Articles tagged with: crafts
In today’s technological world, families are finding it more difficult to find ways of spending quality time together. A family craft night is a perfect, fun and inexpensive way to bond and get back to …
For under $10 you can buy a learning experience about nature and science and a little summer entertainment.
Make this simple and elegant paper plate Valentine spiral to decorate your home with a little love this Valentine’s Day.
Create a mini Guatemalan Day of The Dead kite.
The tiny town of Santiago Sacatepequez in Guatemala is famous for its annual gigantic kites festival on el Dia de Todos los Santos, Day of the Dead or All Saints’ Day. The gigantic kites, barriletes gigantes, were originally flown as a way to remember and connect to ancestors.
Felt boards are a great tactile and quiet activity for toddlers. Create a simple no sew mini felt board to add to your arsenal of on-the-go quiet activities. Great for restaurants & waiting rooms!
Many families adopting internationally from China create 100 Good Wishes Quilts, or Bai Jia Bei, for their children. In Mandarin, it’s 百家被, which literally means 100 Family Quilt, or a quilt united by 100 families. The tradition originated in the northern part of China in Tianjin, which sits within China’s Hebei Province, just south of Beijing. This provincial custom involves asking friends and family to contribute a patch of cloth with a wish for the baby. It’s unclear as to whether the wish itself is symbolic or an actual physical note in China; however, the wishes are always written down within the China adoption community.
We have just the solution for you. Introducing a new resource for adoptive parents: a Culture Camp for Kids; What to do when they can’t do (or they don’t want to)
This e-Book features countless activities suitable for young children from around the world.
By using the technique of tea dying eyes and updating it a little, you can have fun making firework eggs!





