April showers bring May flowers! It's been a rainy week around here, which inspired me to create this umbrella craft with my little ones. I love using shaving cream in kid activities, so we decided to use it to make this umbrella swirled with colors! Using shaving cream for crafts is fun because you can also use it for a sensory activity after you are done with the craft. Here's what you need: shaving cream food coloring baking sheet knife card stock paper scissors … [Read more...]
10 Rainy Day Crafts
It's April, which means lots of rain where we live! To keep my kids busy on rainy days, we like to do crafts. Here are 10 rainy day crafts that we love! Umbrellas make an adorable craft! Here are some of my favorites. Looks Like Rain Craft from Cutting Tiny Bites Umbrella Craft Coffee Filter Umbrella Craft from B-Inspired Mama 3D Umbrella Card from Crafty Morning Rainy Day Collage from Artsy Craftsy Mom Tissue Paper Umbrella from Mama's Little Muse Rainy … [Read more...]
15 Ways to Keep Kids Busy on Rainy Days
It’s that time of year where we have a lot of rain in our forecast. Sometimes it’s hard to come up with new ideas to keep little ones busy, so today I am sharing 15 ways to keep kids busy on rainy days. Or you really could use these ideas any time you need something different to keep kids busy! 1. Make a Big Race Track My boys love playing with cars, so to make it really fun we set up a big race track! I used the same gutter we used for our soap boat racing. We just put it on the … [Read more...]