These handprint lilies are so beautiful and surprisingly easy to make! They'd make such a thoughtful handmade gift idea for Mother's Day if you make a small bouquet and tie them together with a ribbon. Or you could make a bouquet of handprint Easter lilies if you use white paper. Can Easter lilies be pink? I think they're just white? Either way, they're adorable for spring and they're a wonderful low mess craft to make with the kids! I had such an awesome helper when I made these paper handprint lilies! My spunky 5 year old loves crafts, and she
The dish your Easter brunch has been waiting for.
Want to grow an Easter Cactus (Spring Cactus)? Here's your guide to growing an Easter Cactus that's useful for any beginning gardener.
Easter’s on its way, and I’m hopping down the bunny trail with steps to create an easy blooming carrot arrangement for your Spring or Easter table! And as it’s the first Monday of the month, I’m jo…
Flower Names – Name Building Practice Printable is a fun, hands-on activity that will have your students building their name in no time.
Free printable bunny templates to download in lots of shapes and sizes for all your Spring and Easter crafts!
This Lemon Poppyseed Loaf recipe is the perfect addition to your spring and summer baking list! Tart, sweet, and so lovely, this Lemon Poppyseed Bread Recipe will be your new Easter favorite!
Looking for a fun butterfly sun catcher craft for kids? This printable art will have you enjoying hours of fun making decorative butterfly suncatcher art for your home windows. With my simple stained glass paper butterfly template, you can work with your kids to complete this DIY butterfly suncatcher! What is so great about this
Who's ready for Spring? I'm here today to show you how to make a paper bird to add to your spring decor! These paper birds are easy to make and they add a touch of whimsy to a flowering branch! For the past week, I've been awakened by my cat telling me she wants to go out on the porch to watch the birds! The birds are most definitely chirping away each morning and a real sign that Spring is near! Spring and chirping birds go hand in hand! So, today I'm going to show you how to make a
These coffee filter butterflies are such a classic craft! I love how easy they are to make and how the bright colours of the Mr. Sketch markers blend together to make gorgeous looking butterfly wings! (Don't worry, you can use regular washable markers too). Do you remember Mr. Sketch markers from when you were a kid? I was walking down the craft aisle at Walmart last year and saw them on display -- I was so excited to see that they still make them! I opened up the package, took the lid off of one of the markers and smelled
*TIP: I simply leave my frozen puff pastry in the refrigerator to defrost overnight. Then, it's ready to use the next day. If you don't have the honey dijon mustard with balsamic vinegar, use 1 to 2 tablespoons of dijon mustard OR try honey dijon mustard and serve with some balsamic vinegar or balsamic glaze before serving. Also, if wanting to make a larger tart, *simply combine TWO sheets of puff pastry but you can also just bake ONE if desired. Watch the video to see how. You can also add peas and pea shoots on this tart for even more spring goodness!
These bite size lemon tartlets little gems. The tart shells are essentially a simple shortbread crust. The buttery tarts are then filled with a luscious lemon curd. The perfect balance of sweet and sour.
A simple Printable Spring Activity Set that kids will love. This is easy to prep, engaging for kids, and perfect on a rainy day.
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Spring has finally arrived for good here in Wisconsin. We are enjoying every minute of the fresh spring air, and this week’s theme combined bugs, plants, frogs, ducks, chicks, and all things spring. Here were our plans for Spring week: And here are the details of each activity: Our favorite books this […]
This traditional Italian Easter Bread recipe makes the most tender braided wreaths of soft, tender and slightly sweet yeasted bread. Decorated with colorful eggs and sprinkles, this Italian bread loaf is a great addition to your Easter festivities.
Easter is just around the corner! Usually if you want to have a project ready for a holiday, you need to start well in advance, but with amigurumi, projects are often small and can be made in just a couple days! Check out some of these adorable Easter Amigurumi Patterns to make in time for Easter!
This butterfly craft is so fun and it's super easy to make! Kids of all ages will love watching the paper butterfly flap its wings just like a real butterfly. The mechanics of the moving wings also add a fun lesson in engineering, making it a great STEAM project. Butterfly Craft We used drinking straws to create the moving wings of our butterflies. It's SO COOL how the butterfly flaps its wings. It really looks like it's flying! This butterfly craft is the perfect activity to go along with a butterfly or insect lesson at school. It's also a great spring
These lemon bars are so easy to make and are a perfect combination of fresh, tart lemon curd and a crumbly, buttery shortbread crust. Sweet and buttery and perfect for an Easter treat or a spring dessert.
Fine motor activities are the perfect way to engage your students with interactive and educational activities. As a teacher we are always looking for fun and hands on ways to enhance your kindergarten students' fine motor skills and it's a bonus when you can also incorporate math. Spring Fine Motor Activities Pattern Block Mats Spring Pattern Blocks are an excellent tool for developing fine motor skills and teaching math concepts such as shapes, symmetry, and fractions. In this activity, children can use pattern blocks to create pictures and included are different ability levels. Students can build the pictures, identify the shapes and count how many of each shape is used in the picture. A great way to incorporate math and fine motor activities. Also included are small easy to store task cards that work well for morning work or early finishers. And also a design your own version, which can challenge your students and beneficial to your visual spacial leaners. I love these more opened ended tasks which are so great for differentiation. Students are able to come up with so many different ways to make the same picture. Snap Cube Activities Spring Snap Cube Activities are another hands on and engaging resource for teaching math concepts and developing fine motor skills in your classroom. In this activity, children can create different pictures using snap cubes, sort by color and count how many of each color. This does require counting up to 20 and is a great way to reinforce that kindergarten standard. You will also fine simple to build mats that are to scale for students and a great fine motor activity and does not involve counting. As well as small task cards and can really challenge students and are great to help develop visual spacial awareness. These are small and easy to store and a great activity to keep for morning bins or early finishers. Geoboard Activities Spring Geoboards are also a great tool for developing fine motor skills and teaching math concepts such as symmetry, shapes, and patterns. In this activity, children can use geoboards to create different spring shapes like butterflies, flowers, and and birdhouses. As an extension activity, students to practice identifying shapes they may see in a picture and record on the mats. Each picture includes both and simple and more difficult version with 10 different pictures included. The small geoboard task cards are included as a freebie at the end of this blog post. Spring Building Brick Activities Spring Building Bricks are another fun and engaging fine motor activities to use in your classroom. Your students will love using Legos or other building bricks to create spring themed pictures such as rainbows, ladybugs, butterflies and bird houses. Included are 10 different spring themed pictures with both small easy to store task cards as well as large to scale cards where students can simply build on the mat You can all of these activities in Spring Fine Motor Bundle which includes a variety of templates for Snap Cubes, Pattern Blocks, Building Bricks, Geoboard Boards, and Pom Poms at a 40% discount. Each set contains 10 different spring themed picture for your students to create. You can fine the Free Spring Geoboard Task Cards here
Throw away all your other recipes for Thai peanut sauce, this is the only one you need. This vegan peanut sauce is easy to make, creamy and perfect for salads, as a dip, noodles & more!
These Fresh Strawberry Scones are sweet, tender, and just as delicious as anything you could buy at the bakery. This simple scone recipe is the most impressive thing you can bake in your own kitchen
Cherry blossom trees is one of my most favorite things about the spring season. The brightly colored flowers and the sweet smell of the blossoms make my heart so happy. This gorgeous cherry blossom art
This butterfly craft is so fun and it's super easy to make! Kids of all ages will love watching the paper butterfly flap its wings just like a real butterfly. The mechanics of the moving wings also add a fun lesson in engineering, making it a great STEAM project. Butterfly Craft We used drinking straws to create the moving wings of our butterflies. It's SO COOL how the butterfly flaps its wings. It really looks like it's flying! This butterfly craft is the perfect activity to go along with a butterfly or insect lesson at school. It's also a great spring
Pan-seared until perfectly golden brown with an amazing garlicky, rosemary-thyme marinade. So easy yet so good!
Explore Your Crochet's free patterns blog and discover inspiring ideas. Read our post, '25 Best Free Easter Crochet Pattern Ideas'.
Are you on Spring Break or are you back at it today?? You may remember this lil freebie from my post last year. But in case you didn't grab it then, it's available to you on my blog today. Hop over and grab it! Hope you and your kiddos enjoy!
Time: 20 minutes Age: Little kids to Tweens Difficulty: Intermediate
