Holiday
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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…
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Easy DIY Easter Decorations
Here are a few easy, affordable, and fun ways to decorate for Easter with your kids! Whenever possible, I have included printable templates that you can use to recreate them. Most of our decorations costed only a few dollars in supplies. Everything is also kid friendly. Hope these printables and ideas can help to make your home more festive and fun with your kids this holiday season! There are five designs included. It is best printed out and used as a template to cut out onto black cardstock, and covered with contact paper. Kids can decorate their suncatchers by sticking on different colored tissue paper squares. When trimming, leave a…
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Valentine Printable Activities
If you are looking for some simple and engaging activities for your kids this Valentine’s Day, you have come to the right place. Here are a few printables that are all free to download for personal use below. There is a candy heart alphabet hunt, X and O snack sort, love potion water play recipe, as well as some simple heart templates that can be used for more crafting fun. Hope these printables and ideas can help to add some simple and enjoyable fun for your kids this holiday season! This simple alphabet mat is a fun way for preschoolers to work on letter recognition. Print once onto cardstock and…
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New Year’s Printables for Kids
Here are a few printable activities I have made to help my kids ring in the new year. There is a coloring crown, coloring page, writing activity, banner, and cupcake toppers. They have all been recently updated for 2026. Hope they can help to add a little fun to your celebration as well! All downloads are available below for personal, single classroom, or library use. I hope your kids enjoy them! This file is best printed out onto white cardstock and given to your child to color, decorate, then cut and either staple, tape, or glue to create a festive crown to wear. I like to lay out a chip…
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DIY Halloween Decorations
My kids love Halloween and really enjoy helping me to decorate our home. We often decide on a theme together, dress up as a family, and decorate our home according to the theme which is often dictated by one of my kids’ birthdays as we celebrate two in October. However this year, my kids decided against coordinating, so we turned our home into a not so spooky haunted house with a graveyard. Here is how we did it using minimal supplies, time, and budget. Hoping these ideas can help you to add some fun to your home as well! We started off with five pieces of scrap wood that were…
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Candy Hearts Photo Props
Today, I wanted to share with you some Valentine’s Day photo props I recently made for my kids. They feature one of our favorite holiday confections… candy hearts. Simply print onto cardstock, cut, and pose for some fun photos. Hope this can help to had some simple fun to your child’s day and capture some holiday memories too! This is a set of six photo props, that will print one to a page. This file is best printed out onto white 110lb cardstock, cut, and glued or taped to a skewer (or not). This is what all the pieces look like all cut out. They feature six words/sayings. I kept…
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DIY Christmas Ornaments
We have been busy getting our house ready for the holidays and as usual my kids have been right by my side helping me to decorate. Recently we were able to visit a tree farm and found our Christmas tree. My kids always love helping to decorate it with our growing collection of ornaments. We have some that have been handed down to us, gifted to us, as well as many made by them through the years. Here are some of their favorite ways to make ornaments for our tree and home. Hoping these ideas can be useful and fun for your family as well! I purchased these plastic disc…
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Thanksgiving Decorations Kids Can DIY
Today I wanted to share with you three printables I have made to help my kids decorate our home for Thanksgiving. My kids love all holidays and really enjoy helping me to change up our house decor for all the seasons. There is a Happy Thanksgiving coloring banner, fingerprint art activity, and turkey craft template that can be used for a variety of crafts. Hope they can help to add some calm and festive charm to your home as well! This file is best printed out onto white cardstock. Two acorns print per page. Kids can be offered crayons, pens, or even paint. The wide outlines are very forgiving for…
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Juneteenth Watercolor Resist
Today I wanted to share a simple craft I recently made with my kids to observe Juneteenth. All you need is a white crayon, some watercolors, and the template below that is free to download. I also made some simple coloring pages to help the kids commemorate and celebrate this important occasion. Hope they can be fun for your kids as well! This file is best printed out onto white cardstock and given to kids to trace the burst, arc, and star with a white crayon. The star will also need to be colored in with a white crayon. Next give kids blue watercolor to paint the space above the…
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Memorial Day Crafts and Coloring for Kids
Happy Memorial Day! Hope everyone has been enjoying their long weekend thus far! The kids have been crafting and coloring, helping me to decorate. I wanted to share some of the projects we have been working on together. They are all very simple to create using the printables below, a few craft supplies, and some items from the pantry. Hope they can be fun for your kids as well! I made some simple coloring pages that can be given to kids to color and hang to decorate. My kids really enjoy coloring and even hum when they color. They love displaying them for different holidays and occasions as well. The…
