I just love hosting the Kids Weekly Co-Op each week. If you have kids and are looking for some fun activities and ideas, it’s like a one stop shop. Thanks to everyone who linked up last week. Today I am featuring 10 Things to Make with Kids inspired by the ideas submitted last week. Grab a button…
DIY Shape Stickers
It’s time for another edition of Paint and Play! Some of my favorite bloggers, Crystal from Growing a Jeweled Rose and Suja from Blog Me Mom, are joining me as we explore fun ways to use paint. This week we will be sharing our ideas for combining math and art. We made DIY Shape Stickers out of contact paper and…
Erupting Play Dough
We have a few simple science experiments to share with you today and they all involve the No Cook Lotion Dough we made last week. You may recall that we made the dough using baking soda. Looking to get more use from the play dough, I thought we could roll it into balls and do…
Crushed Cereal Rainbow Bottle
This shop is part of a sponsored social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Post Pebbles but all my opinions are my own. We made these cool rainbow bottles using cereal. Did you think it was colored sand? This is a great activity to do with kids who still like to put…
50+ Ideas for Repurposing Items for Play
If you have been a regular reader at Mess For Less then you know I am somewhat frugal. I hate to spend lots of money on things to entertain and teach the kids. I try to find items I already have around the house to use in new and unexpected ways to create memories and…
Conversation Hearts Word Matching Game
Conversation hearts are everywhere around Valentine’s Day. I can’t stand the taste of them, but my hubby and kids love them. Recently, I saw these large conversation hearts at Walmart that came with a food safe pen so you could personalize the hearts with your own messages. Immediately, I thought of how I could use these…
