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Read Across America Week
Next week, my kids have a week long schedule of fun themed activities and dress up at school to celebrate Read Across America Week. It is a week that has been established to encourage children to read as well as to honor Dr. Seuss’ birthday. Recently, there has been a move not to associate this day with Dr. Seuss as some of his work has been criticized for not being inclusive. In fact, Dr. Seuss’ Enterprise has stopped publishing six of his books due to some insensitive imagery but fortunately these books are not banned. Regardless of your thoughts, this day shouldn’t be demoted to bickering over censorship or politics…
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Presidents’ Day Coloring Pages
Today I wanted to share some coloring pages I recently made for my kids to help observe Presidents’ Day. They feature my doodles of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as well as some of my favorite quotes from them. They are free to download below for personal, single classroom, or library use. These coloring pages are just a simple way to help spark conversations about these remarkable leaders, what they believed in, and what they hoped and accomplished for our nation. I also updated the printable coins I made last year to include regular size coins for kids to color and cut. We laminate these coins to use in the…
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Valentine’s Day Coloring Cards
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner! Today, I wanted to share with you some Valentine’s Day coloring cards I recently made for my kids. They have been busy coloring, writing, and making cards for their grandparents, aunties, cousins, and each other. I hope these printables can be useful for your kids too! This is a set of four cards, that will print two to a page. This file is best printed out onto regular printer paper, folded in half, cut, and folded in half again to make a card for kids to color, write, and gift to someone they love. As my kids like to have lines when they…
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Super Bowl LVI Printables for Kids
Super Bowl LVI is coming up this weekend! Whether you are gearing up to root for the Bengals or the Rams or are just really looking forward to the food (my husband) and commercials (my kids), here are some printable activities I recently made so the kids can join in the fun as well. This file includes six pages of coloring fun. Kids can color signs for the team they are rooting for and hang to display for game day. They can review a little geography, finding and coloring in the Bengals’ and Rams’ home states as well as learn their roman numerals 1-56. My kids also made more articulated…
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Tiger Lantern Craft
Today I wanted to share a simple paper craft I recently made with my kids to help decorate for the upcoming Lunar New Year as this coming Tuesday, we will be welcoming the Year of the Tiger. All you need is some construction paper (in orange and black), the free printable templates below, scissors, and glue. Hope it can help to add a little fun to your family or classroom celebration as well! These files are best printed out onto regular paper and used as a template to cut out onto colored construction paper. If you don’t have construction paper, regular white printer paper will work just fine. Your kids…
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Christmas Crafts for Kids
Happy Holidays! Today I wanted to share three simple crafts that my kids have enjoyed making this season. They all take minimal preparation, inexpensive supplies, and were enjoyed tremendously by my kids ages 2-9. Hope they can help to add a little peace and joy to your family as well! This file is best printed out onto regular paper and used as a template to create pool noodle snowflakes. Simply slice a white pool noodle into approximately 1 inch diameter discs using a knife and cutting board. Place your pool noodle onto the center circle in the template and make slits where each line intersects the circle. Your child can…
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Thanksgiving Activities for Kids
Need a few last minute low prep activities for Thanksgiving? I’ve got you covered. There is a printable turkey hat template that can feature your child’s age as well as some festive math worksheets. They are all free to download below. I hope they can be fun for your family too! This file is best printed out onto white cardstock and given to your child to color, embellish as desired, cut out, and staple together to form a turkey hat. Feel free to print the ages you need and save the rest for future years. Making paper hats and coloring are two activities my kids really enjoy plus they also…
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Military Puppets Craft
Happy Veterans Day! Today we honor all the dedicated heroes to whom we owe our freedom. I made some printable military puppets to help my kids observe today and to also help them to learn more about the different branches of our military. This file is best printed out onto regular paper, given to your child to color, cut, and paste onto toilet paper rolls to create their own puppet heroes. You can add googly eyes or challenge your child to draw in different facial expressions. The six puppet templates included (in no particular order) feature the uniforms of the United States Marines, new Space Force, Army, Air Force, Navy,…
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Harry Potter Birthday
My oldest loves reading and has recently discovered the magical world of Harry Potter. This is how we turned our home into Hogwarts to help him celebrate his 9 and 3/4 birthday using inexpensive supplies and limited time. I also made some free coloring pages, craft, as well as many themed party printables that is free to download below as well. Hoping these ideas and printables can help your kids to also enjoy some simple magic and fun. Decorations: These flying brooms take less than 15 minutes each to make using pantyhose (of all things), pool noodles, and kraft paper. I also cut up an old tan bedsheet to make…
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Sesame Street Birthday
My youngest recently turned two and we celebrated with a small but fun Sesame Street birthday party. This was the fourth Sesame Street birthday party that I have created for my kids and it was a bit bittersweet for me as it will likely be my last. There is just something about Elmo and all of his friends that has captivated all of my children around the age of two making it just a perfect theme for a toddler birthday. Here is how I pulled it off using simple supplies, little expense, and not much time. I also made some printable craft activities for my daughter as well as a…
