boards run by participants in our meme. If you like the activities linked up [...]
The thought of a Valentines Day tree may strike fear in those of us still having flashbacks to the post-holiday clean-up, but I promise that this Valentines Day craft will not be leaving pine needles on your floor. This Valentines Day tree is created from paper craft and can be set up indoors or {if [...]
