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LEGO Rose for Mother’s Day

May 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in dad recomendation, games, kids activity

mother's day gift from kids

Here’s a fun little diagram for a rose made from LEGOs that you can make for the mom that has everything (except maybe that diamond necklace). This LEGO Rose makes an especially great Mother’s Day gift idea for kids who want to give mom a gift and don’t have the funds to purchase something. I can see their proud little faces as they give their bouquet to Mom.

The little ones can build the rose with the LEGO bricks they have lying around the house, or pick out cool new colors from LEGO’s new Pink Brick Bucket set which the entire family can enjoy together. And remember if you ever start running out of ideas or have some time on your hands check out the BrickShelf User Gallery – where people submit photos of their LEGO masterpieces.

Sited Links:
Download the LEGO Rose Instructions
BrickShelf

Tags: 3-5 years, 6-8 years, crafts, kids activity, Legos

Kids Craft Ideas For Valentine’s Day

January 25th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in cool schtuff, dad recomendation, kids activity

This year, the effort will be to concentrate on the fun of a family Valentine-making project, without driving all over town looking for supplies. Here is an afternoon of fun for the little ones all in one kit. The kit comes with:

Thirty sheets of construction paper (15 red, 15 white)
24 white heart-shaped doilies
12 red heart doilies
Textured tissue paper in red, white and pink
32 full-color floral hearts
63 red-foil heart stickers
Over 100 tiny red-foil gummed hearts
Colorful glitter
Glue stick
All packed in a handy storage box, along with patterns and child-tested tips

(Via HearthSong.Com)

Tags: 3-5 years, 6-8 years, art, crafts, simple kids projects

The Best Kids Activity and Coloring Pages Ever

January 9th, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in cool schtuff, dad recomendation, fyi, kids activity

As the days have grown short and the weather has grown sloppy and cold, we parents scurry around in search of indoor activities for the little ones. As both Moms and Dads know – coloring and activity books are the “bread and butter” of indoor diversions for the tikes. So when you need a few minutes to cook dinner or just have a moment and gulp down that forth cup of coffee, here’s some links worth checking for printable and online activities for the kids.

I have spent hours upon hours weeding through the A-list through D-list of links (there’s a whole lot of dead links out there) for quality coloring book pages to print out from the web and this is what I’ve come up with.

Crayola.Com (of course)

Hasbro.Com (Monkey Bar TV is the best for online coloring)

FisherPrice.Com (don’t have to worry about lead in these Fisher Price items)

BBC.UK | CBeebies (Teletubbies, Charlie and Lola, Bob The Builder, Little Robots, Binka, and the rest)

PBS | Sprout (Arthur, Curious George, Sagwa, Berenstain Bears, Clifford The Big Red Dog, and of course – Sesame Street)

Jan Brett (Very nice original art combined with stories and facts about different animals, thousands of pages to choose from)

Coloring Book Fun (Some favorites include: Dora The Explorer, Hello Kitty, A Bug’s Life, Kipper, and Lilo And Stitch)

Noggin.Com (Maisy, Franklin, Little Bill, and their own Moose and Zee)

Sanrio.Com (Hello Kitty) They allow you to compose your own printable page before sending it to the printer, nice!

ArtistsHelpingChildren.Org (massive portal of links, a few dead ones, otherwise a helpful springboard for many decent pages)

Nick Jr. (WonderPets, Yo Gabba Gabba, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy and their Activity Section)

Tags: 3-5 years, art, crafts, simple kids projects

Little Elephants

December 28th, 2007 | 2 Comments | Posted in cool schtuff, fyi, kids activity

I just discovered a crafty little site called LittleElephants.Com that is maintained by Veronique Christensen. Her mission statement is simple yet poignant; “(her) blog is about (re)capturing the fun and wonder of childhood.” That should be everybody’s mission statement!

Little Elephants is almost entirely dedicated to ideas for craft projects and fun activities for the whole family. Considering the amount of hi-tech diversions for kids this back-to-basics arts and crafts site may be just what the doctor ordered.

Tags: art, crafts, simple kids projects