8 Playful Learning Activities

playful learning activities

Learning activities are some of our favorites, but we have a special place in our heart for playful learning! This week our best blog feature is the 3 Dinosaurs Blog.  It is a great resource for parents who are looking for learning activities to engage and challenge their kids! In addition to TONS of printables they [...]

{Best Blog} 3 Dinosaurs

Mom to Mom: A Kids Activities BLogger Feature

It’s another week of Best Blog!  Today we are taking a closer look at 3 Dinosaur Blog.  Each week we are featuring one of our favorite Kids Activities Blogger. This week we interviewed Cassie of 3 Dinosaurs. I love her site for all the printables that they have – for free!  It’s a great resource [...]

{Be a Comic} Make a story!

be a comic

Your child can be a comic…a comic writer that is!  Make a story with this free printable and your own art work.  Have you noticed that Kids Activities Blog loves free printables? Be A Comic We love fairy tales and manga! Comic books are cherished over here – “animated novels” are one of the few things [...]

{It’s Playtime} 8 Things to do with Kids

It's Playtime: 8 Ideas for Winter Play with Kids

Are you looking for ways to get your kids outside in the colder temps?  Here are some creative ways that were linked up to our weekly kids meme, It’s Playtime.  These are some great ways that your kids can play outside, even though it’s cold out. . Outdoor Kids Activities Decorate your yard (or your [...]

How To Be Frugal {Save Money}

save money

Would you love to know 50 ways to save money?  Here are some general tips on how to be frugal, ways to save money in your household, with your kids, and when feeding your family.  Do you have a tip for frugal living?  Please share your ideas here at Kids Activities Blog. How To Be Frugal [...]

{Tube Play} How we transformed PVC pipes into a “fall” wall.

tube play

Has your child experimented with tube play?  Thanks to Lowes for their sponsorship, we got to play with these play tubes!  They are a great way for kids to have fun learning while being creative and having fun.   Here at Kids Activities Blog, we love to promote simple fun projects like this. Tube Play Tubes + Kids [...]

{Snow Flakes, Snow Flakes} Winter Preschool Crafts

It's play & playtime: A weekly Kids activities round-up

It’s another week of Playtime!!  Every Wednesday afternoon we feature a link-up party where bloggers around the world add their favorite kid activities.   Take a trip down memory lane and check out the winter kids feature from last year – 13 Winter Activities.  This year we have another 10… Winter Crafts for Kids Here are [...]

Help me spell!! Activities to Teach Kids How To Spell

8 {FUN} spelling games for kids to play and learn

Does your child cry out ~ Help Me Spell!??  We have two emerging readers who are beginning to memorize sight word lists and learn to spell them correctly.  Here are just a few of the activities from Kids Activities Blog and other great sites that we have used to help our children learn how to [...]

11 Kids Craft Ideas {from Red Ted Art}

red ted art crafts we love

These kids craft ideas are creative and fun from Red Ted Art.  We at Kids Activities Blog *love* kids craft ideas and admire Maggy’s creativity. This week we are featuring Maggy and her kids activities blog, Red Ted Art. RedTedArt was one of my first “blog crushes” – in my early days of blogging I [...]

{Best Blog!} Red Ted Art

Mom to Mom: A Kids Activities BLogger Feature

Red Ted Art is on our list of best blog. I love reading kids activities blogs and have identified some of  the best.  Each Saturday this year we are going to feature a blogger who loves playing and crafting with kids as much as we do! Red Ted Art Blog This week, we interviewed Maggy, [...]

Friday Fun: Read about the Days of the week.

book recommendations

Friday is our our “fun” day.  We spend the day playing with LEGOs, playing pretend together and going to the Library.  Here are a few of the books we have on our “to-get” list next time we venture to the library.  All of these books are about the days of the week.  Kids Activities Blog hopes [...]

Tuesday: Tell Time Games

Tell time: a collection of activities for kids

Tuesday is a great day for Time!  And these Tell Time games are sure to make your Tuesday a little more fun for your little ones. We try to focus on one area of “extra” math each school day – in addition to our regular math worksheets/homework.  Mondays are more/less statements, Tuesdays we practice with clocks, [...]

Sunday: Learn the Days of the Week with your Kids {Coloring Page}

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It’s Sunday so plan to spend some time with your kids.  We have a great coloring page and other fun activities to help your little ones learn the days of the week.  Check back to Kids Activities Blog each day this week for more great coloring pages. Days of the Week My kids love knowing [...]

{How to Read} Our Favorite Phonics Activities

phonics activities small version

We are in the midst of teaching two of our kids how to read. With the use of phonics activities, our son is forming words, slowly and surely, while my daughter is eagerly sounding out her letters. It is so much fun to experience their excitement for words!  We at Kids Activities Blog hope that some [...]

“Wash your hands!”

How to create a felted soap pouch - great for kids who drop slippery soap.

We have all hollered, “Wash your hands“, to our kids after they have used the restroom… and I am sure I am not the only house to discover that I am out of the pump variety of soap as my children have gone overboard with the suds.   AND, using a plain bar of soap is [...]

Christmas Coloring Pages {to Paint}

Free Christmas Coloring pages - great for kids to paint

I think kids enjoy painting sometimes more than coloring, they perk up and become little “responsible” perfectionists who “won’t spill the water”. Today we painted our Christmas Coloring pages. There are three of them that you can print off. . . To add some diversity to your painting, consider gluing some salt onto your page [...]

{Homemade Christmas} 20+ Easy Ornament Crafts

20+ Ideas of Christmas Ornaments your Kids can make this holiday season.

Our preschooler kids love activities and I was thrilled to have discovered so many great ornament ideas that our kids can create this year. These ideas were submitted in either our weekly linky, It’s Playtime or in the Kids Blogger Network. If you are a Kids Blogger and are not part of the network, shout-out [...]

20 {Yummy} Recipes for Hot Chocolate

homemade hot chocolate

We are so excited about these 20 recipes for hot chocolate. This is one of our favorite Christmas traditions…one that extends all winter long! Every Christmas Eve we sit together as a family, read the Christmas Story, and drink hot coco together before the kids have a family slumber party sleeping around the Christmas tree.   [...]

Homemade toys: From your recycle bin!

bunches of homemade toys your kids can make

We like toys and we like anything DIY! These are a fun collection of toys that you can make for your kids. All have been kid-tested and approved.  If you like these, you might also like our list of 101 Homemade Gifts that your kids can make or enjoy. Look for items that can be [...]

{It’s Playtime} December Holidays

kids activity bags

The December Holidays make this month a magical one! This week we are featuring TONS of Invitations to Play that you can put into a paper bag. Then count down to Christmas each day of the December Holidays your children can open a bag and enjoy something fun to do together. . It’s Playtime Sandpaper [...]

{Do it yourself gifts} Make a Craft Kit

printable gift tags

Do it yourself gifts can help keep gift-giving costs down {and be a LOT of fun}.  We love homemade Christmas gifts that help kids develop new skills as they interact with the world around them.  Make a craft kit to give as gifts are great to spark kids’ imagination. Printable gift tags available below can [...]

Count Down to Christmas

advent calendar, activity for kids

We love Christmas.  We love December Activities, Lowe’s and their Creative Ideas and building the anticipation for this fun holiday! Today we are counting down to Christmas with our DIY chalkboard and a collection of 27 Christmas Activities. Like our chalkboard?  We do!  We were blessed with a new home with TONS of wall space.  [...]

Homemade Christmas – 17+ ways to create

homemade Christmas feature

Christmas Gifts mean so much when they are homemade, makes the gift so much more personal!  I know my kids *LOVE* making gifts for their friends. …homemade is one of our favorite December Activities! Homemade Christmas Gifts we’ve made in the past: Melt Crayons to create new ones that your kids can give to friends.  [...]

{Recipe} 12 Dozen Chocolate Chip Cookies

recipe chocolate chip cookie printable

We love homemade Christmas gifts and this recipe for chocolate chip cookies.  Every year we try to make a plate of cookies for neighbors. This year we created a cookie tub – made from the same spread container we used to help make our batch.  Thank you Country Crock for inspiring this activity and for [...]

{Kids Stuff} 20 Toys for Learning

20 different toys that help kids learn while playing - great gift guide!

Play and learn! These are some great toys to think about getting your child to help them develop creativity and explore their world through play.  Recently we have featured our DIY Homemade Gifts for kids, here are gifts you can buy your kids to help them learn. Educational Toys Use the Ikoso Kits to create [...]

December Activities

december activities

Our kids look forward to December activities.  They love to do a fun activity together each morning.  Here is what you have to look forward to this upcoming month from Kids Activities Blog: December Activities We created a list of 27 “Count Down to Christmas” activities.  We have created an advent calendar of sorts with [...]

{Pranks for Kids} 12 Super Silly Practical Jokes for Kids

pranks for kids - these are sure to make them laugh and giggle!

The kids completely light up when a practical joke is played on them.  Developmentally, 3-6 year olds love to find things that are not “right”.  We have a list of 10 Kids April Fools Pranks – and below are a few of the other pranks we have done on our kids. Every couple of weeks, [...]

Child Free Play

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Are you ever looking for quick activities that take very few “ingredients” and that can entertain your children for hours?  I know I am always looking for ways to engage my tots! . Here are four of the easiest activities that were linked up last week – I hope they inspire you that you don’t [...]

Countdown to Christmas with Advent Activities

Home School Room Wall Decor

Every Christmas we like to create a Holiday Calendar – full of kids activities to help countdown to Christmas. Every year the list grows!!  First year we did 10 activities, then last year we had 20 or so activities… this year we have 27 Christmas Activities to do with our kids and – thanks to [...]

9 {Celebrate} Thanksgiving Crafts

Activities for kids to celebrate and cultivate thanksgiving

We love to celebrate Thanksgiving and what could be more fun than Thanksgiving crafts?  Kids Activities Blog has been finding all sorts of different ways to celebrate this November holiday and today we have found some really fun Thanksgiving crafts to do with kids. Celebrating Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays.  On a philosophical [...]