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13 Kitchen Science Projects to Blow Your Kids’ Minds

April 2 by Kaley

13 Kitchen Science Experiments that Will Blow Your Kids' Minds - the perfect rainy day activities to keep us busy during school break!

With spring just barely arrived, I think it is fair to say we could all use a few good indoor activities to keep the kids engaged about now. I usually turn to arts and crafts, but lately I have been trying to introduce a little more science to my little ones. Since I don't want to leave the house when the weather is so terrible, I definitely don't want to be running all over town looking for specific materials for our experiments. So I've rounded up 13 kitchen science projects that use … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Educational Activities, Kaley, Learning & Engaging, Sensory & Interactive Play, The Make & Play Vault Tagged With: at home science, at home science activities, at home science experiment, indoor activities for kids, indoor play ideas for preschoolers, kitchen experiments for kids, kitchen science, kitchen science activities, kitchen science experiments, preschoolers, science experiments

DIY Personalized Alphabet Book

January 8 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

It's so hard to believe I first shared the personalized alphabet book I made for my son 7 years ago.   It's been an extremely popular post ever since so I thought it was time to bring it out of the vault. And with all the options out there for creating photo books now, it couldn't be easier to do!   But it can still be surprisingly hard to think of something that's salient to your child for each letter - I'm hoping sharing my picks might help. Please enjoy and let me know if you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photography & Memory Keeping, The Make & Play Vault, Tutorials Tagged With: custom alphabet book, Custom photo alphabet book, DIY alphabet book, DIY photo alphabet book

Free Printable: Advent Calendar with Jokes for Every Day

November 29 by Kristin

Free printable Christmas joke Advent Calendar - my kids will love this and it'll be so easy to keep up with - score!

Advent calendars have become such a HUGE part of Christmas these days – have you noticed? This handy free printable has 24 jokes for kids and an ornament for each day of December leading up to Christmas. Get it by clicking below or filling out the form up top. Get your Free Knock-Knock Jokes Here Our free printable Christmas Joke countdown takes zero effort from me once it’s up and my kids adored it last year. This year, they still can’t get enough puns and knock-knock jokes. Think of it as an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holiday, Holiday Projects, Kristin, MJ Tagged With: advent printable, Christmas knock knock jokes, free Christmas printable, kids advent activities, printable advent calendar

Handmade Halloween: Make Spider Sack Decor with the Kids

September 27 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

DIY Halloween Spider Sack Decor - the perfect Halloween craft to make with kids. Lots of hands on fun and the result is so impressive!

I'm so excited about this Halloween project, it turned out even better than I'd envisioned.   It's the quintessential MPMK project - easy enough for kids of all ages to get in on the action and the finished product is a decidedly stylish take on traditional Halloween decor.   And did I mention how inexpensive it is?   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holiday Projects, Seasonal Fun, The Make & Play Vault, Tutorials Tagged With: DIY Halloween decor, Halloween crafts, Halloween crafts for kids, halloween decor

Summer Learning: How to Build Reading Skills at Home with Reggio Activities

July 12 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Reading is perhaps one of the most important skills for a child to learn. During the school year, teachers guide and encourage their students to read, and they open them up to the magical worlds that only reading can lead to. So it's important to continue to flex those skills, and keep kids open to those worlds over the summer too. There are countless traditional ways to promote literacy, from reading groups and worksheets, to e-books and other electronic activities but the summer provides an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Educational Activities Tagged With: learning at home, learning play ideas, reading activities for elementary students, reading activities for young kids, Reggio activities, Reggio Emilia activities, writing activities for elementary students, writing activities for young kids

Natural Play Spaces: Children’s Veggie Gardens

May 4 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Lots of good ideas here that my kids would go crazy for - bookmarking for later this spring when the weather warms up!

You guys! It has been the rainiest season in Seattle in the history of ever (literally) but the sun is out today. And - of course - it's making me want to plant all the things.   If you're feeling me, here's a post we did a few summers ago on one of the coolest kinds of gardens out there; the kids' garden. Enjoy and happy planting! Now that the bark has been laid, we've made one more major addition to our backyard natural play space.  But don't get too excited - I haven't had a chance … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Natural Outdoor Play Spaces Tagged With: Earth Day activities, Earth Day activities for kids, gardens for children, kid gardens, kids vegetable gardens, natural play spaces, planting with kids

Make It: Donut Easter Bunny Surprise

March 6 by Alli

Making this cute little guy for a simple Easter morning breakfast.

Easter is about a month away, so it's time to roll out the ideas. We're kicking things off with Alli and her super cute bunny donut idea, perfect for Easter.   We'll probably make ours Saturday morning since we do family brunch on Easter Sunday.   Here's how to make yours... Who says you can't play with your food? Especially your kids' food. Our home activity theme for this month is Easter, so I was determined to surprise Isaiah with a bunny breakfast at some point. And I just loved how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alli, Holiday Projects, In the Kitchen, The Make & Play Vault Tagged With: donut Easter bunny recipe, Easter breakfast recipe, Easter dessert, Easter kids' treat, Easter recipe, Easter treat

Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life: Cheerful DIY Storage Jars

February 23 by Kristin

Easy Kid Craft: DIY Storage Jars - a fun project for getting kids excited about helping keep the house organized

If you're a regular here, you know we're all about getting kids involved in contributing around the house early. Sometimes that means setting up regular family and money jobs, and sometimes it just means taking a little time for a bright and cheerful DIY organization project. Here's Kristen with the details... Things look better when they are organized. And I think we function better when things look better. Case in point:  The Junk Drawer. We all have one and if you've ever … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art + Kid Crafts, Kristin, Organizing, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: DIY organization, diy projects, DIY storage jars, easy kid craft, home office organization, How to get organized, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life

11 Ingenious Ways to Keep Kids Active When Stuck Inside

February 6 by Kristin

Rainy day play ideas for when kids are stuck insides.

We're having a major snow day today- no school, around 8 inches of fresh snowfall... and no power! Which means that after an epic 4-hour neighborhood backyard playdate, I have happy kids, sopping wet snow clothes with no dryer at my disposal, and still about 8 hours of day left to fill. Today is the PERFECT day for this post. Thank you Kristin... We were all waiting for the rain and snow last year when El Nino was expected to hit.  My husband even bought a generator in preparation.  We … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kristin, Sensory & Interactive Play, The Make & Play Vault Tagged With: indoor activities for kids, what to do with kids during winter break, winter activities for kids

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