Crafts

11 Crafts for 2.5-Year-Olds

11 Crafts for 2.5-Year-Olds

Two-and-a-half is a weird age. They're not babies anymore, but they're not quite the capable two-year-olds who can follow simple directions either. They're in between everything. Too old for the...

11 Crafts for 2.5-Year-Olds

Two-and-a-half is a weird age. They're not babies anymore, but they're not quite the capable two-year-olds who can follow simple directions either. They're in between everything. Too old for the...

12 Crafts for Kids Who Think They're Bad at Art

12 Crafts for Kids Who Think They're Bad at Art

Your kid has decided they can't draw. They announce "I'm bad at art" before their crayon even touches paper. They compare their work to siblings, classmates, or pictures in books...

12 Crafts for Kids Who Think They're Bad at Art

Your kid has decided they can't draw. They announce "I'm bad at art" before their crayon even touches paper. They compare their work to siblings, classmates, or pictures in books...

12 Crafts for Kids Who Hate Following Instructions

12 Crafts for Kids Who Hate Following Instructions

Your kid sees directions as suggestions at best, insults at worst. "First cut out the shape" leads to "I don't want to cut that shape." "Glue it here" leads to...

12 Crafts for Kids Who Hate Following Instructions

Your kid sees directions as suggestions at best, insults at worst. "First cut out the shape" leads to "I don't want to cut that shape." "Glue it here" leads to...

14 Crafts for Kids With Short Attention Spans

14 Crafts for Kids With Short Attention Spans

Your kid doesn't sit still for long activities. Their attention flits from thing to thing like a hummingbird, landing briefly then moving on. Long elaborate crafts that other kids seem...

14 Crafts for Kids With Short Attention Spans

Your kid doesn't sit still for long activities. Their attention flits from thing to thing like a hummingbird, landing briefly then moving on. Long elaborate crafts that other kids seem...

14 Crafts for Kids With Kitchen Stuff

14 Crafts for Kids With Kitchen Stuff

Your kitchen is full of craft supplies disguised as food preparation tools and containers. Sponges, aluminum foil, cups, forks, straws, coffee filters, zip-lock bags. You don't need a craft store...

14 Crafts for Kids With Kitchen Stuff

Your kitchen is full of craft supplies disguised as food preparation tools and containers. Sponges, aluminum foil, cups, forks, straws, coffee filters, zip-lock bags. You don't need a craft store...

14 Crafts for Kids for the Witching Hour

14 Crafts for Kids for the Witching Hour

It's 4:30 PM. Or maybe 5:00. That brutal window between after-school or after-nap and dinner when everything falls apart. They're tired, hungry, cranky, and demanding constant attention. You're trying to...

14 Crafts for Kids for the Witching Hour

It's 4:30 PM. Or maybe 5:00. That brutal window between after-school or after-nap and dinner when everything falls apart. They're tired, hungry, cranky, and demanding constant attention. You're trying to...