• Holiday

    Year of the Horse Crafts and Decorations

    My little family has been busy decorating and celebrating, welcoming The Year of the Fire Horse. I wanted to take a moment to share some of the crafts and decorations we have recently made. Hope it can help to add a little fun to your family, classroom, and community celebrations as well! These files are best printed out onto regular paper and used as a template to cut out onto colored construction paper or cardstock. If you don’t have construction paper, regular white printer paper will work just fine. Your kids can color in their horses using crayons, markers, or oil pastels. You could also print out the template onto…

  • Holiday

    DIY VALENTINE BOXES

    Since my kids were in kindergarten, it has become a fun tradition to make a Valentine box to house all their class valentines. Some years, this project is sent home as a fun assignment to do as a family. Over the years, I have made quite a few templates to simplify this process and thought it might be helpful to share them here. They are all free to download for personal use below. There is a unicorn box, cat, koala, penguin, and most recently a cardboard ferris wheel (requested by my oldest daughter). Hope these printables and ideas can help you to create something special and fun for Valentine’s Day…