Cat enrichment is so important to the physical and emotional well-being of your cats. Don’t let your tiny hunters suffer from boredom; instead, check out this list of my favorite cat enrichment items below, and make your best friend their new favorite toy!
There are so many ways to create your own building block sets, so many ways to embellish old or thrifted block sets to make them playable in an all-new way, and so many ways to upcycle blocks so that you can enjoy them in brand-new ways.
Whether you’re refurbishing a kid’s hand-me-down building blocks for a new generation, or adding new interest to a current toy, painting building blocks is an excellent way to turn an old toy into something brand-new and exciting.
Here’s how to deep clean wooden building blocks and simple wooden toys, how to refurbish them, and even how to polish them up so they look beautiful and fancy and like the high-quality heirlooms that they are.
Corrugated cardboard, sliced and stacked edges out, has a texture that cats adore, and they really will use them, play with them, and sharpen their claws on them!
Kids LOVE puppets, and hand puppets are one of the best ways to keep them entertained on a rainy day.
A fairy garden is easy to make, and nope, it actually doesn’t require any of those porcelain or plastic store-bought fairy garden accessories.
To make clear slime, I consulted my own resident slime-making expert.
It can be challenging to maintain an eco-friendly lifestyle when you have kids.
Do you, also, have a hankering to craft for your furbaby?
This is one of the easiest Easter egg crafts that you can make, and one of the longest-lasting, too!
One of the easiest ways to have a beautiful stash of heirloom Easter eggs is to buy wooden eggs and then embellish them.
Nature’s bounty is always extra generous in the fall. Make the most of it with these kid-friendly nature crafts for autumn!
You can stain or paint your children’s toys so that they’re bright and vibrant, but then you’re going to need to seal that wood stain or paint using a clear polyurethane sealant.
Some things you just cannot pass by, such as a great toy hiding underneath a gross one.
Do you ever have one of those moments when you look at something store-bought and think, “Hey, I could make that!”
Have you and your kids hit a summer crafting slump? Get outside and get crafting with these great nature crafts for summer!
The kids and I made this Spawn egg hunt game entirely with the supplies that we had on hand, using not only mostly natural or recycled materials but also materials that would easily compost back into our yard (no clean-up necessary!!!).
If you want to do something a little special with some of your building blocks, check out how I made these puzzle blocks, and try it for yourself.
Create a brand-new DIY building block set for your kid from scratch or embellish and personalize a set of blocks that you already own!
Make your kiddos a set of outdoor building blocks, using nothing more than the ubiquitous wooden pallet.
Turn an old coffee container into a DIY play blender for your kid’s play kitchen. Then kick back, and watch the pretend play unfold!
While the fairies could make all the following projects themselves, why don’t you help them out and add a couple to your own fairy garden?
Catching fireflies is something we all do as kids. But we can both admire and respect these creatures without harming them. So let’s make a firefly craft!
Muddy water with oil on top. Huh.
The one play dough recipe that I always keep coming back to. This is the recipe I’ve been making for my kids for a full decade now.
Here’s how the kids turn their Christmas tree into these tree branch paintbrushes.
Not only are chia seeds great for you, and easy to incorporate into tons of healthy, delicious recipes, but their ability to sprout and grow in the blink of an eye, in less than ideal circumstances, makes them a lot of fun for you and the kids to play with, too.
Check out these grape and toothpick sculptures from The Artful Parent!
You can sculpt with them, pose them on any surface, and they’re re-usable, so when you’re done just unstick and unbend them and put them away for next time.
Frontier Dreams uses the same kite paper and origami folding techniques of traditional Waldorf window stars to make these themed 4th of July ones.
Turn bottles and canisters from your recycle bin into DIY toys for your children!
Let your kid make herself her very own bug barn using this simple tutorial.
What is it about babies that makes us want to shower them with gifts? I can’t resist cute baby things, but my inner green crafter tsks at those consumerist impulses. When I can I try to make things for my little guy instead of buying, and I bet that I’m not the only crafter that does that! Need some ideas for DIY baby toys to keep your kiddo entertained without hurting the planet? Try some of these tutorials!
Got an old pill bottle handy? Here’s how to turn it into a simple plush DIY baby toy that rattles!
What else can your kid do with her old, outgrown building blocks?
She can draw with them!
