Today we tried a craft, but it didn't really go as planned. Aubrey brought home this colorful starfish from summer camp and I thought this would be perfect for Parker & Piper.How much simpler can you get...a starfish pattern, fruit loops and some glue!Two cute kids and your ready.Put glue on starfish pattern and adhere fruit loops.They loved putting the glue on, but they had no interest in actually leaving the fruit loops on. Every time they would put one on and I would turn to help the other ...

I had so much fun yesterday doing a craft with my little ones that we did another "Ocean" craft today. I saw this idea in a book my mom gave me (she used to use this for ideas when we were kids!) and thought it would be easy and fun for P&P.I took letter size envelopes and sealed them. I then trimmed off 1/2 inch from one side and cut the other into a triangle to create the mouth. Save the triangle to use as the fin. It will look like this.I glued on the eye and gave them glitter paint pens ...

This week Aubrey is going to a summer camp and the theme is Ocean. She has brought home some cute crafts, like these:It inspired me to do an "Ocean" craft with the twins this morning. We made Rainbow Fish, read the book The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister and had fishy snacks.To make our fish I gave them each a paper plate and a sponge. While they painted their plates (and the table, and each other) I cut out triangles for the fin & tail. I helped them glue on the eye, mouth, tail and finI ...