We love making puzzles out of recycled cardboard. Recycled crafts are both environmentally friendly, and economic! All of those beautiful wooden montessori learning materials can add up in cost. Luckily, we can have all the benefits of those learning materials with what we already have at home. I made cardboard puzzles of a fox, squirrel,…
My boys have been a little obsessed with witches this fall! On one of our nature walks we collected a bunch of pine needles and tried to think of a craft to make with them. We identified the tree, pine needles and pine cones with our Tree Identification Cards and recorded our observations in our…
I love to give my kids handmade toys whenever I can. These felt tea bags are the perfect sensory and imaginative toy. Because they have dried herbs in them, they have a wonderful smell which creates an immersive imaginative experience. My son is obsessed with plants, and I wanted to make something that reflected their…
This is a super simple craft which is also completely free to make! I love incorporating natural parts into our crafts, especially when there is a memory connected to them. My toddlers found these stones at the beach. I cut two pieces of cardboard to the same size. Then I traced the rocks on one…