Easter is fast approaching and I wanted to share some of my favorite Easter snacks. Some of these are perfect for Easter baskets and others are great for an Easter party. However you use them, these Easter Treats for Kids will delight the kids and adults too! Easter Treats for Kids Easter Bunny Rice Krispie Treat…
12 Easter Egg Activities for Kids
Easter is on it’s way! This joyous season calls for celebrating don’t you think? One of our favorite ways to enjoy the Easter season is by decorating Easter eggs. We use the old school kits and lots of newer methods too for egg decorating. However Easter egg decorating doesn’t have to be limited to real…
Bird’s Nest Craft for Kids
Please welcome Brittany from Crafty Mischief to Mess For Less. She is sharing a great Bird’s Nest Craft for Kids that involves recycling, nature and peeps – three of my favorite things! This is an easy craft to make with kids and is a fun way to use some of that Easter candy. Hi! I’m…
9 Easter Printables
There are a wealth of free worksheets online to use for play and learning. With Spring and Easter approaching, we start doing a lot of Easter themed activities on our household. Whether we are finding new and interesting ways to decorate Easter eggs or going on a egg hunt, it helps us prepare for this special…
Baking Soda Easter Eggs
We are getting in the Easter spirit around here. The warmer weather and coming of Spring just puts us in a good mood. We recently tried decorating some Baking Soda Easter Eggs. If you’ve ever played with baking soda and vinegar before, you know how fascinating kids find it. Check out how we took this traditional kids…
Liquid Watercolor Decorated Eggs
Have you ever used liquid watercolors before? I did when I was teaching, but hadn’t with my own kids before. If you have never heard of them, they are a concentrated paint that can be used as is or diluted for the effect of traditional watercolors. I recently ordered some and the very first thing…
Easter Egg CVC Word Game
I have been getting into the Easter spirit lately and made a simple Easter Egg CVC Word Game using paint chips I got from the home improvement center. This game took a few minutes to put together but offers a number of ways for kids to practice reading and making words. If your kids are a little…
Easter Snack for Kids – Food Fun Friday
We recently made a fun and and easy Easter snack for kids. It took just a few minutes to put together and the kids gobbled it up just as fast. The great thing about this is that you can use candies that you already have at home. We used what we had on hand, but lots…
Easter Peep Pops – Food Fun Friday
Let me start off by saying that these Peep Pops were inspired by the people who make Peeps. While shopping the other day, I noticed pops for sale that were basically Peeps stacked on a lollipop stick. To me it seemed cheaper to just buy a bunch of Peeps and some sticks and make them myself….
Painting with Carrots
Usually on Food Fun Friday we share a great recipe or fun kids snack. Today we will actually be having fun with our food. The kids are excited about the Easter bunny, and we have been talking about what he likes to eat. “A” thought he must eat Easter eggs, but I am pretty…
